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| ground_name = WACA Ground | image = 3rd Test, Perth, 15Dec2006.jpg | country = Australia | location = East Perth, Western Australia | coordinates = {{coord|31|57|36|S|115|52|47|E|display=inline}} | establishment = 1890 | seating_capacity = 20,000[1] | owner = Western Australian Cricket Association | end1 = Members' End | end2 = River (or Lillee-Marsh Stand) End | international = true | firsttestdate = 11–16 December | firsttestyear = 1970 | firsttesthome = Australia | firsttestaway = England | lasttestdate = 14–18 December | lasttestyear = 2017 | lasttesthome = Australia | lasttestaway = England | firstodidate = 9 December | firstodiyear = 1980 | firstodihome = India | firstodiaway = New Zealand | lastodidate = 19 January | lastodiyear = 2017 | lastodihome = Australia | lastodiaway = Pakistan | firstt20idate = 11 December | firstt20iyear = 2007 | firstt20ihome = Australia | firstt20iaway = New Zealand | lastt20idate = 31 October | lastt20iyear = 2010 | lastt20ihome = Australia | lastt20iaway = Sri Lanka | year1 = 1899– | club1 = Western Australia (Cricket) | year2 = 1899–1958 | club2 = Perth Football Club (WAFL) | year3 = 1987–2000 | club3 = West Coast Eagles (AFL) | year4 = 1995–2000 | club4 = Fremantle Football Club (AFL) | year5 = 2011–2018 | club5 = Perth Scorchers (BBL) | year6 = 2015–2018 | club6 = Perth Scorchers Women (WBBL) | year7 = 1995–1997 | club7 = WA Reds (ARL/SL) | date = 14 December 2017 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/Global/content/ground/56490.html ESPN Cricinfo }} The WACA {{IPAc-en|ˈ|w|æ|k|ə}} (formally the WACA Ground[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. The WACA was 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 a Women's National Cricket League side, the Western Fury. The Perth Scorchers, a Big Bash League franchise, also play at the ground, which is branded #TheFurnace for those matches.[4] As of 2018, many international cricket matches and Big Bash games are played at the new Optus Stadium. The pitch at the WACA is regarded as 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. Early historyWilliam Henry Wise, a gardener who came to WA from England in 1880, laid the first turf wicket at the WACA. Wise was personal gardener to Sir George Shenton, of Crawley. In addition to his work at the WACA Ground, he laid the first tennis court on the Perth Esplanade. The Western Australian Cricket Association was officially established on 25 November 1885 under the Presidency of JCH James. In 1893, the WACA ground was officially opened, occupying a site of old swamp land to the east of the city. The association has a 999-year lease over the land (which expires in 2888). The long term of the lease means that, effectively, the association has freehold title (save that it cannot divest itself of any part of the land without the state government's consent). Originally, the title covered 29 acres (117,000 m²), and took in what is now Gloucester Park. However, the latter part of the land was divested to the Trotting Association in the early 1920s. Between 1977 and 1979, (then-rebel) World Series Cricket matches were played at Gloucester Park because the Kerry Packer-led organisation was not granted access to the WACA. The first match played on the turf wickets took place in February 1894. However, difficulties encountered in transporting teams to Western Australia meant that the ground was not part of Australia's main cricket community for many years. Even with the building of a transcontinental railway, the trip from the eastern states still took several days. It took the introduction of scheduled flights to Western Australia to make the WACA readily accessible to interstate or overseas teams. James Gardiner, president of the WACA for three terms between 1897 and 1924, proposed the adoption of 'electorate' cricket (as it was first known) whereby teams were established on a district basis for competition.[6] He also inaugurated Country Week cricket, during which country teams compete against each other.[7] In 1907, the WACA ground was under threat of being controlled by the Perth City Council to recover debts. Gardiner led the bid to save the ground and secured a government loan.[8] Further financial difficulties led Gardiner to again raise funds and donations with a cricket match by the Australian XI team in 1912.[8]Ground developmentsThe WACA ground, like many stadiums of its era, has undergone various re-developments. The most notable are:
