Riverway Stadium

Riverway Stadium
Townsville Cricket Ground
Former names	Tony Ireland Stadium; Pioneer Park
Address	Australia
Location	2 Sporting Drive, Thuringowa, Townsville 4817
Coordinates	19°19′2″S 146°43′54″E / 19.31722°S 146.73167°E
Owner	Townsville City Council
Capacity	10,000 (1013 seated)
Surface	Grass
Construction
Construction cost	A$16.5m
Tenants
	Thuringowa Bulldogs AFL club; Queensland Bulls
Ground information
Tenants	Queensland Cricket Association
International information
First ODI	8 November 2014:; Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea
Last ODI	9 November 2014:; Hong Kong v Papua New Guinea
First T20I	6 February 2016:; Ireland v Papua New Guinea
Last T20I	9 February 2016:; Ireland v Papua New Guinea
	As of 28 December 2016; Source: ESPNcricinfo

The Riverway Stadium is an international standard AFL and cricket stadium in Thuringowa Central, Townsville, Australia. The stadium is a part of the Riverway sporting and cultural complex.

Facilities

The stadium includes the oval, a 1013-seat grandstand and supporting facilities, a practice oval and cricket practice nets. The design was modelled on Brisbane’s Gabba cricket ground specifications and has a six turf wicket block.^[2] Riverway Stadium has a maximum capacity of 10,000+^[3] This was achieved on New Year's Eve 2007 when 10,024 people attended a Twenty20 cricket match featuring the Queensland and the Victoria.^[4] The stadium is also home to the Thuringowa Bulldogs AFL club, and the AFL's local regional office.^[2] In June 2009, the stadium hosted a 4-day first class match between Pakistan A and the Australia A cricket team.^[5] The stadium also hosted some matches of the 2012 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup which was held in Australia from 11 August 2012. India emerged as the winner of Under-19 Cricket World Cup after beating Australia in the final at the Riverway Stadium.

In November 2014, the stadium hosted its first international match between debutants Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong. The Stadium became the 10th ODI venue in Australia.

Lighting

In 2008, the inadequacy of the current "temporary" lighting was highlighted when a Queensland v Western Australia AFL representative match was rescheduled from dusk to mid afternoon.^[6] Costs to install lighting adequate for televised sport have been estimated at five million dollars.^[6]

Attendance records

Top 5 Sports Attendance Records

No.	Date	Teams	Sport	Competition	Crowd
1	31 December 2007	Queensland Bulls v. Victoria Bushrangers	Cricket	T20	10,024
2	2 March 2013	Gold Coast Suns v. North Melbourne Kangaroos	Australian Rules Football	AFL (preseason)	7,216
3	23 February 2014	Gold Coast Suns v. Brisbane Lions	Australian Rules Football	AFL (preseason)	6,426
4	1 March 2015	Gold Coast Suns v. Geelong Cats	Australian Rules Football	AFL (preseason)	4,431
5	24 October 2010	Queensland Bulls v. South Australia Redbacks	Cricket	Ryobi Cup	2,000

^{Last updated on 2 March 2015}

International cricket

One Day Internationals hosted

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year	Note
Papua New Guinea	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	By 4 Wickets	2014	Scorecard
Papua New Guinea	Hong Kong	Papua New Guinea	By 3 Wickets	2014	Scorecard

International centuries

There is a single ODI century has been scored at the venue.^[7]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	109	Lega Siaka	Papua New Guinea	114	Hong Kong	9 November 2014	Won

Twenty20 Internationals hosted

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year	Note
Papua New Guinea	Ireland	Ireland	By 7 Wickets	2016	Scorecard
Papua New Guinea	Ireland	Ireland	By 3 runs (D/L)	2016	Scorecard