List of Test cricket grounds

The first Test cricket match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) situated in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Australia, in 1877.

This is a list of Test cricket grounds. Since the first cricket Test match in Australia in 1877, 100 grounds have hosted Test cricket. The grounds are listed by country, with the countries listed in the order in which they first hosted a Test match and the grounds in each country listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for Test cricket. However, the first international cricket match was actually a game between the United States of America and Canada in Manhattan, New York on 24-25 September 1844 with that city's St George's Club representing the USA and Toronto CC representing Canada. More than 32 years passed before Australia and England contested what was to become accepted as the first official Test match in March 1877. 5 day matches between non-Test playing countries are therefore not considered a proper Test match. Also, this excludes World Series Cricket and South African rebel tours venues. On the 8th July 2009 the SWALEC Stadium (previously known as Sophia Gardens) in Cardiff became the 100th test venue.

Australia

See List of cricket grounds in Australia for a full list of first-class cricket grounds

Official name (known as)	City	State or Territory	First used	Ends
Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG)	Melbourne	Victoria	15 March 1877	• Members End • Great Southern Stand End
Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG)	Sydney	New South Wales	17 February 1882	• Paddington End • Randwick End
Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	South Australia	12 December 1884	• City/River End • Cathedral End
Exhibition Ground (The Ekka)	Brisbane	Queensland	30 November 1928†	• Hospital End • The Hill
Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba)	Brisbane	Queensland	27 November 1931	• Stanley Street End • Vulture Street End
Western Australian Cricket Association Ground (The WACA)	Perth	Western Australia	11 December 1970	• Members End • Prindiville Stand End
Bellerive Oval	Hobart	Tasmania	16 December 1989	• Church Street End • River End
Marrara Oval	Darwin	Northern Territory	18 July 2003	• McMillans Road End • Airport End
Bundaberg Rum Stadium (Cazaly's Stadium)	Cairns	Queensland	25 July 2003	• City End • Club End

Notes

† – Staged two Tests, one in 1928 and the other in 1931; not used for first-class cricket since 1931.

Bangladesh

Official name (known as)	City	Division	First used	Ends
Bangabandhu National Stadium (Number 1 Dhaka Stadium)	Dhaka	Dhaka	1 January 1955 (Pakistan) 10 November 2000 (Bangladesh)†	• Pavilion End • Paltan End
MA Aziz Stadium	Chittagong	Chittagong	15 November 2001	• Pedrollo End • Ispahani End
Chittagong Divisional Stadium	Chittagong	Chittagong	28 February 2006	• UCB End • Ispahani End
Shaheed Chandu Stadium	Bogra	Rajshahi	8 March 2006	•  •
Narayanganj Osmani Stadium	Fatullah	Narayanganj	9 April 2006	• Press Box End • Pavilion End
Shere-e-Bangla Stadium	Mirpur	Dhaka	25 May 2007	•  •

Notes

† – First used by Pakistan for 8 Tests, later for 9 Tests by Bangladesh, including the inaugural home Test for both sides, on 1 January 1955 and 10 November 2000 respectively. Used exclusively for football since March 2005.

England and Wales

See List of cricket grounds in England and Wales for a full list of both Test and county grounds

Official name (known as)	City	County	First used	Ends
The Oval Cricket Ground (The Oval)	London	Surrey	6 September 1880	• Pavilion End • Vauxhall End
Old Trafford Cricket Ground (Old Trafford)	Manchester	Lancashire	10 July 1884	• Stretford End • Brian Statham End
Lord's Cricket Ground (Lord's)	London	Middlesex	21 July 1884	• Pavilion End • Nursery End
Trent Bridge Ground (Trent Bridge)	Nottingham	Nottinghamshire	1 June 1899	• Pavilion End • Radcliffe Road End
Headingley Carnegie Stadium (Headingley)	Leeds	Yorkshire	29 June 1899	• Kirkstall Lane End • Football Stand End
County Cricket Ground (Edgbaston)	Birmingham	Warwickshire	29 May 1902	• City End • Pavilion End
Bramall Lane	Sheffield	Yorkshire	3 July 1902†	• Pavilion End • Football Ground End
County Ground (Riverside)	Chester-le-Street	County Durham	5 June 2003	• Finchale End • Lumley End
SWALEC Stadium (Sophia Gardens)	Cardiff	Glamorgan	8 July 2009	• River Taff End • Cathedral Road End

Notes

† – Staged only one Test; not used for cricket since 1973; home ground of Sheffield United F.C.

