Bankstown Oval 3.74

Bankstown Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and has been used by New South Wales, particularly for one day matches. It has also hosted 3 first class games in the Sheffield Shield. Its pavilion is named after Australian Test batsmen Steve and Mark Waugh, who both appeared for the Bankstown club. It hosted a Women's Ashes test on England's 2002/3 tour and again in January 2010. The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues are scheduled to play a Sheffield Shield match at the ground in November 2011, their fourth at the venue. The ground has also been used for local AFL matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 8,000 people.In the 1940s and 1950s it was the home ground of the Bankstown Soccer Club.