Bay Oval pitch report: Test, ODI and T20I records and stats in Mount Maunganui
Bay Oval hosts India’s last two ODIs in New Zealand on 13 and 15 November. Here is every men’s Test, ODI and T20I record at Mount Maunganui, and what batting first has been worth.
Feb 3, 2024 · Updated Oct 8, 2026
Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui has hosted 38 men’s internationals since January 2014: six Tests, 13 ODIs and 19 T20Is. Runs come easily here. New Zealand have made 500 or more in three of their six Tests, and New Zealand chased 297 to beat India in an ODI. India play the fourth and fifth ODIs of their 2026 tour here, on 13 and 15 November.
This Bay Oval pitch report runs through the numbers format by format: who wins batting first, what a par first-innings score looks like, India’s results at the ground, and the full set of batting and bowling records.
Bay Oval at a glance
| Location | Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, Bay of Plenty, New Zealand |
| Opened | 2005 |
| First ODI | Netherlands v Canada, 28 January 2014 |
| First T20I | New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 7 January 2016 |
| First Test | New Zealand v England, 21 November 2019 |
| Men’s internationals | 6 Tests, 13 ODIs, 19 T20Is |
| Home record | New Zealand: Tests W4 L2, ODIs W7 L5, T20Is W9 L6 (4 no result) |
The first ODI here was played at the 2014 World Cup Qualifier, which is why the Netherlands and Canada opened it rather than the hosts. Four years later it staged the 2018 Under-19 World Cup final, in which India beat Australia by eight wickets with Manjot Kalra unbeaten on 101.
Bay Oval pitch report: what batting first is worth
| Format | Decided matches | Won batting first | Won chasing | Average first innings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 6 | 4 | 2 | 420.5 |
| ODIs | 13 | 6 | 7 | 268.1 (12 full-length games) |
| T20Is | 15 | 11 | 4 | 185.2 (14 full-length games) |
For eight years this was a T20I ground where you batted first. Of the first 12 decided T20Is, the side batting first won 11, and the one exception was a rain-shortened win for New Zealand on the DLS method against Bangladesh in December 2023. Then it flipped. Australia chased 182 and 157 in October 2025, and South Africa knocked off 92 in March 2026 after bowling New Zealand out for 91. Those are the three most recent decided T20Is, and all three went to the chasing side. Three games is not a trend you can bank on, but it does mean the old “win the toss and bat” rule needs a question mark.
The 50-over game has been an even split, six wins batting first and seven chasing, and the toss winner has won seven of 13. The first innings averages 268.1 across the 12 full-length games, but that figure hides two different eras. The five ODIs played in 2019 and 2020 produced first-innings totals of 371, 324, 319, 243 and 296, an average of 310.6. The three played since then have brought 202, 264 in a rain-reduced 42-over game, and 223.
In Tests, the side batting first has done very well. The first-innings average across all six is 420.5, and New Zealand passed 500 in the first innings against South Africa in 2024 and West Indies in 2025. Oddly, the toss winner has won only two of the six.
India at Bay Oval
India have played five men’s internationals here and won four of them.
| Date | Format | Scores | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Jan 2019 | ODI | India 324/4, New Zealand 234 | India won by 90 runs |
| 28 Jan 2019 | ODI | New Zealand 243, India 245/3 (43 overs) | India won by 7 wickets |
| 2 Feb 2020 | T20I | India 163/3, New Zealand 156/9 | India won by 7 runs |
| 11 Feb 2020 | ODI | India 296/7, New Zealand 300/5 (47.1 overs) | New Zealand won by 5 wickets |
| 20 Nov 2022 | T20I | India 191/6, New Zealand 126 | India won by 65 runs |
The two ODI wins in January 2019 came two days apart in the same series, and the second of them sealed India’s first bilateral ODI series win in New Zealand for ten years. The one defeat came 13 months later, when New Zealand chased 297 for the highest successful ODI chase at the ground. KL Rahul’s 112 off 113 balls in that game is still the best ODI score by an Indian batter here.
The T20I record is perfect. Jasprit Bumrah took 3/12 to defend 163 in 2020, and in 2022 Suryakumar Yadav made 111 not out off 51 balls, the highest T20I score at the ground. Deepak Hooda then took 4/10, which remains the ground’s best T20I bowling. Tim Southee took a hat-trick in the last over of India’s innings in that game and still finished on the losing side by 65 runs.