India

Official name (known as)	City	State or Union Territory	First used	Ends
Bombay Gymkhana Ground (Gymkhana Ground)	Mumbai	Maharashtra	15 December 1933	•  •
Eden Gardens	Kolkata	West Bengal	5 January 1934	• High Court End • Pavilion End
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium (Chepauk)	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	10 February 1934	• Anna Pavilion End • Wallajah Road End
Feroz Shah Kotla (Kotla)	Delhi	Delhi	10 November 1948	• Stadium End • Pavilion End
Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai	Maharashtra	9 December 1948	• Pavilion End • Churchgate End
Green Park Stadium	Kanpur	Uttar Pradesh	12 January 1952	• Mill Pavilion End • Hostel End
University Ground	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	23 October 1952	•  •
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium (Fateh Maidan)	Hyderabad	Andhra Pradesh	19 November 1955	• Pavilion End • Hill Fort End
Nehru Stadium	Chennai	Tamil Nadu	6 January 1956	•  •
Vidharba Cricket Association Ground (VCA Ground)	Nagpur	Maharashtra	3 October 1969	• Jaika End • Church End
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium (Chinnaswamy Stadium)	Bangalore	Karnataka	22 November 1974	• Pavilion End • BEML End
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	Maharashtra	23 January 1975	• Garware Pavilion End • Tata End
Gandhi Stadium	Jalandhar	Punjab	24 September 1983	• Stadium End • Pavilion End
Sardar Patel Stadium (Motera)	Ahmedabad	Gujarat	12 November 1983	• Adani Pavilion End • GMDC End
Barabati Stadium	Cuttack	Orissa	4 January 1987	• Mahanadi River End • Pavilion End
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur	Rajasthan	21 February 1987	• Pavilion End • City End
Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh	Chandigarh	23 November 1990	•  •
K.D. Singh Babu Stadium	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh	18 January 1994	• Pavilion End • Gomati End
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium (Mohali)	Mohali	Punjab	10 December 1994	• Pavilion End • City End
Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium (Jamtha)	Nagpur	Maharashtra	6 November 2008	• North End • Pavilion End

New Zealand

Official name (known as)	City	Region	First used	Ends
AMI Stadium (formerly Jade Stadium and Lancaster Park)	Christchurch	Canterbury	10 January 1930	• Hadlee Stand End • Port Hills End
Basin Reserve (The Basin)	Wellington	Wellington	24 January 1930	• Vance Stand End • Scoreboard End
Eden Park No. 1 (Eden Park)	Auckland	Auckland	14 February 1930	• Dominion Road End • Sandringham Road End
Carisbrook	Dunedin	Otago	11 March 1955	• Railway End • Hillside End
McLean Park	Napier	Hawke's Bay	16 February 1979	• Centennial Stand End • Embankment End
Seddon Park	Hamilton	Waikato	22 February 1991	• Members End • City End
University Oval	Dunedin	Otago	4 January 2008	• Southern End • Northern End

Pakistan

Official name (known as)	City	Province	First used	Ends
Bahawal Stadium	Bahawalpur	Punjab	15 January 1955†	•  •
Bagh-e-Jinnah (Lawrence Gardens)	Lahore	Punjab	29 January 1955	•  •
Peshawar Club Ground	Peshawar	North West Frontier Province	13 February 1955	• Pavilion End • College End
National Stadium	Karachi	Sindh	26 February 1955	• Pavilion End • University End
Gaddafi Stadium (Lahore Stadium)	Lahore	Punjab	21 November 1959	• Pavilion End • College End
Pindi Club Ground	Rawalpindi	Punjab	27 March 1965	•  •
Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	Sindh	16 March 1973	•  •
Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	Punjab	16 October 1978	• Pavilion End • Golf Course End
Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium	Multan	Punjab	30 December 1980	•  •
Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot Stadia)	Sialkot	Punjab	27 October 1985	• Railway End • Pavilion End
Jinnah Stadium	Gujranwala	Punjab	20 December 1991	•  •
Southend Club Cricket Stadium (Defence Cricket Stadium)	Karachi	Sindh	1 December 1993	•  •
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	Punjab	9 December 1993	• Pavilion End • Shell End
Arbab Niaz Stadium	Peshawar	North West Frontier Province	8 September 1995	• Pavilion End • College End
Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	Punjab	17 October 1996	•  •
Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	Punjab	29 August 2001	• Main Pavilion End • North Pavilion End

Notes

† – Inaugural home Test in Dacca, East Pakistan (now Dhaka, Bangladesh) on 1 January 1955.

