Cricket ground · Melbourne · Balanced in men's T20s

Melbourne Cricket Ground pitch report

Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne has hosted 152 matches, mostly BBL and ODIs. In men's T20s the average first-innings score is 154 and chasing sides have won 62% of those with a result. Spinners take 33% of the wickets here, against 35% at all grounds. Women's figures (19 matches) are shown separately.

  • T20 · 95 matches154Average first-innings scoreChasing sides won 62% · toss winners fielded first 71%
  • ODI · 38 matches258Average first-innings scoreChasing sides won 54% · toss winners fielded first 34%

Pace v spin at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Wickets and economy by type of bowler, every men's match here

T20 Balanced

Spinners have taken 33% of the wickets here, against 35% in men's T20s at all grounds.

Pace67% of wkts · econ 7.94
Spin33% of wkts · econ 7.20
TypeWktsShareEconAvg
Right-arm pace58055%7.9124.71
Left-arm pace13813%8.0425.03
Off-spin878%7.0427.68
Leg-spin16015%7.2423.48
Left-arm orthodox606%7.2634.35
Left-arm wrist-spin394%7.3828.05

ODI Pace-friendly

Spinners have taken 20% of the wickets here, against 33% in men's ODIs at all grounds.

Pace80% of wkts · econ 5.08
Spin20% of wkts · econ 5.16
TypeWktsShareEconAvg
Right-arm pace30761%5.1532.73
Left-arm pace9719%4.8526.12
Off-spin357%5.0356.77
Leg-spin275%5.9236.44
Left-arm orthodox347%5.0951.71
Left-arm wrist-spin51%4.0035.60

Most men's runs at Melbourne Cricket Ground

BatterInnsRunsAvgSR
Glenn Maxwell601,73037.61146.9
Marcus Stoinis541,43434.98133.0
Aaron Finch351,25440.45107.9
David Warner2177540.79117.6
Matthew Wade2675534.32113.4
Luke Wright2972929.16124.8
Ricky Ponting1872845.5087.9
David Hussey2771235.60121.5
Michael Clarke2068438.0077.6
Hilton Cartwright2864140.06134.1

Most men's wickets at Melbourne Cricket Ground

BowlerInnsWktsEconBest
Adam Zampa43586.565/17
James Faulkner31406.073/9
Marcus Stoinis35297.274/21
John Hastings21287.074/29
Mitchell Starc13274.726/43
Nathan Coulter-Nile24277.043/17
Clint McKay16265.864/20
Sean Abbott17246.983/23
Scott Boland19247.944/30
Haris Rauf15237.323/17

Highest men's totals at Melbourne Cricket Ground

T20

  1. 273/2 (20 ov)Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes · BBL · 2022
  2. 219/5 (20 ov)Melbourne Stars v Hobart Hurricanes · BBL · 2025
  3. 219/1 (20 ov)Melbourne Stars v Sydney Sixers · BBL · 2020
  4. 208/7 (20 ov)Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades · BBL · 2013
  5. 194/2 (20 ov)Melbourne Stars v Sydney Thunder · BBL · 2020

ODI

  1. 355/5 (48 ov)Australia v England · ODI · 2022
  2. 342/9 (50 ov)Australia v England · ODI · 2015
  3. 332/1 (50 ov)Sri Lanka v Bangladesh · ODI · 2015
  4. 324/5 (50 ov)Australia v West Indies · ODI · 2010
  5. 308/5 (48.5 ov)England v Australia · ODI · 2018

Recent men's matches at Melbourne Cricket Ground

  • · BBL
    Adelaide Strikers83 (19.3)
    Melbourne Stars86/4 (15.1)
    Melbourne Stars won by 6 wickets
  • · BBL
    Melbourne Stars128 (19.5)
    Sydney Sixers129/4 (17.1)
    Sydney Sixers won by 6 wickets
  • · BBL
    Melbourne Stars173/9 (20)
    Melbourne Renegades177/6 (19.5)
    Melbourne Renegades won by 4 wickets
  • · BBL
    Hobart Hurricanes158/9 (20)
    Melbourne Stars159/2 (16)
    Melbourne Stars won by 8 wickets
  • · T20I
    India125 (18.4)
    Australia126/6 (13.2)
    Australia won by 4 wickets
  • · BBL
    Melbourne Stars219/5 (20)
    Hobart Hurricanes179 (19.3)
    Melbourne Stars won by 40 runs
  • · BBL
    Melbourne Stars156/5 (20)
    Sydney Sixers140/9 (20)
    Melbourne Stars won by 16 runs
  • · BBL
    Melbourne Renegades168/7 (20)
    Melbourne Stars171/5 (19.4)
    Melbourne Stars won by 5 wickets
  • · BBL
    Melbourne Stars162/6 (20)
    Brisbane Heat163/2 (18.1)
    Brisbane Heat won by 8 wickets
  • · ODI
    Pakistan203 (46.4)
    Australia204/8 (33.3)
    Australia won by 2 wickets

