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55-447: The first ODI cricket match played here was between Australia and Pakistan on April 22, 2009; it was won by Pakistan. The stadium's first player to take a five-wicket haul was Shahid Afridi with 6/38, which was his career best figures at the time. The top score at this stadium is 302* is held by Azhar Ali against West Indies in 2016. The stadium hosted its first Test match when Pakistan played South Africa on 12–16 November 2010;

110-505: A 25-metre heated indoor swimming pool, four refrigerated ice tanks, a gymnasium with a 60-metre running track and a warm-up area with projection and screen facilities to simulate match-day conditions. The grandstand has seating for around 2,000 patrons with the seating in the top level of the grandstand having been retained. In 2018, the Hawthorn Football Club announced plans to build a new training and administration facility named

165-510: A fact born out by the higher average T20 score in Dubai that was witnessed in that tournament by comparison to matches in the past. The Dubai International Stadium is lit by a special system of floodlights named "Ring of Fire". The 350 floodlights are fixed around the circumference of its round roof, thereby minimizing the shadows of objects in the ground and having no floodlight towers. One Day International One Day International ( ODI )

220-458: A mural of football legends by noted artist Harold Freedman. The state-level heritage listing of Waverley Park has been cited by the executive director of Heritage Victoria as the seminal case for an understanding of the cultural heritage significance of 20th-century places. Successful lobbying saw Heritage Victoria grant legislative protection to the site and, beginning in December 2002, portions of

275-485: A reported $ 110 million; Once the plans were approved, the ground was demolished starting on 11 December 2002. Following its cessation as a venue for AFL football, the stadium fell into a state of disrepair, and anticipating complete demolition, the City of Greater Dandenong , on behalf of football patrons in southeast Victoria, moved quickly to nominate the whole of the facility and its grounds for heritage listing. The basis for

330-406: A result of disputes and poor performances, Kenya's ODI status was reduced to temporary in 2005, meaning that it had to perform well at World Cup Qualifiers to keep ODI status. Kenya lost ODI status after finishing in fifth place at the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier event. The ICC can also grant special ODI status to all matches within certain high-profile tournaments, with the result being that

385-520: A stadium catering for up to 157,000 patrons, which would have made it one of the biggest in the world. To accommodate the large number of patrons, the members' stand was to be extended around the whole ground. However, in 1982-1983, when the extensions were due to commence, the Government of Victoria , led by Premier John Cain , who was a member of the Melbourne Cricket Club , refused to approve

440-439: A super over in the final match, which Pakistan won. In 2014, The 2014 Indian Premier League tournament was held in the stadium along with Zayed Cricket Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium . After that, the tournament shifted back to homeland India . In September 2019, it was named as one of the venues to host cricket matches for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament. Along with Abu Dhabi and Sharjah

495-527: A white ball became more commonplace over time, and the use of white flannels and a red ball in ODIs ended in 2001. The ICC , international cricket's governing body, maintains the ICC ODI Rankings for teams (see table on the right), batsmen, bowlers and all-rounders. First-class cricket One Day International Limited overs (domestic) Twenty20 International Twenty20 (domestic) Other forms In

550-446: Is a format of Cricket , played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of fifty overs , with the game lasting up to 7 hours. The Cricket World Cup , generally held every four years, is played in this format. They are major matches and considered the highest standard of List A , limited-overs competition. The international one-day game is a late-twentieth-century development. The first ODI

605-483: Is visible from the nearby Monash Freeway ; however, due to new noise walls being installed on the freeway alignment, the stand's visibility from the freeway has been significantly reduced. The oval itself and the eight bays of the Sir Kenneth Luke Stand have been retained with the remaining section of the members stand, which have been redeveloped into a state-of-the-art training and administrative facility for

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660-540: The Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method (DLS, formerly known as the Duckworth–Lewis method), which is a method with statistical approach. It takes into consideration the fact that the wickets in hand plays a crucial role in pacing the run-rate and that a team with more wickets in hand can play way more aggressively than the team with fewer wickets in hand. When insufficient overs are played (usually 20 overs) to apply

715-558: The Hawthorn Football Club a similar arrangement to what fellow AFL club Adelaide have with Football Park in Adelaide . The Hawthorn Football Club moved its administrative and training facilities from Glenferrie Oval to a redeveloped Waverley Park early in 2006 in preparation for the 2006 season . The facility incorporates an MCG-dimension oval, the size of the playing arena having been reduced from its original size, and includes

770-610: The ICC World Cup Qualifier , which is the final event of the ICC World Cricket League . In 2019, ICC increased the number of teams holding Temporary ODI status to eight. The following eight teams currently have this status (the dates listed in brackets are of their first ODI match after gaining temporary ODI status): Additionally, eight teams have previously held this temporary ODI status before either being promoted to Test Status or relegated after under-performing at

