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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2014
Sun Apr 13 - Wed Apr 16 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Sussex
Sun May 4 - Wed May 7 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Middlesex
Fri May 23 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Yorkshire
Sun May 25 - Wed May 28 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Somerset
Tue Jun 3 (50 ovs)           14:00 local | 13:00 GMT 09:00 EDT | 08:00 CDT | 06:00 PDT	5th ODI - England v Sri Lanka
Fri Jun 6 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Durham
Sun Jun 8 - Wed Jun 11 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Lancashire
Thu Jun 19 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Northamptonshire
Sun Jun 22 - Wed Jun 25 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Yorkshire
Sun Jun 29 - Wed Jul 2 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire
Fri Jul 4 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Lancashire
Tue Jul 8 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Nottinghamshire
Fri Jul 11 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Worcestershire
Fri Jul 25 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast North Division - Warwickshire v Leicestershire
Tue Jul 29 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Warwickshire v Sussex
Tue Aug 5 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Warwickshire v Somerset
Tue Aug 12 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Warwickshire v Surrey
Fri Aug 15 (50 ovs)	1st Youth ODI - England Under-19s v Australia Under-19s
Sat Aug 23 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Sat Aug 23 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Sat Aug 23 (20 ovs)	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) 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	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	County Championship Division One Warwickshire v Durham
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