page_title: Stadium Australia
section_title: Cricket
hierarchical_section_title: Stadium Australia / Uses / Cricket
caption_attribution_description: English: Stands during the break in a Twenty20 match between India and Australia in 2012 at ANZ Stadium
context_page_description: Stadium Australia, commercially known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park, in Sydney, Australia. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Stadium was leased by a private company the Stadium Australia Group until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.
  The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2003, reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 82,500 for an oval field.
context_section_description: The Stadium has been approved as a ground for international cricket and has hosted Twenty20 Internationals.
  The Stadium was home to the Sydney Thunder franchise of the Big Bash League from 2011 to 2014. In June 2015, the Thunder announced they would leave ANZ Stadium and play all home games at Sydney Showground Stadium until the 2024-25 BBL season.
  It hosted its first ever International Cricket match when Australia took on India in a Twenty20 night game on 1 February 2012  and hosted its last T20 International in 2014.
caption: Twenty20 match between India and Australia in 2012
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