Lancaster Park

Lancaster Park records at a glance

At Lancaster Park, the highest Test team total is 580/9 by England in 1992; the highest individual score is 258 by Seymour Nurse in 1969; the highest successful chase is 324/5 by New Zealand in 1994.

At Lancaster Park, the highest ODI team total is 392/4 by India in 2009; the highest individual score is 163* by Sachin Tendulkar in 2009; the highest successful chase is 332/8 by New Zealand in 2005.

About Lancaster Park

By Vishal Jaiswal · Published 19 September 2026 · Updated 24 September 2026

Lancaster Park staged New Zealand's first Test, against England in January 1930, and was Christchurch's international ground for more than 80 years, in its later years under the sponsor names Jade Stadium and AMI Stadium. Its last international was an ODI in January 2011, weeks before the earthquake of February 2011 that closed the ground for good. Richard Hadlee, a Christchurch cricketer, took 76 Test wickets here, more than twice anyone else, and Nathan Astle reached a double hundred from 153 balls against England in 2002, the fastest in Test cricket at the time. Sachin Tendulkar's 163 not out in 2009 is the highest ODI score at the ground. John Wright, Glenn Turner and Bevan Congdon lead its Test run-scorers, and New Zealand's biggest Test win at the ground came in 1984, by an innings and 132 runs, when England were bowled out for 82 and 93. In one-day cricket New Zealand won 26 of their 46 matches here.

Lancaster Park in numbers

Lancaster Park, in Christchurch, New Zealand, has staged 40 Tests and 48 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between New Zealand and England in 1930, and the most recent international here was in 2011. The scorecards know it by 3 names: Lancaster Park (1930 to 1998), Jade Stadium (1999 to 2007) and AMI Stadium (2008 to 2011). Its Tests span 70 years and more.

Tests at Lancaster Park

40 Tests, 1930 to 2006. The first was New Zealand v England on 10 January 1930: England won by 8 wickets.

First-innings totals by decade

ODIs at Lancaster Park

48 ODIs, 1973 to 2011. The first was New Zealand v Pakistan on 11 February 1973: New Zealand won by 22 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Closest finishes

• Zimbabwe won by 1 run (1998)
• New Zealand won by 1 wicket (with 1 ball remaining) (1995)
• Australia won by 1 wicket (with 3 balls remaining) (1993)
• New Zealand won by 1 wicket (with 2 balls remaining) (1980)

Most recent matches

• Pakistan v New Zealand (ODI, 29 January 2011): Pakistan won by 43 runs
• Bangladesh v New Zealand (ODI, 11 February 2010): New Zealand won by 3 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
• India v New Zealand (ODI, 8 March 2009): India won by 58 runs
• New Zealand v West Indies (ODI, 3 January 2009): West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining) (D/L method)
• England v New Zealand (ODI, 23 February 2008): New Zealand won by 34 runs (D/L method)
• Sri Lanka v New Zealand (ODI, 2 January 2007): New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 129 balls remaining) (D/L method)
• Sri Lanka v New Zealand (Test, 7 December 2006): New Zealand won by 5 wickets
• New Zealand v West Indies (ODI, 25 February 2006): New Zealand won by 21 runs
• Sri Lanka v New Zealand (ODI, 3 January 2006): New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
• Australia v New Zealand (ODI, 10 December 2005): New Zealand won by 2 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)

Names in the scorecards

Grounds are renamed and sponsors change; the archive keeps the name each scorecard used. This page brings them together as one ground.