825-577: The Victorian Heritage Register . The seating capacity is now 6,000, down from a peak of 72,000–90,000. Waverley Park (then VFL Park) was first conceived in 1959 when delegates from the 12 VFL clubs asked the league to find land that was suitable for the building of a new stadium. In September 1962, the VFL secured a 212-acre (86 ha) block of grazing and market garden land in Mulgrave . The area

880-508: The 1988 season, automatic turnstiles were introduced at the members' entrance. In its history, 732 AFL/VFL matches were played at Waverley Park, 70 of which were finals and one a grand final. Waverley Park hosted many special events other than Australian rules football. These included: In 1988 concrete cancer was discovered in the Southern Stand at the MCG. This provided the impetus to replace

935-614: The 50-year-old stand with a state-of-the-art facility that was completed in 1992 at a cost of $ 150 million, subsequently named the Great Southern Stand. The new stand was jointly funded by the AFL, allowing the AFL the opportunity to negotiate a better commercial arrangement with the Melbourne Cricket Club. This reduced the AFL's incentive to drive finals and blockbuster games to Waverley Park. The old practice of scheduling 'match of

990-458: The DLS, a match is declared no result. Important one-day matches particularly in the latter stages of major tournaments, may have two days set aside, such that a result can be achieved on the "reserve day" if the first day is washed out—either by playing a new game, or by resuming the match which was rain-interrupted. Because the game uses a white ball instead of the red ball used in first-class cricket ,

1045-609: The Supersub was of far more benefit to the side that won the toss, unbalancing the game. Several international captains reached "gentleman's agreements" to discontinue this rule late in 2005. They continued to name Supersubs, as required but they did not field them by simply using them as a normal 12th man. On 15 February 2006, the ICC announced their intention to discontinue the Supersub rule on 21 March 2006. Two balls were trialed in ODI for two years but it

1100-514: The World Cup Qualifier: The ICC occasionally granted associate members permanent ODI status without granting them full membership and Test status. This was originally introduced to allow the best associate members to gain regular experience in internationals before making the step up to full membership. First Bangladesh and then Kenya received this status. Bangladesh have since made the step up to Test status and full membership; but as

1155-449: The ball can become discolored and hard to see as the innings progresses, so the ICC has used various rules to help keep the ball playable. Most recently, ICC has made the use of two new balls (one from each end), the same strategy that was used in the 1992 and 1996 World Cups so that each ball is used for only 25 overs. Previously, in October 2007, the ICC sanctioned that after the 34th over,

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1210-410: The ball would be replaced with a cleaned previously used ball. Before October 2007 (except 1992 and 1996 World Cups), only one ball would be used during an innings of an ODI and it was up to the umpire to decide whether to change the ball. The bowling side is subjected to fielding restrictions during an ODI, in order to prevent teams from setting wholly defensive fields. Fielding restrictions dictate

1265-513: The boundary lines and goals were relocated to make the playing area a similar size to that of the MCG. Waverley allowed Gippsland-based football patrons to attend VFL games, given the shorter travelling distance. Although its relative remoteness was irritating for some, it was a significant multi-purpose venue not based in the environs of the Melbourne CBD. In contrast with more central venues, its reliance on car transport to get spectators to

1320-429: The circle in the first fifteen overs, then five fielders allowed outside the circle for the remaining overs. This was shortened to ten overs in 2005, and two five-over powerplays were introduced, with the bowling team and batting team having discretion over the timing for one-one each. In 2008, the batting team was given discretion for the timing of one of the two powerplays. In 2011, the teams were restricted to completing

1375-400: The discretionary powerplays between the 16th and 40th overs; previously, the powerplays could take place at any time between the 11th and 50th overs. Finally, in 2012, the bowling powerplay was abandoned, and the number of fielders allowed outside the 30-yard circle during non-powerplay overs was reduced from five to four. The trial regulations also introduced a substitution rule that allowed

1430-409: The first of the 1977 night-series televised matches. In 1982, a monochrome video matrix scoreboard was installed, for the first time in VFL history, displaying instant replay highlights. In 1984, the arena was re-turfed and the drainage system upgraded. Two years later a mosaic mural, commemorating many great names of VFL football, was installed on the grandstand façade above the members' entrance. During

1485-551: The following countries have also participated in full ODIs, with some later gaining temporary or permanent ODI status also fitting into this category: Finally, since 2005, three composite teams have played matches with full ODI status. These matches were: VFL Park Waverley Park (also and originally called VFL Park ) is an Australian rules football stadium in Mulgrave, Victoria , Australia . The first venue to be designed and built specifically for Australian Rules football, for most of its history, its purpose

