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We use cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more I agree. There have been a number of great players who first made their mark here - Jeff Thomson and Len Pascoe shared the new ball for Bankstown in the early seventies - but it is the Waugh twins, Stephen and Mark, who are perhaps the best-loved local heroes to have graced its field. Frequently used for NSW representative games at second eleven and colts level, Bankstown Oval received the opportunity to stage a Sheffield Shield match against Queensland in November when the SCG had been double-booked for a Michael Jackson concert.
Steve Waugh marked the first day of first-class cricket here by scoring a century on his home ground, though this was slightly upstaged the next day when Andrew Symonds blasted a hundred in a session. Women's international cricket came to Bankstown Oval in November when Australia's annual clash with New Zealand for the Rose Bowl took place here.
Major interstate cricket returns to Bankstown Oval in , while the Sydney Cricket Ground is being relaid, with a match in each of the Pura Cup and Mercantile Mutual Cup to be staged here. Bankstown Oval is a small Cricket ground situated in Sydney's West. The ground has a small two-level clubhouse, the Stephen and Mark Waugh pavilion; with a balcony the batsmen normally sit in while waiting for their turn in the middle.
Next to it on the western side is a newish-looking grandstand which seats roughly 1, people. The eastern side includes a small hill which accommodates around 3, standing, however corporate marquees are usually erected in this area for state games.
An old manual scoreboard is situated at the northern end of the ground, also at this end is seating and standing room.
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