List of Test cricket grounds by date

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This is a list of Test cricket grounds by date; that is, the grounds (stadiums) that have hosted Test cricket matches in chronological order of the first day of Test cricket played at each ground, as of 9 April 2006.

The first Test match started on 15 March 1877, played between Australia and England at Melbourne Cricket Ground (known as the MCG) in Melbourne, Victoria. After a flurry of ten new Test grounds in 2001, 2002 and 2003, no new grounds were used until early 2006, when three grounds in Bangladesh hosted their first Test matches: the Chittagong Divisional Stadium, in Chittagong, the Shaheed Chandu Stadium in Bogra, and the Narayanganj Osmani Stadium in Fatullah. A fourth new ground in 2006, Warner Park Stadium in Saint Kitts and Nevis, brings the total to 94.

Contents 1 Before World War I 2 Between the World Wars 3 After World War II 4 1970s to 1990s 5 21st century 6 See also 7 References

[edit] Before World War I

No.	Official Name (known as)	City	State or Territory, Country	First used
1.	Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Melbourne	Victoria, Australia	15 March 1877
2.	The BRIT Oval Cricket Ground (The Oval)	London	England	6 September 1880
3.	Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)	Sydney	New South Wales, Australia	17 February 1882
4.	Old Trafford Cricket Ground (Old Trafford)	Manchester	Greater Manchester, England	10 July 1884
5.	Lord's Cricket Ground (Lord's)	London	England	21 July 1884
6.	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	South Australia, Australia	12 December 1884
7.	Sahara Oval St. George's	Port Elizabeth	Eastern Cape, South Africa	12 March 1889
8.	Sahara Park Newlands (Newlands)	Cape Town	Western Cape, South Africa	25 March 1889
9.	Old Wanderers No. 1 Ground (Old Wanderers)	Johannesburg	Gauteng, South Africa	2 March 1896
10.	Trent Bridge Ground (Trent Bridge)	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire, England	1 June 1899
11.	County Cricket Ground (Headingley)	Leeds	West Yorkshire, England	29 June 1899
12.	County Cricket Ground (Edgbaston)	Birmingham	West Midlands, England	29 May 1902
13.	Bramall Lane	Sheffield	South Yorkshire, England	3 July 1902
14.	Lord's No. 1 Ground (Lord's)	Durban	KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	21 January 1910

[edit] Between the World Wars

No.	Official Name (known as)	City	State or Territory, Country	First used
15.	Sahara Stadium Kingsmead (Kingsmead)	Durban	KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	18 January 1923
16.	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Queensland, Australia	30 November 1928
17.	Jade Stadium	Christchurch	Canterbury, New Zealand	10 January 1930
18.	Kensington Oval	Bridgetown	Barbados, West Indies	11 January 1930
19.	Basin Reserve	Wellington	Wellington, New Zealand	24 January 1930
20.	Queen's Park Oval	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago, West Indies	1 February 1930
21.	Eden Park No. 1 (Eden Park)	Auckland	Auckland, New Zealand	14 February 1930
22.	Bourda	Georgetown	Guyana, West Indies	21 February 1930
23.	Sabina Park	Kingston	Jamaica, West Indies	3 April 1930
24.	Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba)	Brisbane	Queensland, Australia	27 November 1931
25.	Bombay Gymkhana Ground (Gymkhana Ground)	Mumbai	Maharashtra, India	15 December 1933
26.	Eden Gardens	Kolkata	West Bengal, India	5 January 1934
27.	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk)	Chennai	Tamil Nadu, India	10 February 1934

[edit] After World War II

No.	Official Name (known as)	City	State or Territory, Country	First used
28.	Feroz Shah Kotla (Kotla)	New Delhi	Delhi, India	10 November 1948
29.	Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai	Maharashtra, India	9 December 1948
30.	Ellis Park Stadium (Ellis Park)	Johannesburg	Gauteng, South Africa	27 December 1948
31.	Green Park Stadium	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh, India	12 January 1952
32.	University Ground	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh, India	23 October 1952
33.	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Dhaka, Bangladesh	1 January 1955 (Pakistan) 10 November 2000 (Bangladesh)
34.	Bahawal Stadium	Bahawalpur	Punjab, Pakistan	15 January 1955
35.	Bagh-e-Jinnah	Lahore	Punjab, Pakistan	29 January 1955
36.	Peshawar Club Ground	Peshawar	North West Frontier Province, Pakistan	13 February 1955
37.	National Stadium	Karachi	Sindh, Pakistan	26 February 1955
38.	Carisbrook	Dunedin	Otago, New Zealand	11 March 1955
39.	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh, India	19 November 1955
40.	Nehru Stadium	Madras	Tamil Nadu, India	6 January 1956
41.	New Wanderers Stadium (Wanderers)	Johannesburg	Gauteng, South Africa	24 December 1956
42.	Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	Punjab, Pakistan	21 November 1959
43.	Pindi Club Ground	Rawalpindi	Punjab, Pakistan	27 March 1965
44.	Vidharba Cricket Association Ground (VCA Ground)	Nagpur	Maharashtra, India	3 October 1969

