Sophia Garden in Cardiff is also known as The SWALEC Stadium. It was named after the wife of the Marquis of Bute. It is a very large ground with a capacity of 15,000 before it was 5000 only but later it was redeveloped. The end names of Sophia Garden are River Taff End and Cathedral Road End. This ground also has floodlights from 2005. The home team of Sophia Garden Ground is Glamorgan. The pitch of this ground is grassy which is very helpful to spinners.
The ENG vs NZ 1st ODI will be played on Sophia Garden which is situated in Cardiff. The last ODI played on this ground was England vs Pakistan which was on 8 July 2021. In that match the pitch was very helpful to bowlers and the match was very low-scoring. So let’s look deeply at the Sophia Garden Pitch Report, ODI Results, Records, Capacity, and Weather Report.
ODI Results In Sophia Garden
- Total matches played: 30
- Matches won batting first: 8
- Matches won bowling first: 18
- Average first innings scores: 220
- Average second innings scores: 205
- Highest total recorded: 386/6 (50 Over) by England against Bangladesh
- Lowest total recorded: 125/10 (34.1 Over) by Afghanistan against South Africa
- Highest score chased: 304/6 (48.2 Over) by Pakistan against England
- Lowest score defended: 169/10 (23.3 Over) by England against New Zealand
Pitch Report Of Sophia Garden
Sophia Garden pitch stands as England most competitive surface. The surface of Sophia Garden pitch is grassy So it will help to bowlers as well. But also if some batsman spend some time on pitch than we will see many good Innings.
Weather Report In Sophia Garden
Sophia is expected partly cloudy cloudy with 20% chance of rain. Day predicted pleasant experience with temperature of 26 degrees Celsius. 77% of humidity level were expected.
Records In Sophia Garden
England played 15 ODI games at Sophia garden in which they won 9 games and lost 3 matches and 3 matches has no result.
England’s Highest Total at the venue: 386/6 in 50 overs vs Bangladesh in 2019
England’s Lowest Total at the venue: 161/10 in 38.1 overs vs India in 2014
NZ played 7 matches at Sophia Garden in which they won 4 matches and lost 3 matches.
New Zealand’s Highest Total at the venue: 265/8 in 50 overs vs Bangladesh in 2017
New Zealand’s Lowest Total at the venue: 223/10 in 44.3 overs vs England in 2017
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