Adelaide Oval Pitch Report: ODI, Test and T20 Record

The average first-innings ODI score at Adelaide Oval is 258.3 runs, from the last 7 completed ODIs since January 2017. Chasing sides averaged 251.0 and the match total averaged 509.3 runs, with 9.7 sixes and 42.3 fours a match. Boundaries made up 44.7% of the runs, and the top individual score in the run was 179, in 2017.

The 7 ODIs in our records, newest first:

The highest first-innings total is 369, in 2017, and the lowest 163, in 2024. Only 2 of the 7 first innings passed 290. The first-innings runs chart and the match runs chart show each game against a line you can move.

Chasing has won 5 of the last 7 ODIs at Adelaide Oval, or 71%, and batting first 2, or 29%. Captains who won the toss chose to bowl in 5 of the 7, and the toss winner won 5 of the 7 matches. The 2 sides that batted first and won defended 369 and 231.

Four of the 5 successful chases came with 19 balls or more to spare, and Pakistan's 9-wicket win in 2024 came with 141 balls left. The closest was Australia's 2-wicket win over India in October 2025, chasing 265 with 22 balls remaining. Seven matches is a small sample over 9 years, so read the split as a lean, not a rule.

Pace takes far more ODI wickets at Adelaide Oval: 79% of them in the last 7 matches, against 18% for spin. Pace bowlers conceded 5.51 runs an over and spinners 5.79, so seam was both cheaper and more dangerous. Across the 7 ODIs, the average first innings stayed under 260 runs.

For Australia, captain Pat Cummins has 11 ODI wickets here, the most of any Australia bowler in our records, and Travis Head has 329 runs, the most of any Australia batter. Australia have played 7, won 5 and lost 2 at the ground, averaging 259 an innings. England have played 2 and lost both, averaging 242; Dawid Malan has 134 runs and Adil Rashid 3 wickets for them here.

The average first-innings Test score at Adelaide Oval is 360.9 runs, from the last 9 completed Tests since December 2017. The second innings averaged 256.8 and the match total 959.4 runs. Batting first won 67% of those Tests, and pace took 77% of the wickets to spin's 20%.

Australia have won 8 of their 9 Tests here in our records and lost 1, to India by 31 runs in December 2018. Marnus Labuschagne has 568 Test runs at the ground and Mitchell Starc 29 wickets, the most of any Australia bowler. The highest first innings was 589 against Pakistan in 2019, and India were bowled out for 36 in December 2020. The Ashes Test here in December 2025 went to Australia by 82 runs.

The average first-innings T20 score at Adelaide Oval is 171 runs, from the last 30 T20s since 2022 with 2 rain-affected games left out. Chasing sides won 53% and averaged 162. Matches produced 12.9 sixes and 26.6 fours, and boundaries made up 55.4% of the runs.

Most of those games are Big Bash League matches, where Adelaide Oval is home to the Adelaide Strikers, plus the 2022 T20 World Cup games and a 2024 T20 international. The highest first-innings total in the run is 251 by the Strikers against Brisbane Heat in January 2025, and the lowest 92. Unlike ODIs, spin is the cheaper option in T20s here: 7.75 an over against 9.07 for pace, while pace still takes 63% of the wickets.

Seam is the story in every format: pace takes between 63% and 79% of the wickets. The formats split on the toss, though. In Tests the side batting first has won 67%, while in ODIs chasing has won 71%. The guide to every type of cricket pitch explains how the surface, the grass and the weather shape what a ground offers seam and spin.

To compare other Australian grounds, see the MCG ODI pitch report and the SCG ODI pitch report, or browse every ground we cover. The Australia v England match page carries the line-ups and streaks before the 15 November start, the ODI leaders boards rank both squads' batters and bowlers, and the Australia v New Zealand Test returns to Adelaide on 17 December. The Adelaide Oval ODI pitch report will add the England game once it finishes.