Cricket Stadiums: Ground Records and Stats

How to Use the Cricket Grounds Pages

The grounds are grouped by country below, and each list is ordered by matches played since Dec 2001. Counts include men’s and women’s internationals in every format. The source is Cricsheet’s open delivery-by-delivery scorecards. A ground’s total therefore reflects the games in those files, not its entire history.

Each page splits its tables by format, and every column header re-sorts the rows when tapped. The analysis sticks to what the results show, such as how often chasing sides win, rather than describing the pitch. Afghanistan games are absent from those files, so no ground count includes them.

Asia dominates the busiest list. After Mirpur and Harare come Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 199 and R Premadasa Stadium in Colombo on 173. Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi has 131.

Busiest Cricket Stadiums by Country

In India, the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai leads with 49 matches, ahead of the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 47 and Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 45. The 22 Indian grounds listed are spread fairly evenly, which is why none comes near the Mirpur total.

England’s busiest is Lord’s with 104, followed by The Oval on 96. In Australia, the Sydney Cricket Ground has 97 and the Melbourne Cricket Ground 88. The Wanderers in Johannesburg leads South Africa with 98, Kensington Oval in Bridgetown leads the West Indies with 90, and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore has 87, the most in Pakistan. Seddon Park in Hamilton tops New Zealand on 81.