Kammala jumlar mai zuwa: Wasan farko na Duniya a wannan wurin an buga shi a ranar 7 ga Satumba 1973 tsakanin Ingila da West Indies. Ya karbi bakuncin wasannin na
1975, 1979, 1983, da kuma 1999 gasar cin kofin duniya. Hakanan ya karbi bakuncin wasanni biyar daga cikin wasanni goma sha biyar a gasar cin kofin zakarun ICC na 2004, gami da wasan karshe. Gidan Oval ya taba rike rikodin mafi girman filin wasa na kowane filin wasa a duniya. Wannan rikodin ya wuce Gaddafi Stadium a Pakistan, kodayake The Oval ya kasance mafi girma a Burtaniya.