[edit] 1970s to 1990s

No.	Official Name (known as)	City	State or Territory, Country	First used
45.	Western Australian Cricket Association Ground (The WACA)	Perth	Western Australia, Australia	11 December 1970
46.	Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	Sindh, Pakistan	16 March 1973
47.	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Chinnaswamy Stadium)	Bangalore	Karnataka, India	22 November 1974
48.	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	Maharashtra, India	23 January 1975
49.	Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	Punjab, Pakistan	16 October 1978
50.	McLean Park	Napier	Hawke's Bay	16 February 1979
51.	Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium	Multan	Punjab, Pakistan	30 December 1980
52.	Antigua Recreation Ground	St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda, West Indies	27 March 1981
53.	Pakiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (Saravanamuttu Stadium)	Colombo	Western Province, Sri Lanka	17 February 1982
54.	Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	Central Province, Sri Lanka	22 April 1983
55.	Gandhi Stadium	Jalandhar	Punjab, India	24 September 1983
56.	Sardar Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad	Gujarat, India	12 November 1983
57.	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	Western Province, Sri Lanka	16 March 1984
58.	Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCC)	Colombo	Western Province, Sri Lanka	24 March 1984
59.	Jinnah Stadium	Sialkot	Punjab, Pakistan	27 October 1985
60.	Barabati Stadium	Cuttack	Orissa, India	4 January 1987
61.	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur	Rajasthan, India	21 February 1987
62.	Bellerive Oval	Hobart	Tasmania, Australia	16 December 1989
63.	Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh	Chandigarh, India	23 November 1990
64.	Westpac Trust Park (Seddon Park)	Hamilton	Waikato, New Zealand	22 February 1991
65.	Jinnah Stadium	Gujranwala	Punjab, Pakistan	20 December 1991
66.	Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium (Premadasa Stadium)	Colombo	Western Province, Sri Lanka	28 August 1992
67.	Tyronne Fernando Stadium (Fernando Stadium)	Moratuwa	Western Province, Sri Lanka	8 September 1992
68.	Harare Sports Club	Harare	Zimbabwe	18 October 1992
69.	Bulawayo Athletic Club	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	1 November 1992
70.	Defence Housing Authority Stadium (Defence Cricket Stadium)	Karachi	Sindh, Pakistan	1 December 1993
71.	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	Punjab, Pakistan	9 December 1993
72.	K.D. Singh Babu Stadium	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh, India	18 January 1994
73.	Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	20 October 1994
74.	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium (PCA Stadium)	Mohali	Chandigarh, India	10 December 1994
75.	Arbab Niaz Stadium	Peshawar	North West Frontier Province, Pakistan	8 September 1995
76.	SuperSport Park	Centurion	Gauteng, South Africa	16 November 1995
77.	Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	Punjab, Pakistan	17 October 1996
78.	The Playing Fields (Arnos Vale Ground)	Kingstown	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20 June 1997
79.	Galle International Stadium	Galle	Southern Province, Sri Lanka	3 June 1998
80.	Goodyear Park	Bloemfontein	Free State, South Africa	29 October 1999

[edit] 21st century

No.	Official Name (known as)	City	State or Territory, Country	First used
81.	Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	Punjab, Pakistan	29 August 2001
82.	Chittagong Stadium	Chittagong	Chittagong, Bangladesh	15 November 2001
83.	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (SCA Stadium)	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	31 January 2002
84.	Queen's Park	St. George's	Grenada, West Indies	28 June 2002
85.	Buffalo Park	East London	Eastern Cape, South Africa	18 October 2002
86.	North West Cricket Stadium	Potchefstroom	North West, South Africa	25 October 2002
87.	County Ground (Riverside Ground)	Chester-le-Street	County Durham, England	5 June 2003
88.	Beausejour Stadium	Gros Islet	Saint Lucia, West Indies	20 June 2003
89.	Marrara Oval	Darwin	Northern Territory, Australia	18 July 2003
90.	Bundaberg Rum Stadium (Cazaly's Stadium)	Cairns	Queensland, Australia	25 July 2003
91.	Chittagong Divisional Stadium	Chittagong	Chittagong, Bangladesh	28 February 2006
92.	Shaheed Chandu Stadium	Bogra	Rajshahi, Bangladesh	8 March 2006
93.	Narayanganj Osmani Stadium	Fatullah	Narayanganj, Bangladesh	9 April 2006
94.	Warner Park Stadium	Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis, West Indies	22 June 2006

[edit] See also

• List of Test cricket grounds

[edit] References

• Test Cricket Grounds by John Woods. ISBN 1-899807-20-9
• List of first Test matches on each ground from Cricinfo
• Wisden Cricketers' Almanack