Cricket Grounds Around the World: 14 to Book

1.Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,004 reviews · 1h 15m · from $26Our pick

Spend 75 minutes inside the MCG with an English-speaking MCC member as your guide. See the Long Room, MCC Library, player areas, media centre, portraits of Bradman and Tendulkar, and Melbourne skyline views from City Terrace. You may also walk on the arena, subject to availability.

“Great tour with David who shared his knowledge and experience with us as well as answering all our questions. Thoroughly recommend.”

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2.MCG and Australian Sports Museum Guided Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 638 reviews · 2h 30m · from $33

Spend 150 minutes touring the MCG with an English-speaking guide, visiting the MCC Long Room, player changing rooms, media centre, viewing room and city terrace. Then explore the Australian Sports Museum and Game On! area, with interactive displays, sporting stories and a Shane Warne hologram.

“Fantastic tour of the stadium and lots of history and hospitality.”

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3.Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) and Museum Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 616 reviews · 1h 30m · from $23

Spend 90 minutes exploring the Sydney Cricket Ground with guides such as Stuart, Peter, Warwick, or Rod. See the pitch, dressing rooms, media centre, Members Reserve, Walk of Honour, Long Room, and SCG Museum. The tour suits cricket fans best, but its sporting stories and architecture also work for curious Sydney visitors.

“Really good four with an excellent guide, Mr Robson”

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4.Behind The Scenes: Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) Guided Walking Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 581 reviews · from $25Top rated

Spend about 90 minutes touring the Sydney Cricket Ground with guides such as Stuart, Vanessa, Peter, and Rod. Visit dressing rooms, walk through the players’ tunnel, see sporting trophies, explore the museum and historic Members Pavilion, and hear stories spanning cricket, rugby, soccer, and Australian rules football. Routes can change on event days or in bad weather.

“Great behind the scenes look at SCG. Stuart was great. We know nothing about cricket, but his passion and storytelling were amazing.”

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5.Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 394 reviews · from $26

Spend 75 minutes inside Melbourne Cricket Ground with guides such as Marie, Don, Brian, or Clare. Visit the MCC Long Room, changing rooms, viewing room, library, media centre, and City Terrace. You can add the Australian Sports Museum, though access to some areas may change on event days.

“Very informative walk around the ground seeing lots of interesting pictures and such knowledge from our tour volunteer Barrie”

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6.MCG Tour & Australian Sports Museum

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 263 reviews · from $34

Enter the MCG at Gate 3 for a guided look at the pitch, changing rooms, press areas, and other player-only spaces. Guides such as Phil, David, Michael, and Bryan bring cricket and Australian football stories to life. Your ticket also includes the Australian Sports Museum, with unlimited time to explore.

“A great tour led by a very knowledgeable and congenial Bryan Kenneally, ex Melbourne Football Club and VFL State player from the 1960's. Bryan made the tour a very enjoyable experience.”

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7.Melbourne Sports Experience + MCG Tour Combo

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 137 reviews · from $86

Join a small group with guides such as Ben, Catherine or Paul for a 3.5-hour walk from Federation Square through Melbourne Park, Olympic Park and AAMI Park, then enter the MCG for a guided 90-minute tour. Cake, coffee, tea and water are provided, with Australian Open tickets included in January.

“Awesome pre-tour before the MCG Tour, Ben was really knowledgeable and passionate about sport in Melbourne and gave interesting answers to my questions. Great tour and highly recommend as Ben is a great bloke and tour guide.”

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8.Half-Day Sports Lovers Bus Tour of Melbourne with MCG Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 84 reviews · from $192

Spend about five and a half hours touring Melbourne’s sporting heart with a local guide. Visit the MCG, Albert Park’s Grand Prix circuit, Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne Park, and Docklands, with your main venue chosen around availability and interest. Lunch, a drink, transport, and admission are included.

“Thank you very much Anthony, Matthew and I had a fantastic day. Go Hawks. Rgds Eddie.”

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9.MCG & Sports Venue Sightseeing Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 70 reviews · 3h 30m · from $81

Meet your English-speaking guide at Federation Square, then walk through Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne Park, Olympic Park, and the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Guides such as Ben and Catherine explain Australian sport with plenty of local stories, from the Australian Open to Aussie Rules. The tour suits committed fans and curious first-timers.

“We loved the tour. Ben was very knowledgeable with sports and delivered it in a fun engaging way. He made our day by allowing us to have a hit of tennis. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who loves sport.”

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10.Kia Oval Cricket Ground Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 66 reviews · from $26

Spend 90 minutes touring the Kia Oval with an English-speaking guide such as Peter, John, Chris, or Joseph. Visit the Members Pavilion Longroom, broadcast areas, dining spaces, and other working parts of Surrey Cricket Club while hearing stories from cricket and football history. The route can change on match days or during redevelopment.

“Great day out for any cricket lover. Staff we very friendly and knowledgeable”

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11.Aussie Football MCG Matchday Experience with a Local

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $157

Join Ben McAuliffe for a four-hour introduction to Melbourne’s sporting heart. Walk from Federation Square through Birrarung Marr and Melbourne Park, learn about Aboriginal influences on Aussie Rules, then watch a Melbourne-based AFL club play at the MCG with Ben explaining the action.

“Ben was a great tour guide. We got to see all of the Melbourne sporting sights and he answered any questions we had. It was a fun and interactive day and I’d definitely recommend!”

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12.Private Hutong Culture Tour with Dumpling Cooking Class plus Cricket Fighting Game

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 5 reviews · from $176

Spend six hours exploring old Beijing with a private guide, visiting Lama Temple and Confucius Temple, riding a rickshaw through hutongs, and cooking dumplings with a local family. Lunch, hotel transport, temple admissions, and a cricket fighting game are included. Guide Lily has led at least some departures.

“Lily was our guide and we have a fantastic time with her from the time we met her ..making the dumplings were just awesome food was great highly recommend this trip ..:”

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13.Melbourne Sports Precinct Walk with Behind-the-Scenes MCG Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 3 reviews · from $64

Join Melbourne Sports Tours at 9:30 am for a 9-kilometer walk through Melbourne’s sporting heart. Guide Neil leads you past Richmond Tigers, rectangular-sport training grounds, Melbourne and Olympic Parks, and the National Tennis Centre before a 75-minute guided MCG tour. Expect stairs, steep footbridges, and a small group of up to 15.

“What an excellent experience this was. Neil the tour guide has an immense amount of knowledge about the sports venues in Melbourne, even those not on the tour. And a big kudos for still running the tour with only one participant i.e. me. A lot of organisations would have cancelled so for this to still run was very much appreciated.”

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14.Audio Guided Tour – Mumbai Cricket Walk by HopOn India

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2 reviews · from $5Best value

Trace Mumbai’s cricket story from Cannon Pav Bhaji and Azad Maidan to Brabourne, Wankhede, Parsi Gymkhana, and Police Gymkhana. HopOn India’s app supplies audio stories, facts, commentary, and music as you walk at your own pace. Bring earphones, allow up to two hours, and note that stadium entry is not included.

“My Husband and I were in Mumbai for 2 weeks for work and decided to explore the city over the weekend. We found the time flexibility feature really unique with hopon india's walking tour as the audio guides were in our phones.”

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