List of women's Test cricket grounds

Ten countries have hosted at least one match of women's Test cricket.
The Exhibition Ground (pictured in 2011), located in the Australian city of Brisbane, hosted the inaugural women's Test in 1934, but is no longer used for cricket.

In total, 73 venues have hosted at least one match of women's Test cricket. Test matches are both the oldest and rarest form of international women's cricket – although the first Test was held in 1934, only 138 Tests have been held in total,[1] compared to over 900 One Day International (ODI) matches and over 300 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[2][3] This imbalance is reflected in the number of venues used in those other two forms – almost 300 for ODIs and nearly 100 for T20Is.[4][5]

Ten countries have hosted at least one women's Test match, which corresponds to the number of teams that have played at least one Test. However, four of those countries – Ireland, the Netherlands, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka – have hosted only a single match, while two others, Jamaica and South Africa, have hosted only two and eight, respectively. Consequently, the vast majority of Test venues have been located in only four countries – Australia, England, India, and New Zealand. Australian and English venues alone make up over half of the list.[1] Most of the grounds have hosted only a single Test match, with multiple Tests at one venue being the exception rather than the rule. Only three venues have hosted more than five Tests, all located in England – Worcester's New Road ground has hosted nine games, London's Kennington Oval has hosted six, and Scarborough's North Marine Road ground has hosted five.[6]

List of grounds

Last updated: 22 October 2015.

№ Ground City Country First Test Total
1 Exhibition Ground Brisbane  Australia 28 December 1934 1
2 Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney  Australia 4 January 1935 2
3 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne  Australia 18 January 1935 2
4 Lancaster Park Christchurch  New Zealand 16 February 1935 2
5 County Ground, Northampton Northampton  England 12 January 1937 1
6 Stanley Park Blackpool  England 26 June 1937 2
7 The Oval London  England 10 July 1937 6
8 Basin Reserve Wellington  New Zealand 20 March 1948 4
9 Adelaide Oval Adelaide  Australia 15 January 1949 4
10 Eden Park Auckland  New Zealand 26 March 1949 2
11 North Marine Road Ground Scarborough  England 16 June 1951 5
12 New Road Worcester  England 30 June 1951 9
13 Headingley Leeds  England 12 June 1954 3
14 King's College Adelaide  Australia 18 January 1957 1
15 St Kilda Cricket Ground Melbourne  Australia 21 February 1958 3
16 WACA Ground Perth  Australia 21 March 1958 3
17 St George's Oval Port Elizabeth  South Africa 2 December 1960 1
18 Wanderers Johannesburg  South Africa 17 December 1960 2
19 Kingsmead Durban  South Africa 31 December 1960 2
20 Newlands Cape Town  South Africa 13 January 1961 2
21 Carisbrook Dunedin  New Zealand 17 March 1961 2
22 Edgbaston Birmingham  England 15 June 1963 4
23 Barton Oval Adelaide  Australia 27 December 1968 1
24 North Sydney Oval Sydney  Australia 25 January 1969 3
25 Hagley Oval Christchurch  New Zealand 7 March 1969 3
26 Cornwall Park Auckland  New Zealand 28 March 1969 3
27 Jarrett Park Montego Bay  Jamaica 7 May 1976 1
28 Sabina Park Kingston  Jamaica 14 May 1976 1
29 Old Trafford Manchester  England 19 June 1976 1
30 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore  India 31 October 1976 1
31 M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai  India 7 November 1976 1
32 Feroz Shah Kotla Delhi  India 12 November 1976 2
33 Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna  India 17 November 1976 1
34 K. D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow  India 21 November 1976 4
35 Hale School Perth  Australia 15 January 1977 1
36 University Oval Sydney  Australia 12 January 1979 1
37 Unley Oval Adelaide  Australia 19 January 1979 1
38 Albert Reserve Melbourne  Australia 26 January 1979 1
39 St Lawrence Ground Canterbury  England 16 June 1979 3
40 Trent Bridge Nottingham  England 23 June 1979 1
41 Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium Ahmedabad  India 3 February 1984 2
42 Wankhede Stadium Mumbai  India 10 February 1984 1
43 The Gabba Brisbane  Australia 1 January 1985 2
44 Grahame Park Gosford  Australia 12 January 1985 1
45 Queen Elizabeth Oval Bendigo  Australia 25 January 1985 1
46 Barabati Stadium Cuttack  India 7 March 1985 1
47 Harewood Road Collingham  England 26 June 1986 2
48 County Ground, Hove Hove  England 29 August 1987 2
49 St Peter's College Adelaide  Australia 2 February 1991 1
50 Richmond Cricket Ground Melbourne  Australia 9 February 1991 1
51 Cooks Gardens Wanganui  New Zealand 6 February 1992 1
52 Pukekura Park New Plymouth  New Zealand 12 February 1992 1
53 Trafalgar Park Nelson  New Zealand 7 February 1995 1
54 Calcutta Cricket and Football Club Kolkata  India 17 November 1995 1
55 Keenan Stadium Jamshedpur  India 24 November 1995 1
56 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad  India 10 December 1995 1
57 North Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne  Australia 8 February 1996 1
58 Woodbridge Road Guildford  England 12 July 1996 2
59 Colts Cricket Club Colombo  Sri Lanka 17 April 1998 1
60 St George's Road Harrogate  England 11 August 1998 1
61 Denis Compton Oval Shenley  England 15 July 1999 3
62 College Park Dublin  Ireland 30 July 2000 1
63 Boland Bank Park Paarl  South Africa 19 March 2002 1
64 County Ground, Taunton Taunton  England 14 August 2002 3
65 Bankstown Oval Sydney  Australia 22 February 2003 2
66 Bilakhiya Stadium Vapi  India 28 November 2003 1
67 National Stadium Karachi  Pakistan 15 March 2004 1
68 Jamia Millia Ground Delhi  India 21 November 2005 1
69 Grace Road Leicester  England 8 August 2006 1
70 Hazelaarweg Stadion Rotterdam  Netherlands 28 July 2007 1
71 Bradman Oval Bowral  Australia 15 February 2008 1
72 Sir Paul Getty's Ground Wormsley Park  England 11 August 2013 2
73 Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground Mysore  India 16 November 2014 1

Grounds by country

Country Grounds First ground used Date
 Australia 21 Exhibition Ground, Brisbane 28 December 1934
 England 18 County Ground, Northampton 12 January 1937
 India 14 M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore 31 October 1976
 Ireland 1 College Park, Dublin 30 July 2000
 Jamaica 2 Jarrett Park, Montego Bay 7 May 1976
 Netherlands 1 Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam 28 July 2007
 New Zealand 9 Lancaster Park, Christchurch 16 February 1935
 Pakistan 1 National Stadium, Karachi 15 March 2004
 South Africa 5 St George's Oval, Port Elizabeth 2 December 1960
 Sri Lanka 1 Colts Cricket Club, Colombo 17 April 1998

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Women's Test list of matches – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Women's ODI list of matches – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  3. ↑ Women's Int Twenty20 list of matches – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Women's ODI grounds – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  5. ↑ Women's Int Twenty20 grounds – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  6. ↑ Records / Women's Test matches / Team records / Most matches on a single ground – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

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