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The first major international act to perform at the Oval was Fleetwood Mac, in 1977. Many big names have performed there since, including David Bowie , Linda Ronstadt , KISS , Simon and Garfunkel , Paul McCartney and Wings , Madonna , Michael Jackson , Elton John , Billy Joel , Neil Diamond , Pearl Jam , AC/DC , and the Foo Fighters .
The Adelaide Oval is a stadium in Adelaide in the state of South Australia. It is located in the parklands . The venue is predominantly used for cricket and Australian rules football , but has also played host to rugby league , rugby union , soccer , and tennis , as well as regularly being used to hold concerts .
This article includes a list of men's Test cricket records held at the Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, South Australia (correct as of 23 December 2022). Ricky Ponting holds the record for most career runs at the Adelaide Oval. Brian Lara scored 610 runs in 8 innings at the ground; a record for non-Australians.
The Adelaide Oval during the 2010 Australia v England Test match. England's Graeme Swann took a five-wicket haul during the match. The historic scoreboard at the ground in 2008. Australia's Betty Wilson took two five-wicket hauls at Adelaide. The Adelaide Oval is a sports stadium located in Adelaide, South Australia.
The site is well known as the location of Light's Vision, a statue of founder and planner of Adelaide William Light, positioned in such a way that his finger points towards the Adelaide city centre. The view across the city has been somewhat impeded by the development of the Adelaide Oval in 2012–2013.
In 1942, 25,000 locals attended an American football match at Adelaide Oval as part of American Independence Day celebrations. [ citation needed ] A record crowd of 62,543 attended the 1965 SANFL Grand Final , witnessing Port Adelaide 12.8 (80) defeat Sturt 12.5 (77).
The 2016 A-League Grand Final was the eleventh A-League Grand Final, and was played on 1 May 2016, at Adelaide Oval to determine the 2015–16 A-League Champion. The match was contested by the two winning finals series semi-finalists, Adelaide United and Western Sydney Wanderers who finished the 2015–16 A-League season in first and second position respectively.
The records included in this article cover senior Australian rules football at Adelaide Oval, located in Adelaide, South Australia, for both men and women.The records include the South Australian league football (first known as the South Australian Football Association, then South Australian Football League, and later South Australian National Football League) from 1877, when the first ...