Edgbaston Cricket Ground
During a test match against India in 2011 | |||||||||
Interactive map of Edgbaston Cricket Ground | |||||||||
| Ground information | |||||||||
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| Location | Edgbaston, Birmingham | ||||||||
| Country | England | ||||||||
| Establishment | 1882 | ||||||||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||||||||
| End names | |||||||||
| Birmingham End (previously City End) Pavilion End | |||||||||
| International information | |||||||||
| First Test | 29–31 May 1902: England v Australia | ||||||||
| Last Test | 2–6 July 2025: England v India | ||||||||
| First ODI | 28 August 1972: England v Australia | ||||||||
| Last ODI | 29 May 2025: England v West Indies | ||||||||
| First T20I | 5 July 2010: Australia v Pakistan | ||||||||
| Last T20I | 25 May 2024: England v Pakistan | ||||||||
| First women's Test | 15–18 June 1963: England v Australia | ||||||||
| Last women's Test | 1–3 July 1979: England v West Indies | ||||||||
| Only WODI | 28 July 1973: England v Australia | ||||||||
| First WT20I | 7 September 2014: England v South Africa | ||||||||
| Last WT20I | 12 July 2025: England v India | ||||||||
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| As of 12 July 2025 Source: ESPN Cricinfo | |||||||||
Edgbaston Cricket Ground in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham, England, is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club. Edgbaston has also been the venue for Test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty20 Internationals. Edgbaston has hosted the T20 Finals Day more than any other cricket ground. Edgbaston is the main home ground for the Birmingham Phoenix in The Hundred competition from 2021. With permanent seating for approximately 25,000 spectators, it is the fourth-largest cricketing venue in England, after Lord's, Old Trafford and The Oval.
Edgbaston has played host to matches in major tournaments as it hosted matches in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 where England won its first World Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 where Pakistan won.
Edgbaston also hosted the first women's T20 event at the 2022 Commonwealth Games where Australia won the gold medal match.
Edgbaston was the venue of the first senior game under floodlights in English cricket in 1997, between Warwickshire and Somerset in the AXA Life Sunday League, and hosted the first day/night Test match in England in 2017 when England played the West Indies.