Edgbaston        

Birmingham, England

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Situated in a leafy southern suburb of Birmingham, Edgbaston was the youngest of England's six regular Test venues, until Chester-le-Street was inaugurated in May 2003, more than one hundred years after Edgbaston's own debut, when the touring Australians were bowled out for 36 by Wilfred Rhodes in 1902.

These days it is one of the finest venues in the country - a far cry from the "meadow of rough grazing land" that became Warwickshire County Cricket Club's third home at the end of the 19th century. It hosted just four Tests in its first 27 years, but upon re-entering the circuit in 1957, it was considered to be the most state-of-the-art ground in the country, with the Thwaite Memorial Scoreboard, constructed in 1950, among the most notable features.

A new phase of renovation got underway at the end of the 1990s, which, partially funded by lottery money, resulted in the Edgbaston Cricket Centre and the £2million Eric Hollies stand. A new pavilion, dwarfing the previous one, was opened in 2011.

The ground has hosted Twenty20 finals day on several occasions, was the scene of Brian Lara's world-record 501 not out, against Durham in 1994, and staged two of the most famous international matches. In 1999, perhaps the greatest ODI in history saw Australia and South Africa tie their World Cup semi-final. Then in 2005, England won the second Ashes Test by two runs to level the series and turn momentum.
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Fixtures

2014
Mon Jul 14 (50 ovs) 12:00 local | 11:00 GMT 07:00 EDT | 06:00 CDT | 04:00 PDT	Second Eleven Trophy North Division - Warwickshire 2nd XI v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI
Tue Jul 15 - Thu Jul 17 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	Second Eleven Championship North Division - Warwickshire 2nd XI v Nottinghamshire 2nd XI
Fri Jul 25 (20 ovs) 17:30 local | 16:30 GMT 12:30 EDT | 11:30 CDT | 09:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Leicestershire
Tue Jul 29 (50 ovs)           14:00 local | 13:00 GMT 09:00 EDT | 08:00 CDT | 06:00 PDT	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Warwickshire v Sussex
Sat Aug 2 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Warwickshire v New Zealand A (* This fixture is provisional and may be rescheduled to Fri 1 or Sun 3 Aug if it clashes with a NatWest T20 Blast quarter-final)
Tue Aug 5 (50 ovs)           14:00 local | 13:00 GMT 09:00 EDT | 08:00 CDT | 06:00 PDT	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Warwickshire v Somerset
Tue Aug 12 (50 ovs)           14:00 local | 13:00 GMT 09:00 EDT | 08:00 CDT | 06:00 PDT	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Warwickshire v Surrey
Fri Aug 15 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	1st Youth ODI - England Under-19s v South Africa Under-19s
Sat Aug 23 (20 ovs) 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Sat Aug 23 (20 ovs) 14:30 local | 13:30 GMT 09:30 EDT | 08:30 CDT | 06:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Sat Aug 23 (20 ovs)           18:45 local | 17:45 GMT 13:45 EDT | 12:45 CDT | 10:45 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast Final - TBC v TBC
Tue Sep 2 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	4th ODI - England v India
Sun Sep 7 (20 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	3rd T20I - England Women v South Africa Women
Sun Sep 7 (20 ovs) 15:00 local | 14:00 GMT 10:00 EDT | 09:00 CDT | 07:00 PDT	Only T20I - England v India
Tue Sep 9 - Fri Sep 12 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Northamptonshire
Tue Sep 23 - Fri Sep 26 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Durham
2015
Tue Jun 9 (50 ovs)	1st ODI - England v New Zealand
Wed Jul 29 - Sun Aug 2 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	3rd Test - England v Australia
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Jun 23, 2013

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Jun 23, 2013

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Sep 12, 2012

The covers were again in action at Edgbaston
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Sep 12, 2012

Rain in Birmingham delayed the start of the match
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