The Blundstone Arena or the Bellerive Oval in Hobart will be hosting the BBL match between Hobart Hurricanes and Adelaide Strikers later today. This will be the 2nd Big Bash League game of the season at this very venue.
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Blundstone Arena has hosted some brilliant T20 games in the past as this stadium has a history of offering some great tracks for the T20 format with help for both batters and bowlers. The ground dimensions also play a very big part at the venue.
The first BBL 12 match in Hobart between Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Renegades was completely dominated by the bowlers where the Renegades could not chase 123 runs. This ground also hosted a few games of the T20 World Cup last year.
Bellerive Oval Hobart T20 records BBL
Bellerive Oval is the home ground of Hobart Hurricanes in the BBL, so it is obvious that the players of Hobart Hurricanes have ruled the charts here. D’arcy Short has scored the most runs in BBL at this ground, where he has scored 996 runs at 35.57 with the help of 8 half-centuries. Ben McDermott (886 runs), George Bailey (734 runs), Tim Paine (695 runs) and Jon Wells (481 runs) complete the top-5 list.
Australian leg-spinner Cameron Boyce has scalped the most BBL wickets at Hobart’s Blundstone Arena. Boyce has scalped 29 wickets at an economy of 7.91. Boyce is followed by Riley Meredith (25 wickets), Nathan Ellis (24 wickets), James Faulkner (22 wickets) and Ben Laughlin (21 wickets) in the list.
Luke Wright has scored the highest individual score here while playing for Melbourne Stars against Hobart Hurricanes. He smashed 117 runs in just 60 balls in 2012. Daniel Christian’s figures of 4-0-15-4 while playing for Hobart Hurricanes against Adelaide Strikers are the best bowling figures at this ground.
Brisbane Heat have scored the highest inning total at this ground in the BBL, where they scored 212/3 against Hobart Hurricanes in 2020. Chris Lynn and Max Bryant smashed brilliant half-centuries in that match.
Bellerive Oval Hobart highest successful run chase in Big Bash League
The highest BBL run-chase at the Bellerive Oval has been achieved by the home side Hobart Hurricanes against Brisbane Heat in 2015. Heat scored 208/6 in the first innings courtesy of half-centuries from Peter Forrest and Jimmy Peirson. Hobart chased the target in 19 overs where Ben Dunk and Tim Paine scored half-centuries.
