5 famous cricket stadiums in the world

#2 MCG, Melbourne, Australia

MCG is the largest cricket ground in the world

The coliseum of Cricket. The Melbourne Cricket Ground is the largest cricket ground on planet Earth. It has a seating capacity of around 90,000. The visiting players generally face a daunting task of facing the crowd at MCG which can be quite intimidating at times.

It has many unique features. Apart from Cricket, it also plays a host to other sports such as football and rugby. The MCG is referred to as 'Spiritual Home of Australian Sport'. In fact, its lighting towers are the tallest for any sporting venue in the world.

The pitch here offers a fine balance between bat and ball. While the pacers get assistance early on with the new ball, the batsmen tend to score freely once the ball gets old.

The first Test match here was played in 1877 and it has hosted 109 Tests and 147 ODIs. In Tests, it's Don Bradman with the most number of runs (1671 runs) here and in ODIs, it's Ricky Ponting (2108 runs). In the bowling, Dennis Lillee with 82 wickets and Shane Warne with 46 wickets hold the record for most wickets in Tests and ODIs respectively.