Men's teams that play most at Melbourne Cricket Ground

  • T20 · 17 matches131Average first-innings scoreChasing sides won 59% · toss winners fielded first 47%
  • ODI · 2 matches238Average first-innings scoreChasing sides won 50% · toss winners fielded first 0%

Pace v spin at Melbourne Cricket Ground

Wickets and economy by type of bowler, every women's match here

T20 Balanced

Spinners have taken 52% of the wickets here, against 50% in women's T20s at all grounds.

Pace48% of wkts · econ 6.74
Spin52% of wkts · econ 6.44
TypeWktsShareEconAvg
Right-arm pace7343%6.8026.36
Left-arm pace74%6.2130.14
Off-spin3722%6.7521.24
Leg-spin3521%6.1215.89
Left-arm orthodox1610%6.3327.31

ODI

Pace59% of wkts · econ 4.78
Spin41% of wkts · econ 4.56
TypeWktsShareEconAvg
Right-arm pace1359%4.7849.62
Off-spin732%4.7927.57
Left-arm orthodox29%4.0636.50

Most women's runs at Melbourne Cricket Ground

BatterInnsRunsAvgSR
Meg Lanning931434.89113.8
Alyssa Healy720952.25145.1
Hayley Matthews718831.33113.3
Beth Mooney418662.00131.0
Alex Blackwell617859.3382.0
Jess Duffin813416.7569.4
Elyse Villani412541.67109.6
Nicole Bolton1124124.0081.6
Georgia Elwiss412240.6795.3
Sophie Molineux411356.50136.1

Most women's wickets at Melbourne Cricket Ground

BowlerInnsWktsEconBest
Erin Osborne9115.363/23
Kristen Beams6105.003/11
Alana King696.263/13
Nicola Hancock586.572/18
Hayley Matthews586.112/20
Jess Jonassen884.643/20
Megan Schutt374.394/18
Holly Ferling675.122/14
Marizanne Kapp354.642/9
Georgia Wareham455.792/18

Highest women's totals at Melbourne Cricket Ground

T20

  1. 184/4 (20 ov)Australia v India · Women's T20I · 2020
  2. 173/3 (19 ov)Sydney Thunder v Perth Scorchers · WBBL · 2024
  3. 170/6 (20 ov)Melbourne Renegades v Melbourne Stars · WBBL · 2024
  4. 170/5 (20 ov)Perth Scorchers v Sydney Thunder · WBBL · 2024
  5. 161/8 (20 ov)Melbourne Stars v Melbourne Renegades · WBBL · 2024

ODI

  1. 266/7 (50 ov)Australia v England · Women's ODI · 2014
  2. 240/10 (46.2 ov)England v Australia · Women's ODI · 2014
  3. 210/3 (46.5 ov)England v Australia · Women's ODI · 2014
  4. 209/3 (50 ov)Australia v England · Women's ODI · 2014

Recent women's matches at Melbourne Cricket Ground

  • · WBBL · Final
    Melbourne Renegades141/9 (20)
    Brisbane Heat90/6 (12)
    Melbourne Renegades won by 7 runs (D/L)
  • · WBBL
    Melbourne Renegades170/6 (20)
    Melbourne Stars161/8 (20)
    Melbourne Renegades won by 9 runs
  • · WBBL
    Perth Scorchers170/5 (20)
    Sydney Thunder173/3 (19)
    Sydney Thunder won by 7 wickets
  • · WBBL
    Melbourne Stars118 (20)
    Melbourne Renegades27/2 (5.3)
    Melbourne Stars won by 8 runs (D/L)
  • · Women's T20I · Final
    Australia184/4 (20)
    India99 (19.1)
    Australia won by 85 runs
  • · WBBL
    Melbourne Stars96/5 (16.4)
    Sydney Sixers92 (19)
    Melbourne Stars won by 5 wickets
  • · WBBL
    Melbourne Stars101/7 (20)
    Melbourne Renegades149/5 (20)
    Melbourne Renegades won by 48 runs
  • · WBBL
    Hobart Hurricanes130/6 (20)
    Melbourne Stars128/7 (20)
    Hobart Hurricanes won by 2 runs
  • · WBBL
    Hobart Hurricanes107/7 (20)
    Melbourne Stars108/3 (18)
    Melbourne Stars won by 7 wickets
  • · WBBL
    Melbourne Renegades142/6 (20)
    Melbourne Stars145/3 (19)
    Melbourne Stars won by 7 wickets

Women's teams that play most at Melbourne Cricket Ground