Hagley Oval Christchurch ODI records: Christchurch Cricket Ground records and highest innings totals

The third ODI of the ongoing India’s tour of New Zealand will be played in Christchurch tomorrow. The last match of this Indian tour will be bring back ODI cricket to the Hagley Oval after as many as 20 months.

Having hosted both Tests and T20Is this year, this venue will be hosting a New Zealand-India ODI for the very first time. As surprising as it sounds, India haven’t played even one of the 15 ODIs played at the Hagley Oval in the past.

Hosts New Zealand, on the other hand, have a fantastic ODI record at this stadium on the back of 10 victories and a solitary loss in their 11 ODIs in the last seven years.

Hagley Oval Christchurch ODI records

Highest ODI run-scorers at this stadium are Martin Guptill (421), Tom Latham (366), Kane Williamson (251), Ross Taylor (246) and Henry Nicholls (206). Part of the current squad, New Zealand batter Devon Conway and all-rounders James Neesham and Mitchell Santner have all scored an ODI half-century here.

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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 29, 2022

Highest ODI wicket-takers at the Hagley Oval are Trent Boult (18), Matt Henry (12), Mitchell McClenaghan (9), Lockie Ferguson (9) and Mitchell Santner (9). Part of the current squad, New Zealand pacers Adam Milne, Neesham and Tim Southee have all picked five ODI wickets at this venue.

Highest innings totals in Christchurch ODIs

One in every fifth ODI innings at the Hagley Oval witnesses teams surpassing the 300-run mark. As far as the highest successful ODI run-chase here is concerned, New Zealand had scored 275/5 in 48.2 overs in a 273-run chase against Bangladesh in the most latest match.

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Historically, toss hasn’t really had a lot of impact at the Hagley Oval. While teams batting first have won on eight occasions, teams chasing a total have won seven ODIs at this stadium.

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Dixit Bhargav

Born and brought up in Pathankot, Dixit Bhargav is an engineering and sports management graduate who works as a Cricket Editor at The SportsRush. Having written more than 10,000 articles across more than five years at TSR, his first cricketing memory dates back to 2002 when former India captain Sourav Ganguly had waved his jersey at the historic Lord’s balcony. What followed for an 8-year-old was an instant adulation for both Ganguly and the sport. The optimist in him is waiting for the day when Punjab Kings will win their maiden Indian Premier League title. When not watching cricket, he is mostly found in a cinema hall watching a Punjabi movie.

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