Auckland · New Zealand · 2003–2025
Eden Park, Auckland: Pitch Conditions, Records and Match History
At a glance
Matches
112
All formats
Par score
194
1st-innings average
Chase success
55%
Chaser edge
Bat-first win
41%
Long-sample record
Pitch & conditions
The patterns we see repeat across the matches on record — what works at Eden Park, and what captains should plan for.
Sides winning the toss at Eden Park have chosen to field on 72% of occasions across 108 matches. The second-innings average of 176 sits 19 runs below the first-innings mark of 195, suggesting the surface does tend to ease as a game progresses, which may make chasing a considered option for captains with strong bowling attacks.
The 56% chase success rate across all formats at Eden Park is one of the more notable patterns in the data. Over 108 matches it amounts to a meaningful structural lean rather than noise, which could colour how teams approach selection and match strategy.
The average powerplay return of 46 runs at 1.57 wickets tells you this surface is neither a batters' paradise from ball one nor a graveyard for openers. Teams that build quietly through the powerplay and accelerate through the middle overs. Where 103 runs come on average. Have historically found a productive template here.
An average of just 34 runs in the death overs points to a ground where bowlers retain some purchase even in the closing stages. That figure, set against the 103-run middle-overs average, suggests the biggest scoring opportunities come in overs 7 to 16 rather than the final four.
Eden Park's five Tests have generated some of the highest individual scores in New Zealand cricket history. PG Fulton's 246, BB McCullum's 225 against India, and MJ Prior's 183 for England all came here, pointing to a surface that, in the longer format, can offer significant reward to batters prepared to occupy the crease.
By the numbers
Career aggregates from the matches LuckySpire tracks at Eden Park. Drawn from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data under ODC-BY licence.
Avg 1st inn
194
T20-era par
Avg 2nd inn
174
Chasing average
Chase success
55%
All formats
Highest total
595
On record
Lowest total
52
Complete innings
Phase-by-phase · scoring trajectory
Cumulative scoring trajectory across a typical white-ball innings at Eden Park. Phase bands show Powerplay (overs 1–6), Middle (7–15) and Death (16–20) — the death-overs acceleration is where the ground's character shows up most sharply.
Powerplay
49RPO · OVERS 1–6
Middle
99RPO · OVERS 7–15
Death
46RPO · OVERS 16–20
Who plays here
Match counts and win records for the teams with the deepest history at this ground.
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | NR | Win % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand Cricket | 65 | 29 | 28 | 3 | 45% |
| Auckland | 44 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 50% |
| Australia Cricket | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 69% |
| Canterbury | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 45% |
| Central Districts | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 45% |
| Otago | 10 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 20% |
| Pakistan Cricket | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 40% |
| India Cricket | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 44% |
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