Which Barbados ground hosted the 2007 Cricket World Cup final?

The 2007 Cricket World Cup final was held at Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados.

The match on 28 April 2007 brought together Australia and Sri Lanka. Australia scored 281 for 4 in a rain-shortened 38 overs, with Adam Gilchrist making 149—the highest score in a World Cup final at the time. Further rain reduced Sri Lanka’s chase to 36 overs.

Australia won by 53 runs under the Duckworth–Lewis method, securing its third consecutive World Cup title. Barbados hosting the final was significant because it was the first time the island had staged the tournament’s championship match.

A common mix-up is to confuse Kensington Oval with other famous Caribbean venues. Queen’s Park Oval is in Trinidad, Sabina Park is in Jamaica, and Providence Stadium is in Guyana. Kensington Oval is Barbados’s best-known international cricket ground and has also hosted major regional and international matches.