Corporation Stadium

Corporation Stadium in numbers

Corporation Stadium, in Chennai, India, has staged 9 Tests in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between India and New Zealand in 1956, and the most recent international here was in 1965.

Of the 9 Tests played at Corporation Stadium, 3 were drawn (33%), 5 won by the side batting first and 1 by the side batting second. India have played 9 of those Tests and won 2, lost 4 and drawn or tied 3, a win rate of 22%. The most frequent visitors have been Australia (3). The average first-innings total was 399 in the 1950s (3 Tests) and 381 in the 1960s (6 Tests). Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 6 Tests. Vijay Manjrekar has made more Test runs here than anyone, 487 in 12 innings with 2 hundreds, and Bapu Nadkarni has taken the most wickets, 20 in 5 Tests. The highest total is India's 539 for 9 in 1961; the lowest completed innings India's 138 in 1960; the highest individual score Vinoo Mankad's 231 against New Zealand in 1956; the best bowling Ray Lindwall's 7 for 43 in 1956. The heaviest defeat was New Zealand's, by an innings and 109 runs against India in 1956.

Tests at Corporation Stadium

9 Tests, 1956 to 1965. The first was India v New Zealand on 6 January 1956: India won by an innings and 109 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Most recent matches

• India v New Zealand (Test, 27 February 1965): Match drawn
• Australia v India (Test, 2 October 1964): Australia won by 139 runs
• India v England (Test, 10 January 1964): Match drawn
• India v England (Test, 10 January 1962): India won by 128 runs
• Pakistan v India (Test, 13 January 1961): Match drawn
• Australia v India (Test, 13 January 1960): Australia won by an innings and 55 runs
• West Indies v India (Test, 21 January 1959): West Indies won by 295 runs
• India v Australia (Test, 19 October 1956): Australia won by an innings and 5 runs
• India v New Zealand (Test, 6 January 1956): India won by an innings and 109 runs