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| Ground information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Albion,Brisbane, Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| Home club | Queensland Bulls Queensland Fire Cricket Australia XI |
| Capacity | 6,500 |
| Owner | Queensland Government |
| Tenants | Fortitude Valley Diehards (1909–95) Queensland Bulls Queensland Fire Cricket Australia XI Southern Stars Australia A National Performance Squad |
| End names | |
| Crosby Road End Albion Park End | |
| International information | |
| First WODI | 7 February 1999: Australia v South Africa |
| Last WODI | 8 October 2023: Australia v West Indies |
| First WT20I | 18 October 2006: Australia v New Zealand |
| Last WT20I | 24 September 2024: Australia v New Zealand |
| As of 24 September 2024 Source:ESPNcricinfo | |
Allan Border Field is a cricket ground in theBrisbane suburb ofAlbion inQueensland. TheAustralian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004, using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia.
It was formerly known asNeumann Oval and was home to theFortitude Valley Diehards rugby league team from 1909 until 1995. The oval was named for Fred "Firpo" Neumann, Valley's club captain (and later president) andQueensland andAustralian representative footballer.[1]Queensland Cricket purchased the ground not long after Valley's relocation and named it in honour of former Australian cricket captainAllan Border. The ground is used as a training facility for theQueensland Bulls and more recently theAustralian cricket team.[2] The capacity of the ground is 6,300, which is much smaller thanthe Gabba. It is also used as a home venue for theQueensland Bulls andCricket Australia XI inAustralian domestic cricket.[3]
First grade rugby league was played at the ground between 1960 and 1995 by theFortitude Valley Diehards in theBrisbane Rugby League competition. The club won 15 titles during their tenure in the league, the most of any club, and produced futureQueensland captain and immortalWally Lewis.
The firstfirst-class match held at the ground was played betweenQueensland and a touringPakistan team in 1999 during which bothMatthew Hayden andStuart Law[4] made centuries as Queensland won the match by 112 runs.[5]
The venue hostedAustralian domestic andList A matches in the early-2000s, including the1999/00 Pura Cup Final[6] but, in later years, was restricted to tour matches between Queensland and international teams, withthe Gabba becoming the primary home of theQueensland Bulls.
In 2009,Pakistan A won in a three-match one-day series againstAustralia A[7] but, lost the subsequentTwenty20 match.[8]
Sheffield Shield was re-introduced in 2010 with a match played between Queensland andSouth Australia[9] and more games have been played since, including a match in 2013 between Queensland andTasmania during whichJordan Silk made a century.[10]
In 2014, two four-day matches were played betweenAustralia A and a touringIndia A team.[11]Naman Ojha made adouble-century in one of the matches.Mitchell Marsh, who scored 211, andSam Whiteman, who scored 174, put on 371 runs for the eighth wicket, an Australian record and the second-highest eighth-wicket partnership recorded.[12] Both matches resulted in a draw.[13]
On 23 June 2014 it was announced that the field would jointly play host to the initial rounds of the newly sponsoredMatador BBQs One-Day Cup in October.[14][15] In the first match,Josh Hazlewood took 7 for 36 against South Australia, the third-best bowling performance in Australian domestic one-day history and the best by a New South Welshman.[16] Four days later,Jonathan Wells made the second-highest score in List A cricket at Allan Border Field, becoming just the fourth batsman to make a century in List A cricket at the ground. In the same matchSam Rainbird took figures of 5 for 29.[17] However, in the last match, QueenslanderJoe Burns made 115 against South Australia in a 94-run victory, passing Wells' score and becoming the fifth batsman to make a century in List A cricket at the ground.[18][19]
On 8 July 2015 Victorian all-rounderMarcus Stoinis hit part-time medium-pacer Brendan Smith for six sixes in an over on his way to 121 from 73 balls while playing for the National Performance Squad in a 50-over match against a National Indigenous Squad. Smith, captain of the New South Wales under-17s, also sent down a wide meaning his one over of the match went for 37 runs. The game was a non-sanctioned practice match.[20]
On 23–27 March 2018 the Sheffield Shield final was played at the ground betweenQueensland Bulls andTasmania Tigers the match was won by Queensland by 9 wickets it was Queensland's 8th title and first since2011–12 Sheffield Shield season
On 26–30 September 2020 Allan Border Field hostedWomen's Twenty20 International matches between theAustralia women's national cricket team and theNew Zealand women's national cricket team. Australia won the series 2–1 with New Zealand winning the final match of the tournament.[21] The matches were originally scheduled to be held atCazalys Stadium inCairns, however, the matches were relocated to the Allan Border Field due to the prevailing COVID-19 circumstances and logistical issues at the time.[22]
On 15–18 April 2021 Allan Border Field hosted theSheffield Shield final match between theQueensland andNew South Wales men's cricket teams. Queensland had won the match by an innings and 33 runs. Over 10,000 people attended across three and a half days of cricket, with hundreds of fans having to be turned away when the cricket ground reached its maximum capacity on day two.[23][24]
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in a single innings.
| Season | Player | Team | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005/06 | Marlon Samuels | West Indies | 257 | Queensland |
| 2002/03 | Martin Love | Queensland | 250 | England XI |
| 2000/01 | Ricky Ponting | Tasmania | 233 | Queensland |
| 2014 | Naman Ojha | India A | 219* | Australia A |
| 2014 | Mitchell Marsh | Australia A | 211 | India A |
Last Updated 10 July 2014.[25]
This table contains the top five highest scores made by a batsman in List A matches.
| Season | Player | Team | Score | Opponent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Tim Paine | Australia A | 134 | Pakistan A |
| 2014 | Joe Burns | Queensland | 115 | South Australia |
| 2014 | Jonathan Wells | Tasmania | 110 | Victoria |
| 2009 | Umar Akmal | Pakistan A | 104 | Australia A |
| 2009 | Khalid Latif | Pakistan A | 100 | Australia A |
Last Updated 15 July 2015.[26]
Cricket Australia officially opened the new National Cricket Centre on 12 November 2013. The new facility replaced the Centre of Excellence. The National Cricket Centre features state-of-the-art indoor and outdoor training facilities and equipment to enhance the development of Australian cricketers.[27] The street that the Allan Border Field is on was also renamed in honour of formerAustralian captainGreg Chappell.[28]
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