Oval Cricket Ground Test Records: Most Runs, Wickets And Highest Successful Run Chase At The Oval

The Oval Cricket Ground Test Records will take centre stage as it is a designated neutral venue for the final match of the second edition of the ICC World Test Championship scheduled to be played between Australia and India tomorrow onwards. Having last hosted an international match in the form of an England-South Africa Test match nine months ago, the venue will be hosting action of the highest level for the first time this year.

One of the most oldest Test venues, it is also one of the top ground in terms of hosting maximum matches of the ancestral format. Speaking particularly of Australia, they will be playing a Test here for the first time since Ashes 2019. In fact, they will be playing an additional Test here during the subsequent Ashes 2023. In a total of 38 Tests here, the Aussies have won seven and lost 17 matches over the years.

India, on the other hand, will be playing at the Kennington Oval after a couple of years. India, who have won two but lost five out of their 14 Tests at this venue, had won their last match a couple of years ago unlike Australia. Readers must note that Australia’s last Test victory at this stadium had come eight years ago.

The Oval Cricket Ground Test Records

Highest Test run-scorers at The Oval among active Australian and Indian cricketers are Steven Smith (391), KL Rahul (249), Rishabh Pant (178), Virat Kohli (169) and Rohit Sharma (138). Details of players part of the current squads have been provided below:

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Ravindra Jadeja (11), Nathan Lyon (9), Ishant Sharma (8), Jasprit Bumrah (7) and Umesh Yadav (6) are the highest wicket-takers in Test matches played at this venue. Apart from these active bowlers, topmost ones that are in the current squads are:

Highest Innings Total in Tests Played At The Oval

Only four out of the 12 Test innings totals exceeding the 600-run mark at The Oval have come in this century. While Australia’s highest innings total at this venue is mentioned in the aforementioned table, India had scored 664 in 170 overs 16 years ago.

Out of 104 Tests here, teams have been able to chase down targets successfully only 26 times. Hosts England hold the record for the highest successful run-chase at this ground on the back of scoring 263/9 in 66.5 overs in a tense finish 121 years ago.

Both Australia and India have chased down a target once at Kennington Oval. While Australia had sealed a 242-run chase with 5 wickets in hand in 1972, India had sealed a 173-run target with 4 wickets in hand in 1971.

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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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