Junction Oval (St.Kilda Cricket Ground)

Capacity: 7,000 (approx)
Record Crowd: 46,973 – St.Kilda vs Carlton (May 20th, 1950)
Home Teams:

• St.Kilda Cricket Club (Victoria Premier Cricket – VPC)
• Victoria cricket team (Cricket)
• Victoria women’s cricket team (Cricket)
• Melbourne Stars (WBBL)
• Melbourne Renegades (WBBL)

Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground or by its sponsored name CitiPower Centre) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Its location near the St Kilda Junction gave rise to its name. It is located approximately five kilometres from the centre of Melbourne and is in the southernmost part of the large Albert Park sporting precinct.

The venue was once home to VFL/AFL teams, St.Kilda, South Melbourne and Fitzroy. It is now used primarily for cricket and is home to St.Kilda Cricket Club, where Shane Warne had a long association, Melbourne Stars and Renegades (WBBL) and both men and women’s Victorian Cricket teams.

Between 2015 and 2018, the oval underwent a $40 million redevelopment designed to make it the administrative headquarters of Cricket Victoria.

The record attendance at the ground is 46,973 on 20 May 1950 to watch St Kilda play Carlton in a VFL match. This was a bigger crowd than any of the three grand finals played at the venue.