Seddon Park pitch report: Test, ODI and T20I records and stats in Hamilton
New Zealand have not lost an ODI at Seddon Park since 2017, and India have beaten them there only once in eight ODIs. Pitch report, T20I, ODI and Test records for the Hamilton ground ahead of India’s two games there in November 2026.
Jan 13, 2024 · Updated Oct 9, 2026
Seddon Park in Hamilton is a ground where New Zealand almost never lose. They have not been beaten in an ODI there since February 2017, they are unbeaten in their last ten Tests at the ground, and the only T20I they have failed to win there since 2018 was a tie with India that went to a Super Over. India get two shots at that record on the tour: the fifth T20I on 1 November 2026 and the third ODI on 10 November.
The ground has hosted 29 Tests, 43 ODIs and 14 T20Is since its first international in February 1981, when New Zealand beat India by 57 runs. Every record and pitch figure below is calculated from that full match list, current to 9 October 2026.
Seddon Park at a glance
| Location | Hamilton Central, Hamilton, Waikato |
| Capacity | 10,000 |
| Ends | Members End, City End |
| Home side | Northern Districts |
| First ODI | New Zealand v India, 15 February 1981 |
| First Test | New Zealand v Sri Lanka, February 1991 |
| First T20I | New Zealand v West Indies, 28 December 2008 |
| Men’s internationals | 29 Tests, 43 ODIs, 14 T20Is |
| India’s 2026 fixtures | 5th T20I, 1 November; 3rd ODI, 10 November |
The ground was named after Richard Seddon, New Zealand’s longest-serving prime minister, by the Hamilton Borough Council in 1906. It ran under sponsors’ names from 1990 to 2006 (Trust Bank Park, WestpacTrust Park, then Westpac Park), which is why older scorecards do not say Seddon Park at all. It is a grass-bank ground in the village-green style, and Northern Districts have played first-class cricket there since 1956-57.
Seddon Park pitch report: what the numbers say
The pitch question has a different answer in each format.
ODIs: chase, and expect less than you used to. The side batting second has won 25 of the 40 ODIs here that produced a result. The toss has mattered far less than that suggests: toss winners have won 19 of 40, slightly under half. The first-innings average, counting innings that ran the full 50 overs or ended all out, is 245.0 across 34 matches and was 260.4 across the 19 since 2014. But the last two were England’s 175 in October 2025 and West Indies’ 161 in November, both bowled out and both chased down, and since 2019 the average is down to 227.6 across eight.
T20Is: bat first, and do not trust the toss. Batting first has won 8 of the 13 decided T20Is. The strangest number on the ground is the toss: the captain who won it has gone on to win only 3 of those 13 matches, and just 1 of the 7 since 2014. The first-innings average is 179.6, rising to 191.3 across the six decided games since 2018.
Tests: runs for whoever bats well, and a home side that does not lose. The first-innings average across all 29 Tests is 311.4, and 343.4 across the five since 2018. Results split almost evenly between the side batting first (10 wins) and the side batting second (11). New Zealand’s record is the story: their last Test defeat here was against South Africa in March 2012, and they have won eight and drawn two of the ten since.
Seddon Park T20I records
| Record | Figure | Details |
| Highest total | 212/4 | New Zealand v India, 10 February 2019 |
| Lowest total | 78 all out | Bangladesh v New Zealand, 3 February 2010 |
| Highest score | 117* (51 balls) | Richard Levi, South Africa v New Zealand, 2012 |
| Best bowling | 4/15 | James Franklin, New Zealand v England, 2013 |
| Most runs | 374 | Martin Guptill, 9 matches |
| Most wickets | 12 | Tim Southee, 11 matches |
New Zealand have won 11 of their 14 T20Is here, lost two (to South Africa in 2012 and England in 2018) and tied one. That tie was against India on 29 January 2020, when Kane Williamson made 95 off 48 balls and India won the Super Over. A year earlier India had chased 213 and fallen four runs short, which is how New Zealand’s 212/4 came to be the ground’s highest T20I total. The most recent T20I here, against South Africa on 17 March 2026, ended with South Africa bowled out for 107 and beaten by 68 runs.
Seddon Park ODI records
| Record | Figure | Details |
| Highest total | 363/4 | West Indies v New Zealand, 8 January 2014 |
| Highest successful chase | 350/9 | New Zealand v Australia, 20 February 2007 |
| Lowest total | 92 all out | India v New Zealand, 31 January 2019 |
| Highest score | 181* (166 balls) | Matthew Hayden, Australia v New Zealand, 2007 |
| Best bowling | 6/33 | Trent Boult, New Zealand v Australia, 2017 |
| Most runs | 886 | Ross Taylor, 21 matches |
| Most wickets | 20 | Matt Henry, 9 matches |
The 2007 game holds two of those records at once. Hayden’s 181 not out carried Australia to 346/5, and New Zealand still got there with a wicket to spare, 350/9. The second-highest chase here is also New Zealand’s: 348/6 to beat India’s 347/4 in February 2020. Since losing to South Africa in February 2017, New Zealand have won 12 straight completed ODIs at the ground, with one no-result against India in November 2022 the only break.
Seddon Park Test records
| Record | Figure | Details |
| Highest total | 715/6d | New Zealand v Bangladesh, 2019 |
| Lowest total | 93 all out | New Zealand v Pakistan, 1993 |
| Highest score | 251 | Kane Williamson, New Zealand v West Indies, 2020 |
| Best bowling | 7/27 | Chris Cairns, New Zealand v West Indies, 1999 |
| Most runs | 1,614 | Kane Williamson, 12 Tests, average 94.94 |
| Most wickets | 54 | Tim Southee, 12 Tests |
Williamson’s numbers here are absurd even by his standards: 1,614 runs at 94.94, including the 251 and an unbeaten 200 in the 715/6d. Joe Root’s 226 in 2019 is the highest score by a visiting batter. Southee’s 54 wickets are final, since his last Test was the 423-run win over England here in December 2024.
India at Seddon Park
This is not a happy ground for India in white-ball cricket. Against New Zealand they have won one ODI out of eight here, with six defeats and a no-result. The one win came on 11 March 2009, when Virender Sehwag made 125 not out off 74 balls and India won a rain-shortened game by 84 runs. Since then they have lost twice in 2014, been bowled out for 92 in 2019, and lost in 2020 after making 347/4.
| Format | Played | Won | Lost | Other |
| Tests | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 drawn |
| ODIs (all opponents) | 12 | 3 | 8 | 1 no result |
| ODIs v New Zealand | 8 | 1 | 6 | 1 no result |
| T20Is | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 tied (Super Over won) |
The Test record is kinder. India won by ten wickets in March 2009, with Harbhajan Singh’s 6/63 and a first-innings 520 that is still the highest Test total by a visiting side at the ground. In December 2002 they lost a low-scoring Test in which India were bowled out for 99 and New Zealand for 94. There is no Test at Seddon Park on this tour; the two Tests are in Wellington and Christchurch.
The other grounds on India’s tour have their own pages: the Hagley Oval pitch report, Eden Park ODI records and the Bay Oval pitch report. For the bigger picture, see the highest ODI team totals and highest T20 scores.
Seddon Park: quick answers
Is Seddon Park a batting or bowling pitch?
It depends on the format. ODI first innings have averaged 245.0 and the chasing side has won 25 of 40 decided games. T20I first innings have averaged 179.6, and batting first has won 8 of 13.
What is the highest T20I score at Seddon Park?
New Zealand’s 212/4 against India in February 2019. India replied with 208/6.
When do India play at Seddon Park in 2026?
The fifth T20I on 1 November and the third ODI on 10 November 2026.