1540-412: The introduction of a replacement player at any stage in the match and until he was called up to play he assumed the role of 12th man. Teams nominated their replacement player, called a Supersub , before the toss. The Supersub could bat, bowl, field or keep wicket once a player was replaced; the replaced player took over the role of 12th man. Over the six months it was in operation, it became very clear that

1595-417: The main the laws of cricket apply, but with each team batting for a fixed number of overs . In the early days of ODI cricket the number of overs varied from 40 to 60 overs per side (or 35 to 40 eight-ball overs), but it has been uniformly fixed at 50 overs since the mid-1990s. Simply stated, the game works as follows: Where a number of overs are lost, for example, due to inclement weather conditions, then

1650-419: The match resulted in a draw. The November 2010 ODI series between Pakistan and South Africa ended with a 3–2 series win for South Africa. South Africa sealed the series with a 57 run win against Pakistan. Pakistan held a series against New Zealand and one Twenty20 International against England. This followed with a five-match ODI series of which three matches were played at this stadium. The second match in

1705-636: The matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979. This led not only to Packer's Channel 9 getting the TV rights to cricket in Australia but also led to players worldwide being paid to play, and becoming international professionals, no longer needing jobs outside cricket. Matches played with coloured kits and

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1760-458: The maximum number of fielders allowed to be outside the thirty-yard circle. Under current ODI rules, there are three levels of fielding restrictions: The three powerplays are referenced by P1, P2 and P3 respectively, usually displayed near the score in modern scorecards. Fielding restrictions were first introduced in the Australian 1980–81 season. By 1992, only two fielders were allowed outside

1815-410: The nomination is that the stadium was the first major stadium purpose built for Australian rules football, that its construction and ownership by the VFL provided the basis on which the league built its power base and eventual evolution to become the AFL, that it hosted the 1991 AFL Grand Final, that night-time cricket games were first held at the ground, and that the members' (or K.G. Luke) stand features

1870-592: The plans for the upgrade because it would have threatened the Melbourne Cricket Ground 's (MCG) right to host the VFL Grand Final . The league-owned VFL Park had originally been built with the intent of replacing the MCG as the permanent home of the grand final, but the Victorian government, with interests in the MCG, refused to allow its capacity upgrade. No further development occurred and the ground capacity

1925-418: The rival World Series Cricket competition, and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics. The first of

1980-496: The round' at the ground ended quickly, and by 1993 it was used as a home ground by Hawthorn and St Kilda . In 1999 the Australian Football League announced that it would not schedule any further matches at Waverley Park. Instead it would aim to sell the ground and its surrounding land, hoping to raise a sum of $ 30 million to $ 80 million to go towards the construction of a new stadium under construction at Docklands at

2035-524: The stadium was also the last match by Australian international all-rounder Andrew Symonds . In 2012 Pakistan met England in the first test at Dubai. Pakistan won it easily, by 10 wickets. Saeed Ajmal was the Man-of-the-Match, after his outstanding 10 wicket haul . In 2012 in mid-August Pakistan played three T20s against Australia, which was a grand success, just before the ICC World T20, including

2090-474: The stadium was far from completed, with only the first level of the K.G. Luke Stand having been finished. The rest of the stadium had only been constructed to ground level. The Public Reserve Stands encircling the rest of the stadium were finished in 1974, at a cost of $ 4.5 million, and the car park was extended to fit a total of 25,000 cars. Lighting was added in May 1977, at a cost of $ 1.2 million, in time for

2145-531: The stadium was used to host the IPL 2020 as well as the second half of the 2021 tournament after it was initially postponed following a Covid-19 outbreak in India. In IPL 2020 Dubai International Stadium played host to the final as Mumbai Indians defeated Delhi Capitals and in 2021 Chennai Super Kings defeated Kolkata Knight Riders in finals. The pitch conditions in Dubai for T20 cricket were significantly improved during IPL 2020

2200-453: The stadium were demolished except for the members' stand and the members' stand mural. The surrounding car park has been replaced by suburban housing, including 1,400 new dwellings for 3,500 people. In homage to the original place and its purpose, the street layout mirrors the original car park and street names honour Waverley's patron Sir Kenneth Luke , architect Reginald Padey and other associations with football and cricket. The members' stand

2255-438: The times of their ODI debuts): Between 2005 and 2017, the ICC granted temporary ODI status to six other teams (known as Associate members ). In 2017, this was changed to four teams, following the promotion of Afghanistan and Ireland to Test status (and permanent ODI status). The ICC had previously decided to limit ODI status to 16 teams. Teams earn this temporary status for a period of four years based on their performance in

