Bay Oval


Bay Oval is a cricket ground in Mount Maunganui, Tauranga in the Bay of Plenty area of New Zealand. The ground was built in Blake Park and opened in 2005.
Bay Oval has hosted men's and women's international limited overs matches since 2014. It hosted its first Test match in November 2019.

History

Blake Park was established in the 1950s. It was used by Northern Districts for List A fixtures between the 1987/88 season and 2001/02, with the team playing 24 matches on the ground in the New Zealand limited-overs cricket trophy. During the 1980s and 90s, large holiday crowds flocked to the ground to watch one-day matches, and New Zealand A played two matches on the ground against Pakistan A in December 1998. Northern Districts Women played two matches at Blake Park in the 2004/05 State League.
The Bay of Plenty Cricket Association constructed Bay Oval within the same site, with construction beginning in 2005. Northern Districts women's side played their first match on the ground in December 2007 and it held its first senior men's match in the 2008–09 State Twenty20 with Northern Districts playing Otago. Both sides have played on the ground regularly since, with it hosting its first first-class cricket match in April 2015.
The first One Day International on the ground took place in January 2014 between Canada and the Netherlands as part of the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. In March 2014 New Zealand women's side played there first ODI on the ground and in October of the same year it hosted the first two ODIs of the New Zealand men's home series against the touring South Africa, but was not used for the 2015 Cricket World Cup later in the season. It has been used as a limited overs venue by New Zealand's men's and women's sides since.
In November 2019, the first Test match was played on the ground.

International Centuries

Test centuries

Two centuries were scored in the ground's only Test match, both by New Zealanders.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamStart dateResult
1205BJ Watling 473121 November 2019New Zealand won
2126Mitchell Santner 269121 November 2019New Zealand won

One Day International centuries

Centuries have been scored 10 times on the ground in One Day Internationals, five times in men's matches and five in women's matches.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1119Hashim Amla 135124 October 2014South Africa won
2102Martin Guptill 10915 January 2016New Zealand won
3138Martin Guptill 13913 January 2019New Zealand won
4102Kusal Perera 8623 January 2019New Zealand won
5140Thisara Perera 7425 January 2019New Zealand won
6112KL Rahul 113111 February 2020New Zealand won

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1106Suzie Bates 113111 February 2015New Zealand won
2114*Meg Lanning 113222 February 2016Australia won
3110Suzie Bates 133124 February 2016Australia won
4127Meg Lanning 135224 February 2016Australia won
5104*Meg Lanning 11625 March 2017Australia won

Twenty20 International centuries

Two T20I centuries have been scored on the ground, both scored by New Zealander Colin Munro.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1101Colin Munro 5416 January 2017New Zealand won
2104Colin Munro 5313 January 2018New Zealand won

International Five Wicket Hauls

Three five-wicket hauls have been taken at Bay Oval, one in a men's Test, one in a men's ODI and one in a women's ODI.

Test Matches

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Neil Wagner20 11 20193445New Zealand won

One Day Internationals

Women's One-day Internationals