Bankstown Oval

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Bankstown Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Sydney, Australia. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and has been used by New South Wales, particularly for one day matches. It has also hosted 3 first class games in the Sheffield Shield. Its pavilion is named after Australian Test batsmen Steve and Mark Waugh, who both appeared for the Bankstown club. It hosted a Women's Ashes test on England's 2002/3 tour and again in January 2010. The NSW SpeedBlitz Blues are scheduled to play a Sheffield Shield match at the ground in November 2011, their fourth at the venue. The ground has also been used for local AFL matches. The stadium currently has a capacity of 8,000 people.

A panorama of Bankstown Oval

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Bankstown Oval at Austadiums

v t e City of Bankstown, South-western Sydney

Suburbs and localities within the City of Bankstown	Bankstown Bass Hill Birrong Chester Hill Chullora Condell Park East Hills Georges Hall Greenacre Manahan Milperra Mount Lewis Padstow Padstow Heights Panania Picnic Point Potts Hill Punchbowl Revesby Revesby Heights Sefton Villawood Yagoona

War history	Bankstown Bunker No. 1 Fighter Sector RAAF History of Bankstown during World War II HMS Nabberley

Crime	Bilal Skaf Milperra massacre Roger Rogerson Sydney gang rapes Villawood Immigration Detention Centre

Education	Alphacrucis Al Amanah College Bankstown Boys (Bankstown Senior College) Bankstown City Library Bankstown Girls Bass High School Georges River Grammar LaSalle Catholic College Malek Fahd Islamic School St Euphemia College Sefton High School University of Western Sydney

Public transport bus service	McVicar's Bus Services Punchbowl Bus Company Transdev NSW

Public transport by rail	Airport line Bankstown Line Bankstown station Birrong station Chester Hill station Leightonfield station Punchbowl station Sefton station Villawood station Yagoona station East Hills station Padstow station Panania station Revesby station

Sports facilities & Public parks	Bankstown Oval Dunc Gray Velodrome Garrison Point Georges River National Park Jensen Oval McLeod Reserve Mirambeena Regional Park O'Neill Park Salt Pan Creek Terry Lamb Complex

Other utilities	Bankstown Airport Bankstown Lidcombe Hospital

Sports teams	Bankstown Berries FC Bankstown City Lions Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Chester Hill Rhinos Bankstown City Bulls Yagoona Lions

Notable residents past and present	Akmal Saleh Anh Do Brett Emerton Brett Holman Bryan Brown Casey Donovan Christian Heim Danny Adcock Geoff Robinson Hard-Ons Ian Thorpe John Burgess Mamdouh Habib Mark Waugh Paul Keating Paulini Curuenavuli Steve Waugh Tahir Bilgiç Terry Lamb Vince Sorrenti

Other topics	Bankstown Bites Food Festival Canterbury-Bankstown Centro Bankstown Division of Banks Electoral district of Bankstown (results)

List of Sydney suburbs

Coordinates: 33°55′19″S 151°01′56″E / 33.92194°S 151.03222°E / -33.92194; 151.03222

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