Adelaide Oval
1st Test, 14 - 18 December
ODIs: 26, 27 December
Situated in parkland, Adelaide is the most picturesque of Australia's Test cricket grounds.
It is also one of the oldest international venues. Cricket has been played there since 1871.
England faced Australia in December 1884, making it the sixth Test ground to be used.
Visible from the playing arena is St.Peter's Cathedral, where Sir Donald Bradman's memorial service was held last March.
Bradman holds the record for the highest Test score at the ground. He was 299 not out in the fourth Test against South Africa in 1931/32 when last man Pud Thurlow was run out.
Unlike many cricket grounds with the same name, this venue really is oval. It is the longest of all Test grounds, but commonly sees sixes struck square of the wicket.
