Sydney Cricket Ground an International Cricket Venue of Australia

Sydney Cricket Ground was situated at the Moore Park of the east side in Sydney. Although it is a sports ground, the Ground mostly used for Test cricket and ODI Cricket. The Ground also used for Rugby League home cricket series and Australian Football League too. It is also the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team. At this moment I am writing about the because the second Test between Australia and India of 2007-08 series will be held on 2^nd January 2008, and also three ODI matches of The Commonwealth Bank Series 2008 (One Day International). The first Test Match will be held at Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG). I am giving twenty important information on the Ground below.

1. Sydney Cricket Ground was situated in 1848.
2. Location of the Ground is Moore Park, Sydney
3. Capacity of the Sydney Ground is 43,649
4. Owner of Sydney Cricket Ground: Government of New South Wales
5. Operator: Sydney Cricket Ground Trust
6. Tenants :New South Wales Cricket Association Sydney Swans (AFL)
7. First Test Australia v England - Feb 17-21, 1882
8. Last Test Australia v England - Jan 2-5, 2007
9. First ODI Australia v England - Jan 13, 1979
10. Last ODI Australia v New Zealand - Dec 16, 2007
11. Only T20 Australia v England - Jan 9, 2007
12. Playing area 156.0m long, 154.0m wide
13. Floodlights Yes
14. The first Test Match with India Dec 12-18, 1947
15. The result of the First Test Drawn
16. Australia beat India by 144 runs on Jan 26-31, 1968
17. India beat Australia first time by 2 runs on Jan 7-12, 1978
18. 95 Test Matches have been Played in this ground with different countries
19. Most Run at Sydney Cricket Ground in Test matches RT Ponting (Aus) 1226
20. Most Run, India, 705 against Australia on 2 Jan 2004

Source:
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http://en.wikipedia.org
http://www.austadiums.com

Australia-India Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Jolimont, Melbourne, Victoria

You all know the India is going to Australia to play a Test Match series and Tri-Nation ODI series. Five matches will be held in Melbourne Cricket Ground. The statistics of the match are one Test match, one Twenty20 and three ODI of the tri-nation series. The first test will be held on 26 December 2007.

Melbourne Cricket Ground is an important among ground of Australian. Why it is important? I am giving some information about the ground.

1. Melbourne Cricket Ground was situated in Jolimont, Melbourne, Victoria
2. It situated on 1854
3. The capacity of the Ground is 100000. But is was 125,000 before redevelop.
4. 90 days of cricket and football each year and attendances exceed 3.5 million people annually.
5. The Melbourne Cricket Club maintains the stadium
6. Various kinds of event arranged here such as International Cricket, Australian Rules Football, Rugby League & Union, Soccer, Concerts etc.
7. The route of Australia’s first steam train was to pass through the oval.
8. It was the venue of 1956 Olympic Games
9. The World Cup Venue of 1992.
10. The venue of the 2006 Commonwealth Games
11. Playing area of the ground is 172.9m long, 147.8m wide
12. The flood lights has been added on 1985
13. First Test was played between Australia and England on Mar 15-19, 1877
14. First ODI was played between Australia and England on Jan 5, 1971
15. Most Test matches at Melbourne Cricket Ground, AR Border (Aus) (20)
16. Most Test Captaincy at Melbourne Cricket Ground GS Chappell (Aus) (11 matches)
17. Highest total at Melbourne Cricket Ground 604 Australia, along with England
18. Highest total at Melbourne Cricket Ground along with India 575/8d,
19. Most match Umpire at MCG SA Bucknor (WI), 1989-2007, 119
20. Highest attendance records for cricket matches at the MCG, Australia v West Indies Test, 90,800, 11 February 1961

India-Australia Cricket Series Time Schedule

India will play a four match test series, one twenty and a tri-angle series in Australia. The teams of the triangle series are India Australia and Sri Lanka. I thing you all could understand that the trios are very strong teams. You all know that the team will play the match in Australia but the most important thing is to know the time schedule or time table. When the match will start and what are the venues both are important thing for the cricket fans.

The first Test Match will start on 26 December 2007, the twenty20 match will be held on 1 February 2008 and the Commonwealth Bank Series 2008 (One Day International) triangle ODI series between India, Australia and Sri Lanka will be held from 3^rd February 2008.

India Tour of Australia (Test Match)

26 Dec 2007

Australia vs India

1st Test Match, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Live action starts from: 23:30 GMT (05:00 IST)

02 Jan 2008

Australia vs India

2nd Test Match, Sydney Cricket Ground

Live action starts from: 23:30 GMT (05:00 IST)

16 Jan 2008

Australia vs India

3rd Test Match, W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth

Live action starts from: 02:30 GMT (08:00 IST)

24 Jan 2008

Australia vs India

4th Test Match, Adelaide Oval

Live action starts from: 00:00 GMT (05:30 IST)

India Tour of Australia (Twenty20 International)

01 Feb 2008

Australia vs India

Only Twenty20 International, Melbourne Cricket Ground

Commonwealth Bank Series 2008 (One Day International)

03 Feb 2008

Australia vs India

1st Match, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane (D/N)

05 Feb 2008

India vs Sri Lanka

2nd Match, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane (D/N)

08 Feb 2008

Australia vs Sri Lanka

3rd Match, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (D/N)

10 Feb 2008

Australia vs India

4th Match, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (D/N)

12 Feb 2008

India vs Sri Lanka

5th Match, Manuka Oval, Canberra

15 Feb 2008

Australia vs Sri Lanka

6th Match, W.A.C.A. Ground, Perth (D/N)

17 Feb 2008

Australia vs India

7th Match, Adelaide Oval (D/N)

19 Feb 2008

India vs Sri Lanka

8th Match, Adelaide Oval (D/N)

22 Feb 2008

Australia vs Sri Lanka

9th Match, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (D/N)

24 Feb 2008

Australia vs India

10th Match, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (D/N)

26 Feb 2008

India vs Sri Lanka

11th Match, Bellerive Oval, Hobart

29 Feb 2008

Australia vs Sri Lanka

12th Match, Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne (D/N)

02 Mar 2008

TBC vs TBC

1st Final Match, Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney

04 Mar 2008

TBC vs TBC

2nd Final Match, Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane (D/N)

07 Mar 2008

TBC vs TBC

3rd Final Match, Adelaide Oval (D/N) (If Required)

I think all the cricket fans could understand that it would be a very important series because India lost the home series along with Australia and Sri Lanka also lost the series too. Although they were beaten along with Australia, both the team beat different teams in their home series and ODI and Test.

The series will be very exciting because India and Sri Lanka will try to take their revenge of serious lost last month. On the other hand, Australia is not a weak team. As leader team they will fight strongly to hold their top and unbeaten position.

Source: http://www.vcricket.com