Test · Men
339average first-innings score
from 5 innings
60% batting first won40% chasing won
3 of 5 matches with a winner
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Test · Men · 5 matches, 3 Jun 2005 to 27 May 2016
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
339average first-innings score
from 5 innings
3 of 5 matches with a winner
ODI · Men
252average first-innings score
from 15 innings
8 of 17 matches with a winner · 1 drawn, tied or no result
T20 · Men
162average first-innings score
from 87 innings
49 of 90 matches with a winner · 4 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
T20 · Women
127average first-innings score
from 20 innings
7 of 20 matches with a winner
Chasing wins more often
Multi-day · Men
310average first-innings scorefrom 85 innings
One-day (50 overs) · Men
296par first-innings score
usually 245–339
274 batting first wins about 39% of the time here
319 batting first wins about 65% of the time here
From 44 first innings at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, recent seasons counting most.
One-day (50 overs) · Women
242par first-innings score
usually 198–286
219 batting first wins about 32% of the time here
264 batting first wins about 62% of the time here
From 22 first innings at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
178par first-innings score
usually 145–205
163 batting first wins about 35% of the time here
193 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 84 first innings at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Women
149par first-innings score
usually 126–173
134 batting first wins about 33% of the time here
164 batting first wins about 71% of the time here
From 20 first innings at Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, 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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26 of 57 matches with a winner · 28 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
One-day · Men
280average first-innings score
from 30 innings
15 of 34 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
One-day · Women
225average first-innings score
from 19 innings
9 of 23 matches with a winner
Chasing wins more often
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.