Ballpark

Sydney Cricket Ground

Sydney · 2014–2014 · config 2014

Favors hitters

(+0.0 runs for the away team)

Dimensions

LF 328′ · SLF 375′ · LFA 380′ · LC 385′ · CF 400′ · RC 385′ · RFA 380′ · SRF 375′ · RF 328′

Walls LF 8′ · LC 8′ · CF 8′ · RC 8′ · RF 8′

Cricket ground overlay — 2014 MLB opener

Cavernous foul ground

Capacity 47,000

A cricket cathedral dressed for one MLB opener Down Under.

Overhead diagram

Sydney Cricket Ground overhead schematicLF 328′SLF 375′LFA 380′LC 385′CF 400′RC 385′RFA 380′SRF 375′RF 328′8′ wall8′ wall8′ wall8′ wall8′ wallCavernous foul groundStands not in library

Photograph

(1)Sydney Cricket Ground-4aa.jpg
(1)Sydney Cricket Ground-4aa.jpg · Sardaka / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

About this park

The SCG hosted big-league baseball in Australia — cricket boundaries meeting an installed diamond. Special-event geography; the story is the trip.