Dockland or Marvel Stadium – Cricket Roof Covered Ground in Melbourne, Australia

Roof Covered Cricket Stadium in Melbourne Australia

Are you a hardcore cricket fan? I am a die hard fan of Cricket. Everyone had experienced the situation, where an international cricket match was delayed or abounded due to Rain.

It will be so disappointing when a cricket match ends or delayed due to rain. There are N number of situation where the international or domestic cricket match is abounded, delayed, or stopped due to rain.

Spectators in the stadium or viewers in front of televisions wait hours to match get resume. Some of the finals or semi-finals got stopped or delayed due to the rain and completed those matches on the reverse day.

One of the major example, recently ended 1st Semi-final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Manchester between India vs New Zealand, Jul 9-10 2019. The original match was scheduled on July 9^th 2019, but to due to rain, the match got completed on the reserve day July 10^th 2019. Where New Zealand won the match by 18 Runs.

July 9^th: 1^st Innings played by New Zealand: 239/8

July 10^th: 2^nd Innings played by India: 221/10 (49.3 overs)

In those scenarios, only one thing comes into our mind, why can not a cricket match played Indoor or why can’t we built cricket indoor grounds or international cricket stadiums with rooftop. In practical, based on how the cricket match played it is not possible to have a match under roof top cricket grounds.

A solution for this found in Australia, where Cricket Australia board decided to have their matches is a Rooftop stadium known as “Docklands Stadium” (Roof covered stadium ) also known by the sponsors of the ground “Marvel Stadium” in Melbourne.

Docklands Stadium situated in Dockland area of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Dockland ground called with different names as Colonial Stadium, Telstra Stadium or Etihad Stadium. Highlights of the stadium is its retractable roof 38 meters (125 ft) and movable seats.

Apart from International cricket, other sports played here like Australia rules football, Football League, domestic T20 cricket matches and Rugby.

The First ODI international match played between Australia and South Africa on 16^th August 2000 and till now 9 international matches played here.

1^st Match – Australia vs South Africa on August 16 2000

2^nd Match – Australia vs South Africa on August 18 2000

3^rd Match – Australia vs South Africa on August 20 2000

4^th Match – Australia vs Pakistan on June 12 2002

5^th Match – Australia vs Pakistan on June 15 2002

6^th Match – Australia vs New Zealand on December 5 2004

7^th Match – Australia vs Sri Lanka on Jan 13 2006

8^th Match – Australia vs South Africa on Jan 20 2006

9^th Match – Australia vs South Africa on Feb 3^rd 2006

3 charity matches were played between ICC World XI vs Australia on October 5, 7, 9 2006

Australia has very good record in this ground, out of 12 International and domestic matches played, they won in 8 matches, 1 match got tied, Pakistan, South Africa and New Zealand won one match each.

Seating Capacity of Cricket Stadiums in India - International Cricket Grounds

We all know how much the people of India love the game of cricket, they've a huge fan base and history with this game. To host the cricket matches at international standards, Indian government keep on building world class cricket stadiums or grounds for their people.

Here is the list of 10 international cricket stadiums in India and respective stadium seating capacity.

Stadium	State	Seating Capacity
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai, Tamil Nadu	33,500
Eden Gardens	Kolkata, West Bengal	80,000
HPCA Stadium	Dharamsala,  Himachal Pradesh	25,000
M Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bengaluru, Karnataka	40,000
ACA - VDCA Stadium	Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	25,000
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground	Delhi	55,000
Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium	Kochi, Kerala	65,000
Barabati Stadium	Cuttack, Odisha	45,000
Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Hyderabad, Telangana	55,000
Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad, Gujarat	54,000

Their are so many other small stadiums in each individual state which host the domestic matches and domestic tournaments. 

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium:

The oldest cricket stadium of India, which was built in the year 1916 at No. 1, Bells Road, Chepauk, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600005. It has a seating capacity of 33500, with two ends - Anna Pavilion End, V Pattabhiraman Gate End. 

Eden Gardens:

The highest seating capacity stadium of India situated as Eden Garden Rd, Kolkata, West Bengal 700021, with a seating capacity of 80,000. The two ends in the ground as High Court End and Pavilion End.

HPCA Stadium:

Situated at Civil Lines Rd, Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh 176215 with River End, College End.

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium:

One of the oldest cricket stadium of India, situated at Cubbon Rd, Shivaji Nagar, Bengaluru, Karnataka, with two ends - Pavilion Eng, BEML End.

ACA-VDCA Stadium:

Andhra Cricket Association-Vishakapatnam District Cricket Association Cricket Stadium situated near sea shore, Pothinamallayya Palem, Visakhapatnam, Seemandhra 530041. With the ends Vizzy End, DV Subba Rao End.

Cricket Stadium with Rohit Sharma Name in Hyderanad, Telangana

A great honor to the Indian Cricket Hit Man, Rohit Gurunath Sharma.  A Cricket Stadium is about to build on this name near Hyderabad outskirts.

On Friday, i.e on 4 January 2020, Rohit Sharma accompanied with his wife Ritika Sajdeh, laid the foundation stone for a new Cricket Stadium near Ranga Reddy district, Nandhi Gama Mandal, Hyderabad, Telangana, in Sri Ramachandra Mission Ashramam.    

The head of the mission Kamalash Patel more famously known as Daaji stated that as Rohit Sharma is inspiration to millions of young Indians, they decided to keep his name to Cricket Stadium.

This Stadium will help young talented sports persons to upskill their gaming skills in Cricket as well as help developing other sports and fitness programs.