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ODI · Men · 12 matches, 12 Feb 2003 to 17 Dec 2024
Records come from the matches in our archive, which starts in the 2000s for most grounds, so older records may be missing. Super overs are left out. Lowest all-out counts only innings that lost all ten wickets.
ODI · Men
249average first-innings score
from 12 innings
7 of 12 matches with a winner
ODI · Women
193average first-innings score
from 5 innings
2 of 5 matches with a winner
T20 · Men
160average first-innings score
from 49 innings
24 of 49 matches with a winner
Even between batting first and chasing
T20 · Women
141average first-innings score
from 9 innings
7 of 9 matches with a winner
From every completed match here in our archive. Averages leave out no-results and rain-adjusted (DLS) games; a format is shown only with at least five matches. Batting first is the side that batted in the first innings. Pitches change from season to season, so treat these as a long-run guide.
One-day (50 overs) · Men
292par first-innings score
usually 241–335
269 batting first wins about 38% of the time here
314 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 12 first innings at Boland Park, Paarl, recent seasons counting most.
One-day (50 overs) · Women
262par first-innings score
usually 219–307
240 batting first wins about 32% of the time here
285 batting first wins about 63% of the time here
From 5 first innings at Boland Park, Paarl, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
171par first-innings score
usually 137–198
156 batting first wins about 35% of the time here
186 batting first wins about 65% of the time here
From 49 first innings at Boland Park, Paarl, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Women
159par first-innings score
usually 136–183
144 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
174 batting first wins about 72% of the time here
From 9 first innings at Boland Park, Paarl, recent seasons counting most.
A prediction, not a certainty. For fun and insight, not betting.
Par is the recent average first-innings score in the format, adjusted for how this ground and its country have played, leaning on the wider average when a ground has few matches. “Usually” is the middle half of first innings. Only full first innings count (all out or the full overs; no rain-shortened games).
Facts, matches and records come from our affiliated partners and our own archive.
History · 4.8 km from the ground
The Afrikaans Language Monument is located on a hill overlooking Paarl, Western Cape Province, South Africa. Officially opened on 10 October 1975, it commemorates the semicentenary of Afrikaans being declared an official language of South Africa separate from Dutch.
Fishing · 44 km from the ground
The Eerste River, located in the Western Cape, South Africa, rises on Dwarsberg 60 km east of Cape Town at the head of Jonkershoek valley. The Eerste River catchment covers the eastern part of the Cape Flats lying to the west of the Hottentots Holland Mountains and south of the Tygerberg where the Kuils River tributary rises east of Kanonkop.
History · 1.2 km from the ground
The Toringkerk in the Paarl was separated in 1875 as the NG congregation Noorder-Paarl from the NG congregation Paarl, also known as the Strooidakkerk.
Nature & walks · 27 km from the ground
Jonkershoek Nature Reserve is a CapeNature nature reserve located approximately 10 km (6 mi) south-east of the town of Stellenbosch in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It covers an area of approximately 11,000 hectares.
Nature & walks · 35 km from the ground
Helderberg Nature Reserve is a 398-hectare (980-acre) nature reserve in Somerset West, South Africa.
History · 10 km from the ground
The Dutch Reformed Church in Wellington is a congregation of the Dutch Reformed Church in the Western Cape province, with its centre of gravity in the historic Boland town of Wellington. It was only founded in 1840 as the 26th congregation of the Cape Church, although the town is one of the oldest in the Western Cape.
Food & drink · 40 km from the ground
Vergelegen is a historic wine estate in Somerset West, in the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Nature & walks · 25 km from the ground
The Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, located in the historical center of Stellenbosch, is the oldest university botanical garden in South Africa. The Garden is relatively small and houses an enormous diversity of plants, both indigenous to South Africa and introduced species.
Food & drink · 22 km from the ground
Neetlingshof Estate is a wine estate in Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa. Established in 1692, it is one of the oldest wine estates in the country, founded only six or seven years after the first estate, Constantia.
Food & drink · 32 km from the ground
Spier estate, also known as Spier Wine Farm, is a historic landed estate founded in 1692 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. One of the country's oldest private residences, it also serves as a working winery, hotel and art gallery.
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