Edgbaston Cricket Ground
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| place | Birmingham , England |
| Coordinates | 52 ° 27 '20.9 " N , 1 ° 54' 9" W |
| owner | Wylam Investments |
| operator | Warwickshire County Cricket Club |
| start of building | 1882 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 25,000 |
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The Edgbaston Cricket Ground (usually simply Edgbaston ; officially The County Ground ) is one of the six traditional test match stadiums in England and home of the Warwickshire County Cricket Club .
Stadion
The stadium, with a seating capacity of 21,000, is located in the Edgbaston district of Birmingham , along Edgbaston Road . The first game against a selection of the MCC took place on the site originally leased by Lord Calthorpe in 1886 . The first test match was played here in 1902 against Australia . Today the stadium is a regular venue for games by the English national team and International Cricket Council tournaments, such as the Cricket World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy . The two ends of the pitch are called Pavilion End and City End .
Since 2009 the stadium has undergone a major modernization at a cost of £ 30 million. The work was finished by summer 2011 and the stadium boat has more space for around 3,000 spectators.
history
- 1957 - A partnership of 411 runs between Peter May and Colin Cowdrey against the West Indies , England's highest partnership to date (2010).
- 1994 - Brian Lara achieved the world record in first-class cricket that is still valid today (2010) with 501 runs for Warwickshire CCC against Durham CCC .
- 1999 - Australia- South Africa draw in a dramatic semi-final match during the 1999 Cricket World Cup .
- 2005 - Australia lost to England with only 2 runs in the second test of the Ashes series in 2005, the tightest result of an Ashes test match ever.
- 2008 - South Africa secures its first series win in England since 1965.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Edgbaston ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Cricket Records - England ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 17, 2017.
- ↑ Records - First-class matches ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 17, 2017.