Edgbaston Cricket Ground

Edgbaston Cricket Ground
	During a test match against India in 2011
Ground information
Location	Edgbaston, Birmingham
Establishment	1882
Capacity	25,000
	End names
	Birmingham End (previously City End) ; Pavilion End
International information
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	25 May 2024:; England v Pakistan
First women's Test	15–18 June 1963:; England v Australia
Last women's Test	1–3 July 1979:; England v West Indies
Only WODI	28 July 1973:; England v Australia
First WT20I	7 September 2014:; England v South Africa
Last WT20I	11 May 2024:; England v Pakistan
Team information
Warwickshire CCC	(1894 – present)
Birmingham Bears	(2014 – present)
Birmingham Phoenix	(2021 – present)
Central Sparks	(2020 – present)
	As of 25 May 2024; Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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.

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.^[2]

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.

^ "The many shapes of England's cricket stadiums". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ Barnett, Rob (10 August 2011). "Edgbaston at the cutting edge". England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

[1] "The many shapes of England's cricket stadiums". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[ECB-2] Barnett, Rob (10 August 2011). "Edgbaston at the cutting edge". England and Wales Cricket Board. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2011.

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