The Rose Bowl        

Southampton, England

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The Rose Bowl, Hampshire's fourth home and its most state-of-the-art, was designed by award-winning architects Michael Hopkins & Partners and hosted its inaugural first-team match in 2001. The ground, shaped like a circular amphitheatre, and its highlight - the three-storey pavilion with canopied roof - is a splendid feat of architecture, but its location - just off the M27 on the outskirts of Southampton - proved problematic for spectators in the early days. One of the venues for the Champions Trophy in 2004, The Rose Bowl received widespread criticism when access to the ground for England's key fixture against Sri Lanka proved extremely difficult, as 16,000 spectators descended. Nevertheless, Hampshire's ambitions continue unchecked: the ground hosted England's first Twenty20 international against Australia in 2005; floodlights were installed in 2006, and after hosting some memorable day/night fixtures against Australia and Pakistan in 2010, the ground became England's tenth Test venue the following year, when Sri Lanka visited in mid-June.

The ground's development - costing a whopping £24million - ran into financial difficulties in 2000, before a Hampshire businessman and cricket enthusiast Rob Bransgrove stepped in to secure its future. In 2006 the venue lost out to Cardiff in the race for Test status, but Bransgrove reacted by investing another £35 million, largely aimed at improving the pitch and the dreadful traffic problems which had blighted major matches. The planned development of a state-of-the-art hotel at the northern end of the ground will further boost The Rose Bowl's ambitions as it seeks to cement its place in the international calendar, and safeguard Hampshire's future.

Notes

Travel
Train - Hedge End station and Southampton Airport/Parkway are 10 minutes' taxi ride from the ground.
Car - The Rose Bowl is in West End, a short distance from Junction 7 of the M27.
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Fixtures

2015
Thu Apr 2 - Sat Apr 4 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	Marylebone Cricket Club University Matches Hampshire v Loughborough MCCU
Sun Apr 12 - Wed Apr 15 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Sussex
Sun Apr 26 - Wed Apr 29 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Nottinghamshire
Fri May 15 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Group - Hampshire v Essex
Sun May 17 - Wed May 20 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Middlesex
Fri May 22 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Group - Hampshire v Kent
Sun May 31 - Wed Jun 3 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Worcestershire
Thu Jun 4 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Group - Hampshire v Middlesex
Sun Jun 14 (50 ovs)	3rd ODI - England v New Zealand
Fri Jun 19 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Group - Hampshire v Sussex
Sun Jun 21 - Wed Jun 24 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Somerset
Fri Jul 3 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Group - Hampshire v Glamorgan
Fri Jul 10 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Group - Hampshire v Surrey
Sun Jul 19 - Wed Jul 22 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Durham
Thu Jul 23 (20 ovs)	NatWest t20 Blast South Group - Hampshire v Somerset
Mon Jul 27 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Hampshire v Sussex
Sat Aug 1 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Hampshire v Middlesex
Tue Aug 4 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Hampshire v Essex
Fri Aug 7 - Mon Aug 10 11:00 local | 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT | 05:00 CDT | 03:00 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Warwickshire
Mon Aug 17 (50 ovs)	Royal London One-Day Cup Group B - Hampshire v Lancashire
Thu Sep 3 (50 ovs)	1st ODI - England v Australia
Mon Sep 14 - Thu Sep 17 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 05:30 EDT | 04:30 CDT | 02:30 PDT	LV= County Championship Division One Hampshire v Yorkshire
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