These redevelopments also made the venue an attractive venue for sports other than cricket, and it was during the late 1980s and early 1990s that the ground saw its greatest use as a multi-sports venue. From 1987 to 2000, the ground was used by the West Coast Eagles, and from 1995 by the Fremantle Dockers, both Perth-based AFL teams. 72 AFL matches were held at the ground during this time. From 1995 to 1997 the WACA also served as the home ground for the Western Reds rugby league team. In the late 1990s the ground played host to the Perth Heat in the former Australian Baseball League (1989-1999). However, for various reasons these sports moved away from the WACA (in the case of night football, to Subiaco Oval), and as a consequence the WACA was again redeveloped in 2002. The capacity of the ground was reduced to around 20,000 and the dimensions of the playing arena were also decreased by a total of 31 metres at the eastern and western boundaries, meaning Australian rules football could no longer be played at the ground. From time to time, temporary stands are used to boost the ground's capacity to 24,500. In 2013, a new video screen was installed at the WACA near the old scoreboard, replacing one of the old temporary screens. The WACA Museum (located on-site) features exhibits about Western Australian cricket. Proposed further developmentIn April 2007 the Western Australian Cricket Association announced a $250m redevelopment of the stadium. Seating capacity was to be increased, with residential and commercial buildings built in the surrounding areas.[10] The project was to be done in partnership with Ascot Capital Limited with a three- to four-year time frame.[11][12] WACA members gave final approval for the project in July 2010 and construction was expected to commence in March 2011.[13] However, by November 2011 work on the redevelopment had still yet to commence, and it was reported that delays could continue for years. Although the project received finance, tax office and members' approval, adverse market conditions were believed to have made the project unfeasible.[14] The redevelopment was also the subject of a dispute between the WACA and the Australian Cricketers Association, with the players' union seeking 26 per cent of the value of the project.[14][15] In November 2012 the WACA and Ascot Capital Limited commenced selling 137 apartments in "The Gardens", a planned 10-storey residential complex to be located on the western boundary line of the ground.[16] Construction of The Gardens was expected to commence mid-2013 and be completed by mid-2015.[17] The agreement between the WACA and Ascot Capital would have seen new northern grandstands, an increase in ground capacity and a long term revenue stream. However, in December 2013 the WACA released a statement that it had abandoned the so-called Gardens Development because it was unable to achieve the pre-sales target in order to finance the project.[18] In September 2013 Cricket Australia announced that the WACA ground would not host a Test match in the shortened 2014/15 season to accommodate the 2015 Cricket World Cup, a decision which left Perth without a summer test match for the first time in nearly 40 years. Cricket Australia said the WACA Ground required significant improvements, given it has the smallest capacity of the five mainland capital city venues.[19] As of the 2018/19 summer, the WACA Ground is no longer the primary international cricket venue in Perth. Perth Stadium in Burswood now hosts limited overs internationals, Test matches against high-drawing opponents (England, India and South Africa), and domestic Big Bash League (BBL) matches for Perth Scorchers. The WACA Ground will continue to host Tests against lower-drawing opponents, Sheffield Shield matches, and will be redeveloped into the state's leading cricket training facility.[20] The development would see the WACA Ground become a 15,000-capacity boutique stadium to complement Perth Stadium, with proposed new seating facilities and significantly more shade.[21] Notable events at the WACA
Cricket museumThe WACA has a cricket museum just next to the ground. Visitors can view memorabilia of Australian cricket. They display not only the history of cricket, but also other sports played at the WACA. See also
ReferencesNotes1. ^{{cite web|title=WACA Ground|url=http://www.austadiums.com/stadiums/stadiums.php?id=131|website=austadiums.com|publisher=Austadiums|accessdate=16 August 2015}} 2. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.waca.com.au/other/id.php?m=1&ID=1|title=About the WACA Ground|last=|first=|date=|website=Western Australian Cricket Association|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}} 3. ^The Ashes – 2nd Test Australia v England 4. ^#THEFURNACE perthscorchers.com.au. Retrieved on 20 Dec, 2015 5. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/210170.html|accessdate = 13 January 2012|title = Records / Test matches / Batting records / Fastest hundreds|author = ESPNcricinfo|publisher = ESPN}} 6. ^The West Australian, 29 October 1928. 7. ^Western Australian Cricketing Association 1924, Annual Report 1923, Perth. 8. ^1 {{cite book|author=Barker A.J.|year=1997|title=The WACA: An Australian Cricket Success Story|publisher=Allen & Unwin, St. Leonard}} 9. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67248643 |title=New Stand. |newspaper=Geraldton Guardian and Express (WA : 1929 – 1947) |location=WA |date=12 September 1930 |accessdate=23 September 2012 |page=2 |publisher=National Library of Australia}} 10. ^EPRA projects: WACA EPRA website, November 2008. 