South Africa

Official name (known as)	City	Province	First used	Ends
Sahara Oval St. George's (St George’s Park)	Port Elizabeth	Eastern Cape	12 March 1889	• Duckpond End • Park Drive End
Sahara Park Newlands (Newlands)	Cape Town	Western Cape	25 March 1889	• Wynberg End • Kelvin Grove End
Old Wanderers No. 1 Ground (Old Wanderers)	Johannesburg	Gauteng	2 March 1896†	•  •
Lord's No. 1 Ground (Lord's)	Durban	KwaZulu-Natal	21 January 1910‡	•  •
Sahara Stadium Kingsmead (Kingsmead)	Durban	KwaZulu-Natal	18 January 1923	• Umgeni End • Old Fort Road End
Ellis Park Stadium (Ellis Park)	Johannesburg	Gauteng	27 December 1948*	•  •
New Wanderers Stadium (Wanderers)	Johannesburg	Gauteng	24 December 1956	• Corlett Drive End • Golf Course End
SuperSport Park (Centurion Park)	Centurion	Gauteng	16 November 1995	• Pavilion End • Hennops River End
Goodyear Park (Springbok Park)	Bloemfontein	Free State	29 October 1999	• Loch Logan End • Willows End
Buffalo Park	East London	Eastern Cape	18 October 2002	• Buffalo Park Drive End • Bunkers Hill End
North West Cricket Stadium (Sedgars Park)	Potchefstroom	North West	25 October 2002	• Daly Auto End • University End

Notes

† – 22 Tests from 1896 to 1939; not used for first-class cricket since 1946; redeveloped as Johannesburg Railway Station.

‡ – 4 Tests from 1910 to 1921; not used for first-class cricket since 1922; demolished.

^* – 6 Tests from 1948 to 1954; not used for first-class cricket since 1956; now used only for rugby union.

Sri Lanka

Official name (known as)	City	Province	First used	Ends
Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (Saravanamuttu Stadium)	Colombo	Western Province	17 February 1982	• Air Force Flats End • Press Block End
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	Central Province	22 April 1983	• Hunnasgiriya End • Hanthana End
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	Western Province	16 March 1984	• Tennis Courts End • South End
Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCC)	Colombo	Western Province	24 March 1984	• Press Box End • Pavilion End
Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium (Premadasa Stadium)	Colombo	Western Province	28 August 1992	• Khettarama End • Scoreboard End
Tyronne Fernando Stadium (Fernando Stadium)	Moratuwa	Western Province	8 September 1992	• Press Box End • Katubadda End
Galle International Stadium	Galle	Southern Province	3 June 1998	• City End • Fort End

United Arab Emirates

Official name (known as)	City	Country	First used	Ends
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (SCA Stadium)	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	31 January 2002†	• Pavilion End • Sharjah Club End

Notes

† – 4 Tests in 2002.

West Indies

Official name (known as)	City	Country	First used	Ends
Kensington Oval (The Mecca)	Bridgetown	Barbados	11 January 1930	• Malcolm Marshall End • Joel Garner End
Queen's Park Oval	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	1 February 1930	• Pavilion End • Media Centre End
Bourda	Georgetown	Guyana	21 February 1930	• Regent Street End • North Road End
Sabina Park (Bina)	Kingston	Jamaica	3 April 1930	• Blue Mountains End • Headley Stand End
Antigua Recreation Ground (The Rec)	St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda	27 March 1981	• Pavilion End • Factory Road End
The Playing Fields (Arnos Vale)	Kingstown	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20 June 1997	• Airport End • Bequia End
National Cricket Stadium (Queen's Park)	St. George's	Grenada	28 June 2002	• River End • D'arbeau End
Beausejour	Gros Islet	Saint Lucia	20 June 2003	• Pavilion End • Media Centre End
Warner Park	Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis	22 June 2006	• South Stand End • Factory Road End
Providence Stadium	Providence	Guyana	22 March 2008	• Media Centre End • Pavilion End
Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	North Sound	Antigua and Barbuda	30 May 2008	• Media Centre End • Pavilion End

Zimbabwe

Official name (known as)	City	Province	First used	Ends
Harare Sports Club (formerly "Salisbury Sports Club")	Harare	Harare	18 October 1992	• City End • Club House End
Bulawayo Athletic Club	Bulawayo	Bulawayo	1 November 1992 †	•  •
Queens Sports Club	Bulawayo	Bulawayo	20 October 1994	• City End • Airport End

Notes

† – Staged only one Test in 1992; subsequent Tests in Bulawayo played at the Queens Sports Club.

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds by date
• List of stadiums
• Cricinfo - Grounds

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