List of women's Test cricket grounds

In total, 74 venues have hosted at least one match of women's Test cricket.[1] Test matches are both the oldest and rarest form of international women's cricket – although the first Test was held in 1934, only 140 Tests have been held in total,[2] compared to over 900 One Day International (ODI) matches and over 300 Twenty20 International (T20I) matches.[3][4] This imbalance is reflected in the number of venues used in those other two forms – almost 310 for ODIs and 169 for T20Is.[5][6]

Ten countries have hosted at least one match of women's Test cricket.

The Brisbane 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.

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.[2] 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.[7]

List of grounds

Last updated: 4 September 2020.

Source Cricinfo Cricinfo

No.	Ground	City	Country	First Match	No. of Tests
1	Brisbane 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 Cricket 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 Oval	Adelaide	Australia	18 January 1957	1
15	Junction Oval	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	Maulana Azad Stadium	Jammu	India	27 November 1976	1
36	Hale School	Perth	Australia	15 January 1977	1
37	University Oval	Sydney	Australia	12 January 1979	1
38	Unley Oval	Adelaide	Australia	19 January 1979	1
39	Albert Cricket Ground	Melbourne	Australia	26 January 1979	1
40	St Lawrence Ground	Canterbury	England	16 June 1979	3
41	Trent Bridge	Nottingham	England	23 June 1979	1
42	Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad	India	3 February 1984	2
43	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	India	10 February 1984	1
44	The Gabba	Brisbane	Australia	1 January 1985	2
45	Central Coast Stadium	Gosford	Australia	12 January 1985	1
46	Queen Elizabeth II Oval	Bendigo	Australia	25 January 1985	1
47	Barabati Stadium	Cuttack	India	7 March 1985	1
48	Harewood Road	Collingham	England	26 June 1986	2
49	County Ground, Hove	Hove	England	29 August 1987	2
50	St Peter's College	Adelaide	Australia	2 February 1991	1
51	Punt Road Oval	Melbourne	Australia	9 February 1991	1
52	Cooks Gardens	Wanganui	New Zealand	6 February 1992	1
53	Pukekura Park	New Plymouth	New Zealand	12 February 1992	1
54	Trafalgar Park	Nelson	New Zealand	7 February 1995	1
55	Calcutta Cricket and Football Club	Kolkata	India	17 November 1995	1
56	Keenan Stadium	Jamshedpur	India	24 November 1995	1
57	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad	India	10 December 1995	1
58	Arden Street Oval	Melbourne	Australia	8 February 1996	1
59	Woodbridge Road	Guildford	England	12 July 1996	2
60	Colts Cricket Club Ground	Colombo	Sri Lanka	17 April 1998	1
61	St George's Road	Harrogate	England	11 August 1998	1
62	Denis Compton Oval	Shenley	England	15 July 1999	3
63	College Park	Dublin	Ireland	30 July 2000	1
64	Boland Bank Park	Paarl	South Africa	19 March 2002	1
65	County Ground, Taunton	Taunton	England	14 August 2002	3
66	Bankstown Oval	Sydney	Australia	22 February 2003	2
67	Bilakhiya Stadium	Vapi	India	28 November 2003	1
68	National Stadium	Karachi	Pakistan	15 March 2004	1
69	Jamia Millia Ground	Delhi	India	21 November 2005	1
70	Grace Road	Leicester	England	8 August 2006	1
71	Hazelaarweg Stadion	Rotterdam	Netherlands	28 July 2007	1
72	Bradman Oval	Bowral	Australia	15 February 2008	1
73	Sir Paul Getty's Ground	Wormsley Park	England	11 August 2013	2
74	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	15	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 Ground, Colombo	17 April 1998

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds
• List of One Day International cricket grounds
• List of women's One Day International cricket grounds
• List of Twenty20 International cricket grounds
• List of women's Twenty20 International cricket grounds

References

1. Women's Test grounds – CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2020.
2. Women's Test list of matches – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
3. Women's ODI list of matches – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
4. Women's Int Twenty20 list of matches – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
5. Women's ODI grounds – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
6. Women's Int Twenty20 grounds – CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
7. Records / Women's Test matches / Team records / Most matches on a single ground – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2015.

External links

• Cricinfo – Grounds