11. ^WACA secures its Home and Financial Future Sportsaustralia.com, 13 April 2007 12. ^$250m plan to revamp WACA revealed The Sydney Morning Herald 13 April 2007. 13. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.waca.com.au/news/detail.asp?ID=1851|title=Development Agreement with Ascot Capital Ltd Approved|work=WACA|date=28 July 2010}} 14. ^1 John Townsend, WACA redevelopment in jeopardy The West Australian 15 November 2011. 15. ^Robert Craddock, Australian Cricketers Association and WACA in conflict over real estate development, The Herald Sun, January 12, 2012. 16. ^Marissa Lague, WACA view holds big appeal for apartments, The West Australian, 28 November 2012. 17. ^Metropolitan Redevelopment Authority, Projects: WACA. 18. ^ABC News, WACA abandons plan for apartments on site to fund upgrade of ground, 17 December 2013. 19. ^ABC News WACA upset over loss of Perth Test match for 2014-15, 17 December 2013. 20. ^{{cite news|newspaper=WAToday|date=3 September 2015|accessdate=5 September 2015|title=WACA to shift Test matches to new Perth Stadium at Burswood|url=http://www.watoday.com.au/wa-news/waca-to-shift-test-matches-to-new-perth-stadium-at-burswood-20150903-gjeaxp.html}} 21. ^The WACA, WACA Ground Development. 22. ^{{cite web|title=Western Australia v South Australia, 1898–99|url=http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1890S/1898-99/AUS_LOCAL/OTHERS/WA_SOA_03-06APR1899.html|website=ESPNcricinfo|publisher=ESPN Inc.|accessdate=22 November 2013}} 23. ^1 2 3 {{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.waca.com.au/waca/about/history |website=WACA website |accessdate=11 September 2018}} 24. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article58735255 |title=Women's Cricket |newspaper=Sunday Times (Perth) |issue=1922 |location=Western Australia |date=25 November 1934 |accessdate=11 September 2018 |page=5 (First Section) |via=National Library of Australia}} 25. ^{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article32812344 |title=WOMEN CRICKETERS. |newspaper=The West Australian |volume=50, |issue=15,112 |location=Western Australia |date=27 November 1934 |accessdate=11 September 2018 |page=18 |via=National Library of Australia}} 26. ^{{cite web|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=114;type=trophy|accessdate = 30 December 2012|title = Sheffield Shield / Pura Cup / Records / Best bowling figures in an innings|author = ESPNcricinfo|publisher = ESPN}} 27. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.cricketcountry.com/articles/sarfraz-thanks-non-striker-hilditch-for-picking-up-stray-ball-and-giving-it-to-him-by-appealing-for-handling-the-ball-24609|date=29 March 2013|accessdate=11 January 2014|author=Abhishek Mukherjee|title=Sarfraz tanks non-striker Hilditch for picking up stray ball and giving it to him by appeal for handling the ball}} 28. ^{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19841211&id=koVWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=neYDAAAAIBAJ&pg=2639,7398221|title=This Australian XI are world-beaters|last=Phil Derriman|date=11 December 1984|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|accessdate=11 September 2018}} 29. ^1 2 {{cite web|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=114;type=trophy|accessdate = 30 December 2012|title = Sheffield Shield / Pura Cup / Records / High scores|author = ESPNcricinfo|publisher = ESPN}} 30. ^1 {{cite web|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?id=114;type=trophy|accessdate = 30 December 2012|title = Sheffield Shield / Pura Cup / Records / Highest partnership by wicket|author = ESPNcricinfo|publisher = ESPN}} 31. ^1 {{cite web|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/australia/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_for_any_wicket.html?id=114;type=trophy;type=trophy|accessdate = 30 December 2012|title = Sheffield Shield / Pura Cup / Records / Highest partnership by runs|author = ESPNcricinfo|publisher = ESPN}} 32. ^{{Cite web |url=https://www.waca.com.au/waca/about/-/media/9C5B7489DE994165BD1359D632D72AB2.ashx |title=WACA Statistics 2015-16 |publisher=Western Australian Cricket Association |page=2}} 33. ^{{cite web|url = http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/222199.html|accessdate = 1 December 2012|title = Records / Test matches / Team records / Highest fourth innings totals|author = ESPNcricinfo|publisher = ESPN}} 34. ^{{cite journal |last1=Nicholson |first1=Raf |title=The case for women's Tests |journal=The Cricket Monthly |date=February 2016 |url=http://www.thecricketmonthly.com/story/963911/the-case-for-women-s-tests |accessdate=11 September 2018}} 35. ^David Warner double-century Fox Sports 13 November 2015 36. ^Ross Taylor ticks off records during epic 290 The Times of India 16 November 2015 Bibliography{{refbegin}}
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