This ground is a double victory of sorts ... Established in 1871 after the formation of the South Australian Cricket Association (SACA), the Adelaide Oval is home to the Southern Redbacks ...

The ground's oval shape makes straight sixes harder to hit, while shots square of the wicket are easier. Since 2000, India has played six Test matches at Adelaide Oval against Australia.

For English cricket fans it is the greatest tour of them all. An up-to-25-day battle between leather and willow, fought on ...

There is a collective roar around the Adelaide Oval that is rapidly becoming synonymous ... about Head making runs in a hurry on his home ground, and Hazlewood taking wickets in a hurry at his ...

Adelaide Oval will retain a unique size factor when football returns ... The AFL’s shortest venue is the 152.5m long Sydney Cricket Ground, which is a cricket pitch shorter than Perth’s Paterson’s ...

The Oval retains the feel of a ground rather than a stadium ... day-night Tests work - and nowhere better than in Adelaide. For Adelaide cricket-lovers, perhaps the only snag is that there ...

The SA Cricket Association and Premier Peter Malinauskas wanted the shield final at Adelaide Oval ... at Karen Rolton Oval this summer and will host Queensland at the ground on the city's western ...

The South Australia Cricket Association and South Australia ... two days to start on Monday March 24 to allow for Adelaide Oval's ground staff to drop a single pitch into the middle of the venue ...

"But ultimately the AFL, which has rights to the ground from ... South Australia Cricket Association which made an extremely compelling case to host the final at Adelaide Oval." ...

Pakistan vs India at Melbourne, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket Final, Mar 10, 1985 [ODI # 319] New Zealand vs West Indies at Sydney, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket ...

1871: Adelaide Oval playing area is levelled and planted. 1873: The oval is officially opened on December 13 with a cricket game between British and colonial-born players. 1877: The first football ...

THE AFL returns to the newly upgraded Adelaide Oval this weekend ... used in 1997 for international cricket. Three SANFL clubs – Sturt, South Adelaide and West Adelaide – were formerly tenant clubs at ...