Cricket History
Between 1900-10 Auckland’s Kingsland Cricket Club rented land close to what is now Sandringham Road. Not long afterward, Eden Cricket Club purchased circa 15 acres in that area and went on to build what we now know as Eden Park.
Eden Park Cricket History
| 1914 | First international cricket match Auckland v Australia |
| 1933 | New Zealand v MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) international |
| 1954 | New Zealand v MCC (Marylebone Cricket Club) international, New Zealand dismissed for 26, the lowest test score in cricket history |
| 1956 | New Zealand v West Indies, historic first test series victory for New Zealand |
| 1974 | New Zealand v Australia international, first game between these two teams with official test status |
| 1982 | New Zealand v Australia, attended by 43,000 a record for a cricket game being played in New Zealand |
| 1992 | World Cricket Cup jointly hosted with Australia, Pakistan defeated New Zealand in the Semi-Final at Eden Park |
| 2008 | New Zealand v Australia, first Twenty20 International |
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