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.

Men's international grounds

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
		Test			One Day International			Twenty20 International
The Oval	Kennington, London	6 September 1880 England v Australia	15 August 2014 England v India	97	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	7 August 2014 England v India	76	24 August 1972 England v Australia	28 May 2014 England v Sri Lanka	42	13 June 2008 England v New Zealand	10 September 2012 England v South Africa	4	[5][6][7][8]
Lord's	St John's Wood, London	21 July 1884 England v Australia	17 July 2014 England v India	129	26 August 1972 England v Australia	31 May 2014 England v Sri Lanka	56	5 July 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	9 July 2014 England v India	60	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	20 June 2014 England v Sri Lanka	73	5 September 1973 England v West Indies	5 September 2014 England v India	36	–	–	0	[17][18][19]
Edgbaston	Edgbaston, Birmingham	29 May 1902 England v Australia	29 July 2015 England v Australia	47	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]
Bramall Lane	Sheffield	only match: 3 July 1902 England v Australia		1	–	–	0	–	–	0	[24][25]
St Helen's	Swansea	–	–	0	18 July 1973 England v New Zealand	9 June 1983 Pakistan v Sri Lanka	2	–	–	0	[26][27]
North Marine Road	Scarborough	–	–	0	26 August 1976 England v West Indies	15 July 1978 England v New Zealand	3	–	–	0	[28][29]
County Ground	Taunton	–	–	0	11 June 1983 England v Sri Lanka	26 May 1999 India v Sri Lanka	3	–	–	0	[30][31]
Grace Road	Leicester	–	–	0	11 June 1983 India v Zimbabwe	27 May 1999 Scotland v West Indies	3	–	–	0	[32][33]
New Road	Worcester	–	–	0	13 June 1983 West Indies v Zimbabwe	22 May 1999 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	3	–	–	0	[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	25 June 2011 England v Sri Lanka	2	[36][37][38]
County Ground	Southampton	–	–	0	16 June 1983 Australia v Zimbabwe	30 May 1999 Kenya v Sri Lanka	3	–	–	0	[39][40]
County Ground	Derby	–	–	0	18 June 1983 New Zealand v Sri Lanka	28 May 1999 New Zealand v Pakistan	3	–	–	0	[41][42]
Nevill Ground	Tunbridge Wells	–	–	0	only match: 18 June 1983 India v Zimbabwe		1	–	–	0	[43][44]
County Ground	Chelmsford	–	–	0	20 June 1983 Australia v India	29 May 1999 South Africa v Zimbabwe	3	–	–	0	[45][46]
County Ground	Hove	–	–	0	only match: 15 May 1999 India v South Africa		1	–	–	0	[47][48]
St Lawrence Ground	Canterbury	–	–	0	18 May 1999 England v Kenya	30 June 2005 Australia v Bangladesh	4	–	–	0	[49][50]
County Ground	Northampton	–	–	0	19 May 1999 South Africa v Sri Lanka	31 May 1999 Bangladesh v Pakistan	2	–	–	0	[51][52]
Riverside Ground	Chester-le-Street	5 June 2003 England v Zimbabwe	9 August 2013 England v Australia	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	[53][54][55][56]
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	8 July 2009 England v Australia	26 May 2011 England v Sri Lanka	2	20 May 1999 Australia v New Zealand	27 August 2014 England v India	17	5 September 2010 England v Pakistan	7 September 2010 England v Pakistan	2	[57][58][59][60]
Rose Bowl	West End, near Southampton	16 June 2011 England v Sri Lanka	27 July 2014 England v India	2	10 July 2003 South Africa v Zimbabwe	16 September 2013 England v Australia	17	13 June 2005 England v Australia	29 August 2013 England v Australia	3	[61][62][63][64]

Notes

1. Hosted the first Test match in England in 1880.

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