Sydney Cricket Ground

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Sydney Cricket Ground
SCG
The SCG in front of an ODI between Australia and India on January 26, 2016
The SCG in front of an ODI between Australia and India on January 26, 2016
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place Moore Park Road Moore Park, Sydney , NSW 2021, Australia
AustraliaAustralia
Coordinates 33 ° 53 '30 "  S , 151 ° 13' 29"  E Coordinates: 33 ° 53 '30 "  S , 151 ° 13' 29"  E
owner State of New South Wales (through the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust)
operator Sydney Cricket Ground Trust
surface Natural grass
capacity 48,000 seats
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The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in the suburb of Moore Park in the Australian metropolis of Sydney , New South Wales . Moore Park is part of the local City of Sydney administrative area and is located approximately four km southeast of Sydney city center. In the stadium with an oval playing field and 48,000 seats, in addition to the eponymous cricket , Australian football and occasional rugby league and rugby union games are played. The Allianz Stadium , which was closed in 2018 , was used for football and rugby in the immediate vicinity. It is to be replaced by the new Sydney Football Stadium . Due to the closure, the NSW Waratahs , Sydney FC and Sydney Roosters moved to the SCG.

history

In 1851 the area was ceded to the British armed forces of Victoria Barracks for use as a garden and cricket pitch. The first recorded game of cricket took place in 1854. When the armed forces gave up the Victoria Barracks in 1870, the stadium was transferred to its current owner, the government of New South Wales , and the current operator, the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust, was founded. As a result, the stadium was renovated and in addition to cricket, numerous other sports such as tennis, athletics and rugby league were played here. In 1977 a museum was added to the stadium and the first floodlight system was built a year later. Numerous conversions and extensions were carried out again and again, most recently the erection of video screens.

Cricket

The facility is the second stadium in Australia to play test cricket games. The first test was held between Australia and England in 1882 , which Australia won with 5 wickets . Since then, it has been used regularly for important tests, such as the Ashes game against England. In one-day cricket , the stadium was the venue for the Cricket World Cup in 1992 and 2015 , whereby in the former case three preliminary round and one semi-final game, in the latter a quarter-final game also took place here. Games in the Twenty20 format are preferably played at the ANZ Stadium . At the ICC T20 World Cup 2020 , six preliminary round matches and a semi-final are to take place in the SCG. In national Australian cricket, the stadium is home to New South Wales . In the Big Bash League , the Sydney Sixers play their home games here. The increased use of other sports has led to calls for drop-in pitches to be used in the future , which Cricket NSW opposes.

Australian football

Australian football was played here as early as the 19th century. However, a regular Australian Football League team did not get into this stadium until Swans Football Club moved from Melbourne to Sydney.

Web links

Commons : Sydney Cricket Ground  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sydney Cricket Ground. In: austadiums.com. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  2. ^ Sydney Football Stadium. In: scgt.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  3. ^ Sydney Football Stadium. In: stadiumdb.com. Retrieved November 3, 2019 .
  4. ↑ SCG Trust Timeline ( English ) Sydney Ground Trust. Archived from the original on March 16, 2011. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved November 1, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sydneycricketground.com.au
  5. ↑ England in Australia Test Series - 2nd Test - Scorecard ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  6. ↑ Tests and ODIs to remain at SCG ( English ) cricInfo. July 13, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ Boring and lifeless: Cricket NSW slams plans for drop-in pitch at the SCG ( English ) Cricinfo. July 2, 2019. Retrieved December 8, 2019.