WACA

Capacity: 24,500
Record Crowd: 34,317 – West Coast vs Melbourne (September 24^th, 1994)
Home Teams:

• Australia National Cricket team (Cricket)
• Western Australia Cricket team (Cricket)

The WACA (formally the WACA Ground) is a sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia. The stadium’s name derives from the initials of its owners and operators, the Western Australian Cricket Association.

The WACA has been referred to as Western Australia’s “home of cricket” since the early 1890s, with Test cricket played at the ground since the 1970–71 season. The ground is the home venue of Western Australia’s first-class cricket team, the Western Warriors, and the state’s Women’s National Cricket League side, the Western Fury. The Perth Scorchers, a Big Bash League franchise, played home matches at the ground until 2019 before moving to Optus stadium.

The pitch at the WACA is regarded as the quickest and bounciest in the world. These characteristics, in combination with the afternoon sea-breezes which regularly pass the ground (the Fremantle Doctor), have historically made the ground an attractive place for pace and swing bowlers. The outfield is exceptionally fast, contributing to the ground seeing some very fast scoring and also some very low scores, check out the video below.