MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai, popularly known as the Chepauk Stadium, is known for its spicy turning pitches, which have produced a lot of exciting matches in the Cricket World Cup history. The stadium has hosted seven ICC ODI World Cup matches and a Women’s Cricket World Cup semi-final match. It has been part of the three ICC tournaments.
In the 2023 Cricket World Cup, the stadium is going to host the clash between India and Australia in addition to four other matches. It is definitely going to be an exciting venue to watch the action unfold. Here we have covered the records and stats of MA Chidambaram Stadium in Cricket World Cup history.
MA Chidambaram Stadium ICC Cricket World Cup Records and Stats
MA Chidambaram Stadium in Chennai has hosted a total of 7 ICC Cricket World Cup matches. In these matches, 5 times, the team batting first has registered victory while only 2 times the team batting second has registered victory.
The highest team total at the venue is 289/4 by Australia against New Zealand in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. The lowest total at the venue is 63 runs by Kenya against New Zealand in 2011 Cricket World Cup.
Chris Harris’s 130 for New Zealand against Australia in 1996 CWC is the highest individual score at the venue. The best bowling figure at the venue is 5/51 by Ravi Rampaul against India in 2011 ODI World Cup.
Also read: M. A. Chidambaram Stadium ODI Stats: Most Runs, Most Wickets, Highest Team Total and More
1987 Cricket World Cup Matches
| Australia 270/6 (50 overs) | v | India 269 (49.5 overs) |
| Geoff Marsh 110 (141) Manoj Prabhakar 2/47 (10 overs) | Navjot Sidhu 73 (79) Craig McDermott 4/56 (10 overs) |
| Australia won by 1 run Umpires: David Archer and Dickie Bird Player of the match: Geoff Marsh |
| Australia 235/9 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 139 (49.4 overs) |
| Allan Border 67 (88) Kevin Curran 2/29 (8 overs) | Kevin Curran 30 (38) Simon O’Donnell 4/39 (9.4 overs) |
| Australia won by 96 runs Umpires: Khizer Hayat and David Shepherd Player of the match: Steve Waugh |
1996 Cricket World Cup Match
| New Zealand 286/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 289/4 (47.5 overs) |
| Chris Harris 130 (124) Glenn McGrath 2/50 (9 overs) | Mark Waugh 110 (112) Dion Nash 1/44 (9 overs) |
| Australia won by 6 wickets Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and S. Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Mark Waugh |
2011 Cricket World Cup Matches
| Kenya 69 (23.5 overs) | v | New Zealand 72/0 (8 overs) |
| Rakep Patel 16 (23) Hamish Bennett 4/16 (5 overs) | Martin Guptill 39* (32) Thomas Odoyo 0/25 (3 overs) |
| New Zealand won by 10 wickets Umpires: Marais Erasmus and Rod Tucker Player of the match: Hamish Bennett |
| England 171 (45.4 overs) | v | South Africa 165 (47.4 overs) |
| Ravi Bopara 60 (98) Imran Tahir 4/38 (8.4 overs) | Hashim Amla 42 (51) Stuart Broad 4/15 (6.4 overs) |
| England won by 6 runs Umpires: Simon Taufel and Amiesh Saheba Player of the match: Ravi Bopara |
| England 243 (48.4 overs) | v | West Indies 225 (44.4 overs) |
| Jonathan Trott 47 (38) Andre Russell 4/49 (8 overs) | Andre Russell 49 (46) James Tredwell 4/48 (10 overs) |
| England won by 18 runs Umpires: Bruce Oxenford and Steve Davis Player of the match: James Tredwell |
| India 268 (49.1 overs) | v | West Indies 188 (43 overs) |
| Yuvraj Singh 113 (123) Ravi Rampaul 5/51 (10 overs) | Devon Smith 81 (97) Zaheer Khan 3/26 (6 overs) |
| India won by 80 runs Umpires: Simon Taufel and Steve Davis Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh |