New Zealand vs India 1st ODI venue: Seddon Park, Hamilton

The idyllic, picturesque Seddon Park in Hamilton, one of the spectator-friendliest venues in the world, will host the first ODI between New Zealand and India. The ground dates back to well over a century ago, and hosts cricket, rugby, and hockey. In cricket, it acts as the home ground for the Northern Districts Cricket Association.

The venue is named after Richard Seddon, New Zealand’s longest-serving Prime Minister, and was temporarily named after Trust Bank and Westpac, who had stepped in as sponsors. The ground has about 10,000 seats.

A total of 26 Tests, 34 ODIs, and 10 T20Is have been played here. It was here that Rahul Dravid scored 190 and 103* in the same Test; Chris Cairns claimed 7/27 to bowl out a full-strength West Indies; New Zealand had chased 347 in an ODI after being 41/4 against Australia; and Richard Levi had slammed the (then) fastest T20I hundred, off just 45 balls.

Here are some numbers at the ground, for New Zealand and India in ODIs since 2000:

Seddon Park	New Zealand	India
ODIs	22	6
Runs/50 overs	287	270
4s/50 overs	25.2	27.4
6s/50 overs	7.0	7.0
50+ scores/match	2.0	2.0
Wickets/50 overs	8.1	7.9

Here are some ODI records at the ground:

Highest ODI total	363/4	West Indies
Lowest ODI total	92	India
Highest ODI score	181*	Matthew Hayden
Best ODI figures	6/33	Trent Boult