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One hundred and twenty-one grounds have hosted
Test cricket Test cricket is a form of first-class cricket played at international level between teams representing full member countries of the International Cricket Council (ICC). A match consists of four innings (two per team) and is scheduled to last f ...
since the first officially recognised Test match between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for Test cricket. The list excludes
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and
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venues. On 8 July 2009,
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in
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became the 100th Test venue. The
Ekana Cricket Stadium Bharat Ratna Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Ekana Cricket Stadium, formerly Ekana International Cricket Stadium, and commonly known as Ekana Cricket Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh in India. It is a stadium under public-priv ...
in India became the 121st and most recent Test venue when it staged a match between Afghanistan and West Indies in November 2019.


List of Test cricket grounds

Last updated on 26 December 2022 (Test 2486): – 22 Tests from 1896 to 1939; not used for
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since 1946; redeveloped as
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– Staged only one Test; not used for cricket since 1973; home ground of Sheffield United F.C.
– 4 Tests from 1910 to 1921; not used for
first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...
since 1922; demolished.
– Staged two Tests, one in 1928 and the other in 1931; not used for
first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...
since 1931.
– 6 Tests from 1948 to 1954; not used for
first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...
since 1956; now used only for
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– 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.
– Staged only one Test in 1992; subsequent Tests in Bulawayo played at the Queens Sports Club.
– Hosted the first Day-Night Test match on 27 November 2015.


Grounds by country

List of number of grounds by country up to 26 December 2022 (Test 2486):


See also

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List of One Day International cricket grounds This is a list of One-Day International cricket grounds. Two hundred and thirteen grounds have hosted One-day International since the first match in January 1971. The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for O ...
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List of Twenty20 International cricket grounds A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby unio ...
* List of women's Test cricket grounds *
List of cricket grounds by capacity The following is a list of cricket grounds, ordered by capacity, . Currently, all grounds with a capacity of 15,000 or more which are the home venue of a club or national team are included. Some grounds with a capacity of more than 10,000 are als ...


References

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External links


Cricinfo – Grounds
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