Eden Park

Auckland

FACTS

Pakistan tour of New Zealand, 2024 matches scheduled at this venue

Australia tour of New Zealand, 2024 matches scheduled at this venue

Venue description:

With a capacity of 50,000, Eden Park is easily the largest stadium in New Zealand. Home to Auckland cricket since 1910, Eden Park also doubles up as a prominent rugby venue during winter. It became the first venue to host two Rugby World Cup finals in 2011, having held the inaugural final in 1987.

It may be recalled that New Zealand tasted their first Test success at Eden Park against West Indies in 1955-56. Looking through the other end of the spectrum, it also played host when New Zealand crashed to their lowest total in Test cricket - against England in 1955.

Interestingly Eden Park, which is located in the suburb of Kingsland less than 3km from the CBD, has also been the stage for hockey. British royalty and Dalai Lama. It will be the scene of one of the semi-finals in the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2015.

How does the pitch play?

Eden Park features a drop-in pitch and is generally slowish. Good for batting and is hard on the bowlers.

What is a drop-in pitch?

A drop-in pitch is a cricket pitch which is prepared away from the ground or venue in which it is used, and literally "dropped in" to place for a cricket match. This allows multi-purpose venues to host other sports and events with more versatility than a dedicated cricket ground would allow. (source: Wikipedia)

For more about drop-in pitches, have a look at this link

By Deivarayan Muthu

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