Test · Men
404average first-innings score
from 8 innings
3 of 6 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
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Test · Men · 8 matches, 14 Oct 2004 to 19 Sept 2024
Records come from the matches in our archive, which starts in the 2000s for most grounds, so older records may be missing. Super overs are left out. Lowest all-out counts only innings that lost all ten wickets.
Test · Men
404average first-innings score
from 8 innings
3 of 6 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
ODI · Men
241average first-innings score
from 16 innings
9 of 17 matches with a winner · 1 drawn, tied or no result
T20 · Men
167average first-innings score
from 106 innings
55 of 104 matches with a winner · 2 drawn, tied or no result
Even between batting first and chasing
T20 · Women
138average first-innings score
from 6 innings
5 of 6 matches with a winner · 1 drawn, tied or no result
From every completed match here in our archive. Averages leave out no-results and rain-adjusted (DLS) games; a format is shown only with at least five matches. Batting first is the side that batted in the first innings. Pitches change from season to season, so treat these as a long-run guide.
One-day (50 overs) · Men
308par first-innings score
usually 257–351
285 batting first wins about 38% of the time here
330 batting first wins about 64% of the time here
From 16 first innings at MA Chidambaram Stadium, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Men
189par first-innings score
usually 155–216
174 batting first wins about 35% of the time here
204 batting first wins about 65% of the time here
From 106 first innings at MA Chidambaram Stadium, recent seasons counting most.
T20 · Women
162par first-innings score
usually 139–186
147 batting first wins about 34% of the time here
177 batting first wins about 72% of the time here
From 6 first innings at MA Chidambaram Stadium, recent seasons counting most.
A prediction, not a certainty. For fun and insight, not betting.
Par is the recent average first-innings score in the format, adjusted for how this ground and its country have played, leaning on the wider average when a ground has few matches. “Usually” is the middle half of first innings. Only full first innings count (all out or the full overs; no rain-shortened games).
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