Western Australia Cricket Association Ground

WACA Ground

Ground information

Location

East Perth, Western Australia

Coordinates

31°57′36″S 115°52′47″E / 31.96000°S 115.87972°E

Establishment

1890

Capacity

20,000

Owner

Western Australian Cricket Association

End names

Members' End
River (or Lillee-Marsh Stand) End

International information

First Test

11–16 December 1970:

Australia v

England

Last Test

3-7 November 2016:

Australia v

South Africa

First ODI

9 December 1980:

India v

New Zealand

Last ODI

19 January 2017:

Australia v

Pakistan

First T20I

11 December 2007:

Australia v

New Zealand

Last T20I

31 October 2010:

Australia v

Sri Lanka

Team information

Western Australia (Cricket)	(1899–)
Perth Football Club (WAFL)	(1899–1958)
West Coast Eagles (AFL)	(1987–2000)
Fremantle Football Club (AFL)	(1995–2000)
Perth Scorchers (BBL)	(2011–)
Perth Scorchers Women (WBBL)	(2015-)
WA Reds (ARL/SL)	(1995–1997)

As of 19 January 2017
Source: ESPNcricinfo

The WACA /ˈwækə/ (formally the WACA Ground) is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium's name derives from the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association.

The WACA has been Western Australia's "home of cricket" since the early 1890s, with Test cricket played at the ground since the 1970–71 season. The ground is the home venue of Western Australia's first-class cricket team, the Western Warriors, and a Women's National Cricket League side, the Western Fury. The Perth Scorchers, a Big Bash League franchise, also play at the ground, which is branded #TheFurnace for those matches.

The pitch at the WACA is regarded as one of the quickest and bounciest in the world. These characteristics, in combination with the afternoon sea-breezes which regularly pass the ground (the Fremantle Doctor), have historically made the ground an attractive place for pace and swing bowlers. The outfield is exceptionally fast, contributing to the ground seeing some very fast scoring – as of February 2016, four of the nine fastest Test centuries have been scored at the WACA.

Throughout its history, the ground has also been used for a range of other sports, including athletics carnivals, Australian rules football, baseball, soccer, rugby league, rugby union, and international rules football. However, recent years have seen most of these activities relocated to other venues. It has also been used for major rock concerts.

...
Wikipedia