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2310-434: The total number of overs may be reduced. In the early days of ODI cricket, the team with the better run rate won (see Average Run Rate method ), but this favoured the second team. For the 1992 World Cup , an alternative method was used of simply omitting the first team's worst overs (see Most Productive Overs method ) but that favoured the first team. Since the late 1990s, the target or result has usually been determined by

2365-421: The venue at the conclusion of the 2000 season. The 2000 VFA/VFL Grand Final was the last official game of football played at the venue when Sandringham 15.18 (108) defeated North Ballarat 11.11 (77) in front of a sparse crowd of 8,652 people. Afterwards, Waverley Park was not maintained and vandals eventually broke into the site and damaged the facilities. The playing surface, once one of the best in Australia,

2420-480: The venue became an obvious weakness. The legacy of Waverley Park remains controversial. Under the direction of architect Reginald E. Padey of Meldrum and Partners, work started at the site on 5 January 1966 when the VFL President Sir Kenneth Luke turned the first sod. Construction of the stadium involved the excavation of 378,000 cubic yards (289,000 m ) of topsoil, and the surface of the oval

2475-404: The venue was made by the AFL, the ground's fundamental flaws were highlighted. Despite an excellent playing surface and its own water storage, focus shifted to its unfavourable position, and its antiquated corporate and spectator facilities available, such as the originally high tech but now ageing sepia-toned video screen. Although Waverley Park was only 20 minutes from the Melbourne CBD by car and

2530-448: The western end of the Melbourne central business district . Later the League would also argue that a portion of the income from the sale of Waverley would provide further finance for the development of AFL football as a national code in Australia. The last official AFL game was played in 1999 between Hawthorn and Sydney in front of a sell-out crowd of 72,130. After the decision to close

2585-467: Was as a neutral venue and used by all Victorian -based Victorian Football League/Australian Football League clubs. During the 1990s it became the home ground of both the Hawthorn and St Kilda football clubs. It ceased to be used for AFL games from the 2000 season following the opening of Docklands Stadium . It is currently used as a training venue by Hawthorn. The main grandstand and oval are listed on

2640-516: Was chosen because it was believed that, with the effects of urban sprawl and the proposed building of the South-Eastern (later called Monash ) freeway, the area would become the demographic centre of Melbourne . The VFL lobbied the state government to construct a rail connection to the stadium, but that never occurred. The push for rail to allow transportation to the stadium was still in existence in early to mid 1980s The original plans were for

2695-414: Was lowered to a depth of 27 feet (8.2 metres) from the surrounding area. The spoil was used to form the banks for some sections of the stadium. The foundations of the K.G. Luke stand were laid in 1969 and more than 12 miles (19 kilometres) of concrete terracing was laid around the ground. On 18 April 1970, Fitzroy and Geelong played the first game at Waverley Park, in front of a crowd of 25,887. However,

2750-502: Was only partly undercover giving it the unflattering nickname "Arctic Park" which was due to its location on an exposed site, with the prevailing south-westerly winds bringing rain to Melbourne's eastern suburbs directly from Port Phillip Bay . In 2000, AFL pre-season cup matches were played at the venue, and Victorian Football League games also took place there, including finals and the grand final. Melbourne's Eastern Football League also played division 1 and division 2 Grand Finals at

2805-433: Was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . When the first three days of the third Test were washed out officials decided to abandon the match and, instead, play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side. Australia won the game by 5 wickets. ODIs were played in white-coloured kits with a red-coloured ball. In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established

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2860-402: Was reduced to a field of weeds. In mid-2002, Victorian MP Mary Delahunty called on the AFL to mow the dilapidated stadium, as it remained under their control until the plans for the site by housing developer Mirvac (who brought the land off the AFL in late 2001) were approved. In December 2001, the ground and surrounds were sold by the AFL to Australian property development company Mirvac for

2915-574: Was rejected. The International Cricket Council (ICC) determines which teams have ODI status (meaning that any match played between two such teams under standard one-day rules is classified as an ODI). The twelve Test-playing nations (which are also the twelve full members of the ICC) have permanent ODI status. The nations are listed below with the date of each nation's ODI debut after gaining full ODI status shown in brackets (Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Ireland, and Afghanistan were ICC associate members at

2970-462: Was serviced by the Monash Freeway , it was only easily accessible by car, as successive governments had failed to provide adequate public transport to the venue. The stadium's car park was large enough to service its crowds, but the access roads were incapable of dispersing them, and long delays for driving spectators were common. Spectators felt distanced from the game in the huge arena, and seating

3025-463: Was set at just over 100,000 patrons, later reduced to 72,000. In 1965 construction started. In 1970, the first game was played, between Geelong and Fitzroy. Roads not upgraded and rail line never built. The previous government of 17 years wasn't interested in VFL Park. The playing surface, being 200 metres long and 160 metres wide, was the biggest in the league. That caused some controversy, and

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