Bay Oval ODI records
| Record | Holder |
|---|---|
| Highest total | 371/7, New Zealand v Sri Lanka, 3 Jan 2019 |
| Lowest completed total | 202, Netherlands v New Zealand, 29 Mar 2022 |
| Highest successful chase | 300/5, New Zealand v India, 11 Feb 2020 |
| Highest individual score | 140, Thisara Perera (Sri Lanka) v New Zealand, 5 Jan 2019 |
| Best bowling | 5/34, Ben Sears (New Zealand) v Pakistan, 5 Apr 2025 |
| Most runs | Martin Guptill (New Zealand), 415 in 10 innings |
| Most wickets | Trent Boult (New Zealand), 16 in 8 matches |
Thisara Perera’s 140 came off 74 balls with 13 sixes, and Sri Lanka still lost by 21 runs chasing 320. Two days earlier at the same ground, New Zealand had made 371/7, the highest ODI total here. Sri Lanka got to 326 in reply, so the two games produced 1,314 runs between them.
Bay Oval T20I records
| Record | Holder |
|---|---|
| Highest total | 243/5, New Zealand v West Indies, 3 Jan 2018 |
| Lowest completed total | 91, New Zealand v South Africa, 15 Mar 2026 |
| Highest successful chase | 185/4, Australia v New Zealand, 1 Oct 2025 |
| Highest individual score | 111*, Suryakumar Yadav (India) v New Zealand, 20 Nov 2022 |
| Best bowling | 4/10, Deepak Hooda (India) v New Zealand, 20 Nov 2022 |
| Most runs | Colin Munro (New Zealand), 322 at a strike rate of 195.15 |
| Most wickets | Jacob Duffy (New Zealand), 14 in 6 matches |
Munro made two of the ground’s six T20I hundreds, in January 2017 against Bangladesh and in January 2018 against West Indies. Duffy’s 14 wickets have cost 9.21 each, and he has two of the five four-wicket hauls.
Bay Oval Test records
| Record | Holder |
|---|---|
| Highest total | 615/9 declared, New Zealand v England, Nov 2019 |
| Lowest total | 126, New Zealand v England, Feb 2023 |
| Highest individual score | 240, Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand) v South Africa, Feb 2024 |
| Best bowling in an innings | 6/46, Ebadot Hossain (Bangladesh) v New Zealand, Jan 2022 |
| Best bowling in a match | 9/128, Jacob Duffy (New Zealand) v West Indies, Dec 2025 |
| Most runs | Devon Conway (New Zealand), 571 in 4 Tests |
| Most wickets | Neil Wagner (New Zealand), 21 in 4 Tests |
| Highest partnership | 261 for the 7th wicket, BJ Watling and Mitchell Santner v England, Nov 2019 |
Three of the six Tests carry their own footnote. The first, in November 2019, produced BJ Watling’s 205 and an innings win. Ebadot’s 6/46 in January 2022 bowled Bangladesh to their first Test win in New Zealand. And the February 2023 match was a pink-ball day-night Test, which England won by 267 runs with James Anderson taking 4/18 on the last afternoon to skittle New Zealand for 126.
Frequently asked questions
Is Bay Oval a batting pitch?
The scores say yes. New Zealand have made 615/9 declared, 575/8 declared and 511 in Tests here, the T20I first innings averages 185.2, and the ODI record of 371/7 came in a game where the reply reached 326.
What is the highest ODI score at Bay Oval?
The highest team total is New Zealand’s 371/7 against Sri Lanka in January 2019. The highest individual score is Thisara Perera’s 140 for Sri Lanka two days later.
Has India ever lost at Bay Oval?
Once, in five matches. New Zealand chased 297 to beat India by five wickets in an ODI on 11 February 2020. India have won both of their T20Is and two of their three ODIs at the ground.
For the other grounds on India’s 2026 tour, see the Hagley Oval pitch report, the Eden Park ODI records and the Seddon Park pitch report. The biggest scores anywhere are in our lists of the highest ODI team totals and the highest T20 scores, and India’s 2018 title is on the Under-19 World Cup winners list.