Headingley        

Leeds, England

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Tucked away in the sleepy backstreets of suburban Leeds, Headingley staged possibly the most dramatic comeback in Test cricket when, in 1981, England beat Australia by 18 runs. England had followed on 227 runs behind and were 135 for 7 in their second innings before the combined heroics of Ian Botham, with the bat, and Willis, with the ball, beat odds of 500/1.

Since the initial first-class match was held there in 1899, against Kent, Headingley spectators have witnessed some great feats, including two Test triple-centuries by Don Bradman in 1930 and 1934. During the first innings Bradman scored 309 of his eventual 334 in a single day, the only instance of 300 in a day in a Test. The Surrey left-hander John Edrich also made a Test triple hundred here, against New Zealand in 1965. And, fittingly, Geoff Boycott brought up his hundreth hundred against Australia in 1977.

Test cricket had first come to Headingley nearly 100 years earlier, in 1889, one year after the ground was established. The home of Yorkshire County Cricket, the Headingley ground wasn't actually owned by the club until they finally bought it in 2005 for £12 million.

The ground is named after a suburb of the city of Leeds, and it is linked to a rugby league ground, home of the Leeds Rhinos. Unusually, there is no pavilion at Headingley; players have to make do with a modern dressing-room in the stands. The wicket is variable, and - particularly when there is cloud cover, too - aids seam bowling.

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Train Nearest station: Leeds (2 miles away) - then take buses 74, 75, 76 or 77.
Car No parking in the immediate vicinity. Park and ride available from Beckett Campus, Leeds Metropolitan University.
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Fixtures

2017
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 Yorkshire v Surrey
Fri Jul 7 (20 ovs) 18:30 local | 17:30 GMT 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire
Fri Jul 21 (20 ovs) 18:30 local | 17:30 GMT 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Yorkshire v Warwickshire
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 - Worcestershire v Yorkshire
Wed Jul 26 (20 ovs) 18:30 local | 17:30 GMT 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Yorkshire v Durham
Thu Aug 3 (20 ovs) 18:30 local | 17:30 GMT 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Yorkshire v Derbyshire
Fri Aug 11 (20 ovs)	Women's Cricket Super League Yorkshire Diamonds v Lancashire Thunder
Fri Aug 11 (20 ovs) 18:30 local | 17:30 GMT 13:30 EDT | 12:30 CDT | 10:30 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Yorkshire v Lancashire
Thu Aug 17 (20 ovs) 19:00 local | 18:00 GMT 14:00 EDT | 13:00 CDT | 11:00 PDT	NatWest t20 Blast North Group - Yorkshire v Northamptonshire
Fri Aug 25 - Tue Aug 29 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	2nd Test - England v West Indies
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 Yorkshire v Middlesex
Tue Sep 19 - Fri Sep 22 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	Specsavers County Championship Division One Yorkshire v Warwickshire
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May 24, 2017

A general view of Headingley during the England v South Africa ODI
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May 24, 2017

Both teams observed a minute's silence before play
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May 24, 2017

Flags were at half-mast in response to the Manchester bombing
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May 24, 2017

Police officials outside the Headingley ground before the start of the game
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