5 Grounds with the lowest opening stands average in Test cricket

#1 Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand

A limited overs game in progress at Carisbrook

It is perhaps one of the most swing friendly grounds in New Zealand and although Carisbrook in Dunedin hosted its first game in 1955, it has not been a regular venue over the course of the last 6 decades or so. It is a bit of a pity that the ground has only been allotted 10 Test matches in all this time (last Test in 1997) and perhaps one of the reasons is down to the difficulties batsmen have often had when playing at the venue.

In particular, opening batsmen have found the venue difficult and Carisbrook remains the ground with the lowest opening stand average in cricket history. The average opening stand at Carisbrook in 36 innings is 26.03 and there has only been 1 hundred run stand at the ground.

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