After the series win against Zimbabwe, the Aussies are now set to host Kane Williamson’s New Zealand for a 3-match ODI series. The series starts on Tuesday, September 6th, and all the matches in the series are to be held at Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns. The Pitch Report of Cazaly’s Stadium Cairns will hence be discussed in this article along with the ODI records of the venue.
With the T20 World Cup set to take place next month Down Under, both Australia and New Zealand, despite the 50-over format, will be looking into this series as an opportunity to have a good game time before the marquee event. Both teams will be playing their full-strength XIs and big names will be seen featuring on both sides. Hence, there is an exciting and competitive series up on the cards.
Cairns ODI Records
Only 2 ODI games have been played to date at Cazaly’s Stadium. Both the games came long back in 2003 when Australia and Bangladesh faced each other. Australia managed to win both games and they did so while chasing the target in both matches. Interestingly, the average first and second-innings scores have been quite low here.
| Total matches | 2 |
| Matches won bowling first | 2 |
| Average 1st Inns scores | 126 |
| Average 2nd Inns scores | 127 |
| Highest total recorded | 148/1 (20.2 Ov) by AUS vs BAN |
| Lowest total recorded | 105/10 (34 Ov) by BAN vs AUS |
| Highest score chased | 148/1 (20.2 Ov) by AUS vs BAN |
Cazaly’s Stadium Cairns Pitch Report
No matches have been played in Cazaly’s Stadium in the recent past. The last one-day international match here was played 19 years ago. Back then it was seen that the bowlers received great assistance off the pitch in the initial stages of the match and made the survival quite tough for the batsmen. The pitch was seen to turn better only as the game progressed.
However, it has been a long time and now it is expected that the pitch would behave as a comparatively balanced surface for both, the batters as well as the bowlers. Nevertheless, it would be a better option to chase a total here after winning the toss as the pitch here would tend to favor the batters towards the end of the innings.
Cairns Weather Forecast for the AUS vs NZ ODI
The skies would remain partly cloudy most of the time throughout the week, however, there and no chances of rain hence the fans would be able to enjoy a good series.