The Oval
International cricket ground in Kennington, London, England
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The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845. It was the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880. The final Test match of the English season is traditionally played there.
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Glentoran reach County Antrim Shield final Last year's runners up Glentoran advance to the final of the County Antrim Shield after a 2-0 victory over Ballymena United at the Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Centurion Nissanka condemns England to dismal defeat England go down to their worst defeat under Brendon McCullum as Pathum Nissanka’s magnificent century guides Sri Lanka to a famous win at The Kia Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Best shots of Nissanka's match-winning century Watch the best shots from Sri Lanka's Pathum Nissanka's match-winning century against England during the third Test at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Smith thrills but Sri Lanka favourites to win Test Jamie Smith’s pulsating 67 breathes life into England but can not stop Sri Lanka moving into pole position to win the final Test at The Kia Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
England give Sri Lanka route into final Test England give Sri Lanka a way back into the final Test on a curious second day at The Kia Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Pope hundred gives England upper hand on Sri Lanka Stand-in captain Ollie Pope answers his critics with a sparkling century on a truncated first day of England’s third Test against Sri Lanka at The Kia Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Surrey dominate on Flintoff's Lancs red-ball debut Rocky Flintoff makes a creditable 32 on his County Championship debut for Lancashire but champions Surrey take first-day honours at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
'Huge' Livingston six hits the score board Watch as Birmingham Phoenix's Liam Livingston hits a "huge" six that hits the score board against Southern Brave at the Oval in the men's Hundred competition.BBC Sport - Published | |
Invincibles beat Brave in table-topping clash Oval Invincibles comfortably beat Southern Brave by six wickets in a table-topping clash in the men's Hundred competition at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Sutherland takes four wickets in six balls Northern Superchargers' Annabel Sutherland takes four wickets in six balls to help her side beat Oval Invincibles by 82 runs at the Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
'On fire' Scholfield smashes 71 off 40 balls Oval Invincibles' Paige Scholfield hits a superb 71 off 40 balls against Birmingham Phoenix in the first match of the Hundred at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Women's T20 CricketAll the action from England’s fourth T20 match against New Zealand at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
Highlights: England see off New Zealand by seven wicketsWatch highlights as Sarah Glenn inspires England to victory with 4-19 as they beat New Zealand by seven wickets in the fourth T20 at The Kia Oval.BBC Sport - Published | Redmayne and Jones lead Stars to win over SunrisersGeorgia Redmayne and Emma Jones lead South East Stars to victory over Sunrisers at The Oval in this Charlotte Edwards Cup.BBC Sport - Published |
Payne denies Surrey in tie - T20 Blast round-upGloucestershire's David Payne holds Surrey to a tie at The Oval in the T20 Blast and Sussex, Somerset and Lancashire all win.BBC Sport - Published | England thrash Pakistan in final World Cup warm-upEngland sign off for the T20 World Cup with a seven-wicket thrashing of Pakistan at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published |
Surrey ease to win over WarwickshireSurrey waste no time in wrapping up a nine-wicket victory over Warwickshire on the final morning of their Championship game at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | Clinical Linfield beat Glens to reach Irish Cup finalLinfield are through to the Irish Cup final following a 3-1 victory against Glentoran at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published |
McGinn-inspired Glens hammer Blues in Big TwoNiall McGinn inspires Glentoran to one of the most devastating Big Two performances for some time as they hammer Linfield 4-0 at the Oval.BBC Sport - Published | Advent calendar day one: Bail switching & match winningStuart Broad ends his glittering career by bowling England to a dramatic victory in the fifth Test against Australia at The Oval, featuring his bail switching antics.BBC Sport - Published |
Irish Premiership - Sportsound build-upRadio Ulster coverage before text updates, audio and in-play clips of Saturday's three fixtures including Glentoran taking on Ballymena United at the Oval.BBC Sport - Published | Coleraine comeback stuns Glentoran as Larne go topColeraine stun Glentoran with a late comeback to win 2-1 at the Oval as Larne beat Carrick Rangers to go top and Newry City draw with Dungannon Swifts.BBC Sport - Published |
Superb Stokes hits England ODI record 182Ben Stokes smashes the record for the highest score by an England batter in a one-day international by hammering a brutal 182 against New Zealand at The Kia Oval.BBC Sport - Published | Stokes reaches 50 - watch his best shotsWatch the best shots of Ben Stokes' 50 not out against New Zealand in the third ODI at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published |
England v New Zealand, third ODI – radio, clips & textFollow live text updates and BBC Test Match Special commentary as England host New Zealand in the third ODI at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | Rodrigues makes 'sensational' dive to save boundaryWatch as Northern Superchargers' Jemimah Rodrigues makes a 'sensational' dive to save a certain boundary in their Hundred eliminator match against Welsh Fire at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published |
Glentoran-Crusaders game at Oval postponedSaturday's Irish Premiership game between Glentoran and Crusaders is called off following heavy overnight rain.BBC Sport - Published | Invincibles and Fire play out thrilling tieOval Invincibles and Welsh Fire play out the first tie in The Hundred after a thrilling finish at the Kia Oval.BBC Sport - Published |
Watch: Fumbled Green catch turns into unlikely fourWatch as Welsh Fire's Sam Green fumbles a catch on the boundary rope as Oval Invincibles' Will Jacks survives on three at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | Watch: Fan hilariously fails attempted diving catchWatch a spectator made an "atrocious" attempt at catching Welsh Fire's Ben Green's six that flew into the crowd at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published |
'Trump card' Ismail takes back-to-back wicketsWatch Welsh Fire's spinner Shabnam Ismail pick up back-to-back wickets to dismiss Mady Villiers for nought and Ryana MacDonald-Gay for a golden duck at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | England deny snubbing post-Ashes drinks with AussiesEngland cricket captain Ben Stokes has denied his team snubbed the traditional post-series drinks with Australia after The Ashes ended at The Oval on Monday.Sky News - Published |
Bail switching & match winning - Broad's fairytale finaleStuart Broad ends his glittering career by bowling England to a dramatic victory in the fifth Test against Australia at The Oval, featuring his now trademark bail switching.BBC Sport - Published | England win after fairytale Broad endingEngland win an incredible fifth Test to level the Ashes series at 2-2 as Stuart Broad takes the final two wickets in a fairytale ending to his cricket career at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published |
Broad switches bails again before removing MurphyStuart Broad switches the bails at the bowler's end and then immediately has Todd Murphy caught behind by Jonny Bairstow on a thrilling day five of the fifth Ashes Test at The Oval.BBC Sport - Published | |
