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Sydney Cricket Ground
Sydney

Sydney’s historic ground at Moore Park, home of the New South Wales team and the New Year Test in early January.

Source: Wikipedia ↗ · Checked 28 Sep 2026

History and famous moments

Its first Test was played from 17 to 21 February 1882.
Don Bradman scored 452 here for New South Wales against Queensland in 1928–29, then the highest first-class innings ever; Hanif Mohammad’s 499 and Brian Lara’s 501 later passed it.
The ground’s biggest cricket crowd, 58,446, watched Australia play England on 15 December 1928.
Bradman first visited the SCG in 1920–21 to watch the Fifth Test, in which Charlie Macartney scored 170.
One of the carpenters who built the formwork for the ground’s old cycling track was George Bradman, Don Bradman’s father.
The first recorded match on the site was in 1854, when the Garrison Club beat the Royal Victoria Club.
Its first first-class match, New South Wales against Victoria in February 1878, went to New South Wales by one wicket.
Reg “Tip” Foster’s 287 for England in 1903 stood as the ground’s highest Test score for more than a century.
Night cricket was first played here on 28 November 1978, in World Series Cricket.
Shane Warne played his first Test (1992) and his last (2007) here.
In the 100th Test at the SCG, in January 2012, Michael Clarke made 329 not out against India, the ground’s first Test triple-century.
Since 2008 the New Year Test has been the Pink Test, raising money for the McGrath Foundation.
Australia beat India by 34 runs here on 12 January 2019 for their 1,000th win in international cricket.

From the ground’s Wikipedia article ↗ · Checked 5 Oct 2026

For the 5 upcoming matches at Sydney Cricket Ground in our listings, by country (each match page has the source and check date):

Australia: Fox Cricket (Foxtel), Seven Network (free-to-air), Kayo Sports, 7plus
Canada: Willow TV (1 of the 5 matches), Willow by Cricbuzz (1 of the 5 matches)
United Kingdom: Sky Sports Cricket (4 of the 5 matches)
United States: Willow TV (1 of the 5 matches), Willow by Cricbuzz (1 of the 5 matches)