| Harrup Park | |||||||
 Interactive map of Great Barrier Reef Arena | |||||||
| Ground information | |||||||
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| Location | Mackay,Australia | ||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||
| Establishment | 1968 (first recorded match) | ||||||
| Capacity | 10,000[1] | ||||||
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| International information | |||||||
| First ODI | 28 February 1992: India v Sri Lanka | ||||||
| Last ODI | 24 August 2025: Australia v South Africa | ||||||
| First WODI | 21 September 2021: Australia v India | ||||||
| Last WODI | 26 September 2021: Australia v India | ||||||
| First WT20I | 19 September 2024: Australia v New Zealand | ||||||
| Last WT20I | 22 September 2024: Australia v New Zealand | ||||||
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| As of 22 September 2024 Source:Cricinfo | |||||||
TheGreat Barrier Reef Arena (also known as theRay Mitchell Oval andHarrup Park)[2] is anAustralian rules football and acricket ground in the city ofMackay,Queensland,Australia.
On 19 September 2018, theGold Coast Suns announced a four-year deal with theMackay Council to playAFL Women's matches at Harrup Park between 2019–2022.[3][4]
The first recorded match on the ground occurred when Queensland Country XI played against the touringWest Indians in 1968, withRohan Kanhai scoring 206 runs on the 2nd day.[5] In 1978, the ground staged a singleWorld Series Cricket "Country Cavaliers" match.[5]
The ground held its first twoList A one day matches in 1988, whenQueensland played the touringPakistanis on 3 and 4 December 1988.[6]
The firstfirst-class match to be played there came in 1995 when Queensland played against the touring Sri Lankans,[7] with the match ending in a 273 run victory for Queensland, withMichael Kasprowicz taking match figures of 12/95.[8] The second first-class game, and firstSheffield Shield game came in 2015 whenNew South Wales defeated Queensland in a close contest by 3 wickets. Queensland openerMatt Renshaw top scored with 170, and New South Wales spinnerWill Somerville collected 7 wickets.[9] A List A match was played there in October 2011 between Queensland andTasmania in the 2011/12Ryobi One Day Cup.[6] The ground was then host to a 2016 Quadrangular series between Australia A, India A, South Africa A and Australia's National Performance Squad, being won by India A.[10]
Brisbane Heat from theWomen's Big Bash Cricket League played six home games at Mackay in 2018 and 2019.[11]
Great Barrier Reef Arena hosted nineWBBL games from 13 November 2021 to 20 November 2021, with six teams competing in two consecutive "festival rounds".[12]
The ground hosted aOne Day International match during the1992 Cricket World Cup, withIndia andSri Lanka playing on 28 February.[13] The match was abandoned after two deliveries due to torrential rain, despite the best efforts of the groundstaff to dry the outfield.[14] Thus, Sri Lankan fast bowlerChampaka Ramanayake and Indian batsmanKrishnamachari Srikkanth held unusual distinctions: Ramanayake was the only male international bowler to have ever bowled at the venue, and Srikkanth was the batsman who scored the only run ever in the only men's international cricket match played here.[15] This match was also the debut match ofAjay Jadeja.
In 2021, the venue was selected to host threeWomen's One Day International matches betweenAustralia andIndia, the first of which was played on 21 September 2021.[16][17]
In 2025, the ground hosted two ODIs betweenAustralia and South Africa, 33 years after its first.[18][19]
As of August 2025, three ODI centuries have been scored in Mackay.[20]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Innings | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 142 | Travis Head | Australia | 103 | 1 | South Africa | 24 August 2025 | Australia won |
| 2 | 100 | Mitchell Marsh | 106 | |||||
| 3 | 118* | Cameron Green | 55 |
As of August 2025[update], two ODI five-wicket hauls have been taken at the venue.[21]
| No. | Figures | Player | Team | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5/42 | Lungi Ngidi | South Africa | Australia | 22 August 2025 | South Africa won |
| 2 | 5/22 | Cooper Connolly | Australia | South Africa | 24 August 2025 | Australia won |
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