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The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for a men's Test cricket match. The list excludes World Series Cricket venues and women's Test venues. On 8 July 2009, Sophia Gardens in Cardiff became the 100th Test venue. [2][3] The Stormont cricket ground in Belfast became the 123rd [1] and most recent Test venue ...
Former Test Grounds Bramall Lane: Sheffield: only match: 3 July 1902 England v Australia 1 – – 0 – – 0 [39] [40] Former ODI & T20I grounds St Helen's: Swansea – – 0: 18 July 1973 England v New Zealand: 9 June 1983 Pakistan v Sri Lanka: 2 – – 0 [41] [42] North Marine Road: Scarborough – – 0: 26 August 1976 England v West ...
This is a list of cricket grounds in England and Wales, listed in alphabetical order and based on each traditional English and Welsh county. The venues in this list have all been used for first-class matches. The venues have all staged first-class (from 1772), limited overs (from 1963) or Twenty20 (from 2003) matches.
Lord's Cricket Ground, commonly known as Lord's, is a cricket venue in St John's Wood, London.Named after its founder, Thomas Lord, it is owned by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and is the home of Middlesex County Cricket Club, the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the ICC Europe and, until August 2005, the International Cricket Council (ICC).
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is the national governing body of cricket in India. [2] The BCCI was established on 1 December 1928 at Madras and joined the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1926 which later became the International Cricket Council. [3] [4] BCCI is a consortium of state cricket associations who own and operate most of ...
The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845. [5][6][7] It was the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880. [8][9] The final Test match of the English season is traditionally played there.
The Melbourne Cricket Ground has hosted the most first-class games in Australia, with 663 games as of the 2010–11 season. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has hosted the most List A games, with 228, and the Adelaide Oval and the WACA Ground have both hosted 16 Twenty20 games. The Melbourne Cricket Ground has hosted 884 games overall, an ...
The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as The 'G, [ 10 ] is a sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. [ 11 ] Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hemisphere, the 11th largest globally, and the second-largest cricket arena by capacity.