Hagley Oval, Cricket ground in central Christchurch, New Zealand

Hagley Oval is a cricket ground in Hagley Park, central Christchurch, with a flat, closely mown green field and a long, low grandstand. Its central glass-fronted section has three white, conical tent-like roofs above it, flanked by open tiers of greyish seating fitted with pale grey or white seats. The pitch is oval but wider than it is long, with 11 wickets in the block, 10 approved for Tests, making it New Zealand's largest cricket ground.

Cricket was played at Hagley Oval from the settlement's earliest years: a match marked Founders' Day on 16 December 1851, and the first recorded fixture came in 1867 when Canterbury hosted Otago. The first Plunket Shield match followed in December 1907 against Auckland. After the 2011 earthquake damaged Lancaster Park, the Environment Court approved in 2013 the oval's development as an international venue; it became New Zealand's eighth Test ground in 2014.

The tent-like Hadlee Pavilion, designed by Trevor Watt of Athfield Architects and built by Southbase Construction in under ten months, is named after the Hadlee family, whose stand at Lancaster Park was demolished. The 1864 Canterbury Cricket Umpires' Association Pavilion was erected at Dilloway's, the first Canterbury Cricket Club ground, for the visit of an English eleven captained by George Parr.

Hagley Oval sits in Hagley Park in central Christchurch, and when no matches are scheduled the ground works as a community park, with youth mixed-gender cricket played on Saturdays. The Hadlee Pavilion is available to community groups all year round and can be used for other sports codes. The pitch is laid oval widthways rather than lengthways, with 11 wickets in the block, 10 of them approved for Tests with full boundaries.

The tent-like Hadlee Pavilion, with its three white conical roofs above a glass-fronted stand, is named after the Hadlee family; the name was transferred when the old Hadlee stand at Lancaster Park was demolished after that ground became unusable. The separate 1864 Canterbury Cricket Umpires' Association Pavilion was erected at Dilloway's, the first Canterbury Cricket Club ground, for the visit of an English eleven captained by George Parr.