Test · Men
306average first-innings score
from 14 innings
5 of 11 matches with a winner · 3 drawn, tied or no result
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T20 · Women · 19 matches, 16 May 2010 to 17 Sept 2026
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.
Test · Men
306average first-innings score
from 14 innings
5 of 11 matches with a winner · 3 drawn, tied or no result
ODI · Men
224average first-innings score
from 25 innings
10 of 32 matches with a winner · 1 drawn, tied or no result
Chasing wins more often
T20 · Men
156average first-innings score
from 79 innings
42 of 80 matches with a winner · 4 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
T20 · Women
119average first-innings score
from 18 innings
7 of 19 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
249par first-innings score
usually 198–292
227 batting first wins about 39% of the time here
272 batting first wins about 65% of the time here
From 25 first innings at Kensington Oval, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
153par first-innings score
usually 120–180
138 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
168 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 78 first innings at Kensington Oval, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Women
136par first-innings score
usually 113–160
121 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
151 batting first wins about 72% of the time here
From 17 first innings at Kensington Oval, 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).
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