WACA Ground

WACA Ground

During the 3rd Test of the 2006/07 Ashes
Location	East Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates	31°57′35″S 115°52′46″E / 31.95985°S 115.8795°E / -31.95985; 115.8795 (WACA Ground)
Owner	Western Australian Cricket Association
Operator	Western Australian Cricket Association
Capacity	20,000[1]
Record attendance	34,317 – 1994 AFL finals
Surface	Grass
Opened	1890; 135 years ago (1890)
Website
https://wacaground.com.au/
Ground information
End names
Gloucester Park End (formerly Prindiville Stand End) Members' (or Lillee-Marsh Stand) End
International information
First Test	11–16 December 1970:  Australia v  England
Last Test	14–18 December 2017:  Australia v  England
First ODI	9 December 1980:  India v  New Zealand
Last ODI	19 January 2017:  Australia v  Pakistan
First T20I	11 December 2007:  Australia v  New Zealand
Last T20I	31 October 2010:  Australia v  Sri Lanka
First women's Test	21–24 March 1958:  Australia v  England
Last women's Test	15–17 February 2024:  Australia v  South Africa
First WODI	12 March 2005:  Australia v  New Zealand
Last WODI	22 February 2019:  Australia v  New Zealand
First WT20I	22 February 2020:  Thailand v  West Indies
Last WT20I	24 February 2020:  India v  Bangladesh
Team information
Western Australia (Cricket) (1899–) Perth Football Club (WAFL) (1899–1958) West Coast Eagles (AFL) (1987–2000) Fremantle Football Club (AFL) (1995–2000) Perth Scorchers (BBL) (2011–2018) Perth Scorchers Women (WBBL) (2015–) WA Reds (ARL/SL) (1995–1997) East Fremantle Football Club (WAFL) (2022-2023)
As of 17 February 2024 Source: ESPN Cricinfo

The WACA Ground (/ˈwækə/)^[2] is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium's name derives from the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA).

The WACA has been referred to as Western Australia's "home of cricket" since the early 1890s, with Test cricket played at the ground since the 1970–71 season.^[3] The ground is the home venue of Western Australia's first-class cricket team, the Western Warriors, and the state's Women's National Cricket League side, the Western Fury. The Perth Scorchers, a Big Bash League franchise, played home matches at the ground until 2019.^[4] The Scorchers and Australian national team have shifted most matches to the nearby 60,000-seat Perth Stadium.

The pitch at the WACA is regarded as one of the quickest and bounciest in the world. These characteristics, in combination with the afternoon sea-breezes which regularly pass the ground (the Fremantle Doctor), have historically made the ground an attractive place for pace and swing bowlers. The outfield is exceptionally fast, contributing to the ground seeing some very fast scoring – as of February 2016, four of the nine fastest Test centuries have been scored at the WACA.^[5] The WACA has also hosted 7 scores of 99 in Test cricket – the most of any ground in the world.

Throughout its history, the ground has also been used for a range of other sports, including athletics carnivals, Australian rules football, baseball, soccer, rugby league, rugby union, and international rules football. However, recent years have seen most of these activities relocated to other venues. It has also been used for major rock concerts. The WACA Museum is located on-site and features exhibits about Western Australian cricket.