Ground information | |
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Location | Albion, Brisbane, Australia |
Home club | Queensland Bulls Queensland Fire Cricket Australia XI |
Capacity | 6,500 |
Owner | Queensland Government |
Tenants | Fortitude Valley Diehards (1909–95) Queensland Bulls Queensland Fire Cricket Australia XI Southern Stars Australia A National Performance Squad |
End names | |
Crosby Road End Albion Park End | |
International information | |
First WODI | 7 February 1999: Australia v South Africa |
Last WODI | 8 October 2023: Australia v West Indies |
First WT20I | 18 October 2006: Australia v New Zealand |
Last WT20I | 24 September 2024: Australia v New Zealand |
As of 24 September 2024 Source: ESPNcricinfo |
Allan Border Field is a cricket ground in the Brisbane suburb of Albion in Queensland. The Australian Cricket Academy has been based at the oval since 2004, using it as a base for the development of elite cricketers throughout Australia.
It was formerly known as Neumann Oval and was home to the Fortitude Valley Diehards rugby league team from 1909 until 1995. The oval was named for Fred "Firpo" Neumann, Valley's club captain (and later president) and Queensland and Australian representative footballer.[1] Queensland Cricket purchased the ground not long after Valley's relocation and named it in honour of former Australian cricket captain Allan Border. The ground is used as a training facility for the Queensland Bulls and more recently the Australian cricket team.[2] The capacity of the ground is 6,300, which is much smaller than the Gabba. It is also used as a home venue for the Queensland Bulls and Cricket Australia XI in Australian domestic cricket.[3]