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Kennington Oval
Sat, June 10 2023
IND vs AUS: India Need To Break 121-Year Old Jinx To Win WTC Final 2023
Team India need to break 121-year-old record in order to win the WTC Final 2023 against Australia
Sun, June 04 2023
Kennington Oval Test Records, Stats Ahead Of India vs Australia WTC 2023 Final: All You Need To Know
Team India will take on Australia in the WTC final at the Kennington Oval. Here are the Test Records and Stats of the venue
Fri, June 14 2019
World Cup diary: Soaking in the historic Oval, which also hosted England’s first ‘international’ football match
An iconic venue in south London, The Oval is not just known for cricket.
Fri, July 27 2018
England wicketkeeper Jonny Bairstow believes Adil Rashid has matured, would respond well
Bairstow, who has had a close view of Rashid from behind the stumps, reckons the leggie is bowling more maturely in the powerplays in ODIs of late and feels that him not playing red-ball cricket won't be a hindrance as its more a matter of landing his leg-spinner right in Tests
Tue, January 30 2018
Kennington Oval, a brief history: Part 6
For the first time in England, a 5-Test series was played, each of three days’ duration. Two more English venues, Trent Bridge and Headingley, were added to the English list of Test grounds.
Thu, December 21 2017
Kennington Oval, a brief history: Part 5
The 1886 Oval Test saw the first whitewash in the history of cricket being completed.
Wed, November 22 2017
The Historic Kennington Oval – Part 4
By 1884 The Oval was no longer the only Test ground in England: Old Trafford and Lord’s had joined the fray.
Mon, November 06 2017
Kennington Oval, a brief history: Part 3
The bare bones of the 1882 Oval Test may be expressed as Test # 9, England v Australia. Australia had won by 7 runs. But, and there is a big ‘but’ in all this, making the bland statement above is akin to stating that Pandit Ravi Shankar was an itinerant strummer or that Michelangelo was a hewer of stone.
Tue, October 31 2017
Kennington Oval, a brief history: Part 2
In 1880, The Oval hosted the first Test on English soil.
Fri, October 20 2017
Kennington Oval, a brief history: Part 1
The first cricket match played at the Kennington Oval for which a scorecard survives to this day appears to have been played on July 17, 1845