Hagley Oval
Hagley Oval Profile
| LOCATION: Christchurch, Canterbury | COUNTRY: Australia | YEAR OPENED: 1886 |
| CAPACITY: 20,000 | OWNER: | GAME: Cricket |
Hagley Oval is a cricket ground located in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team. Canterbury used the ground infrequently from then through until the 1920s.
The first match in the Plunket Shield was played there in December 1907, when Canterbury played Auckland.Canterbury returned there in 1979, and played a number of their 1993/94 Shell Cup home matches at the ground.
The first One Day International at the ground was played between Scotland and Canada during the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier on 23 January 2014. The ground has also hosted three Women's Test matches and six Women's ODIs.
In 2013 the controversial Canterbury Cricket proposal to develop Hagley Oval as an international cricket venue was approved by the Environment Court.
In 2014, New Zealand Cricket released that Hagley Oval will become the eighth Test venue in the country and the Boxing Day match against Sri Lanka will mark New Zealand's first game in Christchurch since the city was hit by a major earthquake in 2011.
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