Leeds · England · 2003–2025
Headingley, Leeds: Pitch Conditions, Records and Match Stats
At a glance
Matches
135
All formats
Par score
203
1st-innings average
Chase success
42%
Defending edge
Bat-first win
56%
Long-sample record
Pitch & conditions
The patterns we see repeat across the matches on record — what works at Headingley, and what captains should plan for.
Across 135 matches, sides batting first average 203 against a second-innings average of 191, and chases succeed only 44% of the time. The first-innings advantage is consistent enough to shape pre-match thinking, though conditions on any given day still govern the outcome.
The average powerplay produces 41 runs at a cost of 1.22 wickets in white-ball cricket here, which sits below the most free-scoring English grounds. Teams tend to build rather than launch from the off, with the middle overs contributing the bulk of scoring at an average of 131 runs per innings.
Yorkshire have played 75 matches at Headingley and won 43 of them, a 58% win rate. No other side approaches that volume of home fixtures here, underlining how well the club has exploited its familiarity with the surface across Blast cricket in particular.
The ground's Test record includes innings of 265, 252, 233, and 229 in recent years alone. Four of the five highest individual scores in our dataset were made by batters facing England, which may reflect the ground's seamer-friendly reputation making tail-end collapses more decisive in the match context.
The average death-overs return of 33 runs per innings is low for a ground that hosts competitive T20 and The Hundred. Shorter boundaries may exist on some sides, but the Headingley surface historically does not offer the true, predictable bounce that produces consistent big-hitting at the back end of innings.
By the numbers
Career aggregates from the matches LuckySpire tracks at Headingley. Drawn from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data under ODC-BY licence.
Avg 1st inn
203
T20-era par
Avg 2nd inn
191
Chasing average
Chase success
42%
All formats
Highest total
570
On record
Lowest total
64
Complete innings
Phase-by-phase · scoring trajectory
Cumulative scoring trajectory across a typical white-ball innings at Headingley. 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
45RPO · OVERS 1–6
Middle
113RPO · OVERS 7–15
Death
45RPO · 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 % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 75 | 43 | 31 | 0 | 57% |
| England Cricket | 36 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 58% |
| Northern Superchargers | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 45% |
| Derbyshire | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 36% |
| Lancashire | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 58% |
| Durham | 10 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 30% |
| Leicestershire | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44% |
| Northamptonshire | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 44% |
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