KIA OVAL
INDIA’S VICTORY OVER ENGLAND AT HISTORIC GROUND O
f the many well-known cricketing venues across the globe, the Kia Oval stands amongst them as a unique international cricket ground based in Kennington, London, and has been the home of Surrey Country Cricket Club since 1845. The Kia Oval grounds have hosted many famous final days spanning its impressive 141 years of Test cricket, and every international star to have played the
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From an England advantage to a dramatic India win, we take a look at the cricketing highlights during the recent series at the Kia Oval Writer: Marcus Kääpä
game has represented their nation under the famous and iconic nearby gasholder structures that neighbour the grounds. Each year, the Kia Oval hosts an England Test match as well as a
white-ball international, and with matches having recently ended we can look back on the highlights that made this year’s event. Kia Oval – England vs India Recently, the Kia Oval welcomed two giants of Test cricket – England and India. Some of the world’s greatest players battled it out at the historic venue; the location of the first ever Test match in England, in a series that