List of international men's cricket grounds in England and Wales

International men's cricket was first played in England in 1868 by the touring Australian Aboriginal cricket team, although it would not be until 1878 that the first tour by a team termed as representative was made by the touring Australians. The first Test match to be played in England came two years later in 1880 between England and Australia at The Oval. The same two sides played in the first One Day International to be held in England at Old Trafford during Australia's 1972 tour. In 2005, the Rose Bowl hosted the first Twenty20 International to be played in England during Australia's 2005 tour.

Bramall Lane

Locations of international men's cricket grounds in England and Wales

Men's international grounds

Active venues

Below is a complete list of grounds used for men's international cricket in England and Wales, listed in order of first use.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
Name	Location	Test			One Day International			Twenty20 International			Refs
The Oval	Kennington, London	6 September 1880 England v Australia	7 June 2023 Australia v India	105	7 September 1973 England v West Indies	22 May 2014 England v Sri Lanka	57	28 June 2007 England v West Indies	20 May 2014 England v Sri Lanka	16	^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^{[n 1]}
Old Trafford	Stretford, near Manchester	10 July 1884 England v Australia	23 July 2016 England v Pakistan	76	24 August 1972 England v Australia	17 July 2022 England v India	42	13 June 2008 England v New Zealand	3 July 2018 England v India	5	^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]
Lord's	St John's Wood, London	21 July 1884 England v Australia	12 August 2021 England v India	131	26 August 1972 England v Australia	14 July 2019 England v New Zealand	56	5 June 2009 England v Netherlands	21 June 2009 Pakistan v Sri Lanka	8	^[9]^[10]^[11]^[12]
Trent Bridge	West Bridgford, near Nottingham	1 June 1899 England v Australia	4 August 2021 England v India	61	31 August 1974 England v Pakistan	30 August 2014 England v India	38	6 June 2009 Bangladesh v India	24 June 2012 England v West Indies	11	^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Headingley	Headingley, Leeds	29 June 1899 England v Australia	22 August 2019 England v Australia	73	5 September 1973 England v West Indies	6 June 2019 Sri Lanka v India	36	–	–	0	^[17]^[18]^[19]
Edgbaston	Edgbaston, Birmingham	29 May 1902 England v Australia	1 July 2022 England v India	51	28 August 1972 England v Australia	2 September 2014 England v India	51	5 July 2010 Australia v Pakistan	7 September 2014 England v India	4	^[20]^[21]^[22]^[23]
ODI & T20I grounds
Riverside Ground	Chester-le-Street	5 June 2003 England v Zimbabwe	27 May 2016 England v Sri Lanka	5	20 May 1999 Pakistan v Scotland	25 May 2014 England v Sri Lanka	14	8 September 2012 England v South Africa	31 August 2013 England v Australia	2	^[24]^[25]^[26]^[27]
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	8 July 2009 England v Australia	8 July 2015 England v Australia	3	20 May 1999 Australia v New Zealand	4 September 2016 England v Pakistan	19	5 September 2010 England v Pakistan	6 July 2018 England v India	4	^[28]^[29]^[30]^[31]
Rose Bowl	West End, near Southampton	16 June 2011 England v Sri Lanka	18 June 2021 New Zealand v India ICC World Test Championship Finals	5	10 July 2003 South Africa v Zimbabwe	16 September 2013 England v Australia	17	13 June 2005 England v Australia	21 June 2017 England v South Africa	4	^[32]^[33]^[34]^[35]
County Ground	Bristol	–	–	0	13 June 1983 New Zealand v Sri Lanka	25 August 2014 England v India	13	28 August 2006 England v Pakistan	8 July 2018 England v India	3	^[36]^[37]^[38]

Former venues

Below is a complete list of grounds used for men's international cricket in England and Wales, listed in order of first use.

Name	Location	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	First	Last	Matches	Refs
Name	Location	Test			One Day International			Twenty20 International			Refs
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 Indies	15 July 1978 England v New Zealand	3	–	–	0	^[43]^[44]
County Ground	Northampton	–	–	0	11 June 1983 England v Sri Lanka	26 May 1999 India v Sri Lanka	3	–	–	0	^[45]^[46]
New Road	Worcester	–	–	0	13 June 1983 West Indies v Zimbabwe	22 May 1999 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	3	–	–	0	^[47]^[48]
Grace Road	Leicester	–	–	0	11 June 1983 India v Zimbabwe	27 May 1999 Scotland v West Indies	3	–	–	0	^[49]^[50]
County Ground	Southampton	–	–	0	16 June 1983 Australia v Zimbabwe	30 May 1999 Kenya v Sri Lanka	3	–	–	0	^[51]^[52]
County Ground	Derby	–	–	0	18 June 1983 New Zealand v Sri Lanka	28 May 1999 New Zealand v Pakistan	3	–	–	0	^[53]^[54]
Nevill Ground	Tunbridge Wells	–	–	0	only match: 18 June 1983 India v Zimbabwe		1	–	–	0	^[55]^[56]
County Ground	Chelmsford	–	–	0	20 June 1983 Australia v India	29 May 1999 South Africa v Zimbabwe	3	–	–	0	^[57]^[58]
County Ground	Hove	–	–	0	only match: 15 May 1999 India v South Africa		1	–	–	0	^[59]^[60]
St Lawrence Ground	Canterbury	–	–	0	18 May 1999 England v Kenya	30 June 2005 Australia v Bangladesh	4	–	–	0	^[61]^[62]
County Ground	Taunton	–	–	0	11 June 1983 South Africa v Sri Lanka	31 May 1999 Bangladesh v Pakistan	2	23 June 2017 England v South Africa	17 June 2019 Bangladesh v West Indies	2	^[63]^[64]^[65]

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