The ground is located directly next to the Bert Sutcliffe Oval and forms part of the New Zealand Cricket Academy.

[1] Later that year the ground held its first first-class match when the New Zealand Academy cricket team played Bangladesh, which the academy won against their opponents who had yet to gain Test status by an innings and 115 runs.

[2] Late the following year, the academy played Pakistan A.

The final first-class match held there came in 1999 when New Zealand A played the touring South Africans.

[4] Two years later the ground held six Youth One Day Internationals in the 2002 Under-19 World Cup.