Saxton Oval

Saxton Oval in numbers

Saxton Oval, in Nelson, New Zealand, has staged 12 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between New Zealand and West Indies in 2014, and the most recent international here was in 2023.

Of the 12 ODIs played at Saxton Oval, sides batting first have won 3 and chasing sides 8; 1 produced no result. Only 27% of decided ODIs have gone to the side batting first; chasing has been the stronger hand here. New Zealand have played 9 of those ODIs and won 7, lost 1 and tied or had no result in 1, a win rate of 78%. The most frequent visitors have been Bangladesh (4) and Sri Lanka (4). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 11 ODIs. Kane Williamson has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 404 in 8 innings with 1 hundred, and Tim Southee has taken the most wickets, 9 in 7 ODIs. The highest total is New Zealand's 364 for 4 in 2019; the lowest completed innings Bangladesh's 184 in 2016; the highest individual score Soumya Sarkar's 169 against New Zealand in 2023; the best bowling Lockie Ferguson's 4 for 40 in 2019. The widest margin by runs was New Zealand's 115-run win over Sri Lanka in 2019.

ODIs at Saxton Oval

12 ODIs, 2014 to 2023. The first was New Zealand v West Indies on 4 January 2014: New Zealand won by 58 runs (D/L method).

First-innings totals by decade

Most recent matches

• Bangladesh v New Zealand (ODI, 20 December 2023): New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
• New Zealand v Sri Lanka (ODI, 8 January 2019): New Zealand won by 115 runs
• Pakistan v New Zealand (ODI, 9 January 2018): New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) (D/L method)
• Bangladesh v New Zealand (ODI, 31 December 2016): New Zealand won by 8 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)
• New Zealand v Bangladesh (ODI, 29 December 2016): New Zealand won by 67 runs
• New Zealand v Sri Lanka (ODI, 2 January 2016): No result
• New Zealand v Sri Lanka (ODI, 31 December 2015): Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets (with 22 balls remaining)
• Scotland v Bangladesh (ODI, 5 March 2015): Bangladesh won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
• United Arab Emirates v Zimbabwe (ODI, 19 February 2015): Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining)
• West Indies v Ireland (ODI, 16 February 2015): Ireland won by 4 wickets (with 25 balls remaining)