Edgbaston Cricket Ground
Edgbaston Cricket Ground, also known as the County Ground or Edgbaston Stadium, is a cricket ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England. It is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club and its T20 team Birmingham Bears. Edgbaston has also been the venue for Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. Edgbaston has hosted the T20 Finals Day more than any other cricket ground. Edgbaston is the main home ground for the Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred competition from 2021.
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| Ground information | |||||||||
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| Location | Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||||||||
| Establishment | 1882 | ||||||||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||||||||
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| Birmingham End (previously City End) Pavilion End | |||||||||
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| First Test | 29–31 May 1902: England v Australia | ||||||||
| Last Test | 16–20 June 2023: England v Australia | ||||||||
| First ODI | 28 August 1972: England v Australia | ||||||||
| Last ODI | 13 July 2021: England v Pakistan | ||||||||
| First T20I | 5 July 2010: Australia v Pakistan | ||||||||
| Last T20I | 3 September 2023: England v New Zealand | ||||||||
| First women's Test | 15–19 June 1963: England v Australia | ||||||||
| Last women's Test | 1–5 July 1979: England v West Indies | ||||||||
| Only WODI | 28 July 1973: England v Australia | ||||||||
| First WT20I | 8 September 2014: England v South Africa | ||||||||
| Last WT20I | 1 July 2023: England v Australia | ||||||||
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| As of 1 July 2023 Source: ESPN Cricinfo | |||||||||
Edgbaston was the first English ground outside Lord's to host a major international one-day tournament final when it hosted the ICC Champions Trophy final in 2013. With permanent seating for approximately 25,000 spectators, it is the fourth-largest cricketing venue in England, after Lord's, Old Trafford and The Oval.
Edgbaston has played host to matches in major tournaments as it hosted matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 where England won its first World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 where Pakistan won.
Edgbaston also hosted the first women's T20 event at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games where Australia won the gold medal match.
Edgbaston was the venue of the first senior game under floodlights in English cricket in July 1997 between Warwickshire and Somerset in the then AXA Life Sunday League and hosted the first day/night Test match in England in August 2017 when England played the West Indies.