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

2017
Sat May 27 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Warm-up - Bangladesh v Pakistan
Mon May 29 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Warm-up - Australia v Pakistan
Tue May 30 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Warm-up - New Zealand v Sri Lanka
Fri Jun 2 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	ICC Champions Trophy Group A - Australia v New Zealand
Sun Jun 4 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	ICC Champions Trophy Group B - India v Pakistan
Wed Jun 7 (50 ovs)           13:30 local | 12:30 GMT 08:30 EDT | 07:30 CDT | 05:30 PDT	ICC Champions Trophy Group B - Pakistan v South Africa
Sat Jun 10 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	ICC Champions Trophy Group A - England v Australia
Thu Jun 15 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	ICC Champions Trophy 2nd Semi-final - TBC v TBC
Mon Jun 26 - Thu Jun 29           14:00 local | 13:00 GMT 09:00 EDT | 08:00 CDT | 06:00 PDT	Specsavers County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Lancashire
Mon Jul 3 - Thu Jul 6 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	Specsavers County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Middlesex
Sat Jul 8 (20 ovs) 19:00 local | 18:00 GMT 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire
Fri Jul 14 (20 ovs) 18:30 local | 17:30 GMT 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire
Sun Jul 16 (20 ovs) 14:30 local | 13:30 GMT 09:30 EDT | 08:30 CDT | 06:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Warwickshire v Leicestershire
Sun Jul 23 (20 ovs) 14:30 local | 13:30 GMT 09:30 EDT | 08:30 CDT | 06:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Warwickshire v Derbyshire
Fri Jul 28 (20 ovs) 18:30 local | 17:30 GMT 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Warwickshire v Yorkshire
Sun Jul 30 (20 ovs) 14:30 local | 13:30 GMT 09:30 EDT | 08:30 CDT | 06:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Warwickshire v Lancashire
Fri Aug 4 (20 ovs) 19:00 local | 18:00 GMT 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Warwickshire v Worcestershire
Thu Aug 17 - Mon Aug 21           14:00 local | 13:00 GMT 09:00 EDT | 08:00 CDT | 06:00 PDT	1st Test - England v West Indies
Sat Sep 2 (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 Sep 2 (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 Sep 2 (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 5 - Fri Sep 8 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Specsavers County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Somerset
Tue Sep 12 - Fri Sep 15 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Specsavers County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Essex
Mon Sep 25 - Thu Sep 28 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Specsavers County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Hampshire
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Aug 20, 2016

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Aug 20, 2016

The covers were on after overnight rain
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