Edgbaston

Birmingham, England

Edgbaston Stadium, Edgbaston Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B5 7QU. (Phone: 0844 635 1092)

Established 1882
Capacity 24,803
Floodlights Yes, Installed in 2011
End names Birmingham End (previously City End), Pavilion End
Home teams England, Warwickshire
Curator Gary Barwell
Current local time 13:40, Fri Oct 07, 2022 (UTC +0100)

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Records and statistics

First Test	England v Australia - May 29-31, 1902	Scorecard
Last Test	England v India - Jul 1-5, 2022	Scorecard
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First ODI	England v Australia - Aug 28, 1972	Scorecard
Last ODI	England v Pakistan - Jul 13, 2021	Scorecard
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First T20I	Australia v Pakistan - Jul 5, 2010	Scorecard
Last T20I	England v India - Jul 9, 2022	Scorecard
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Profile

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

2023
Fri Jun 16 - Tue Jun 20 11:00 local \| 10:00 GMT 06:00 EDT \| 05:00 CDT \| 03:00 PDT	1st Test - England v Australia
Sat Jul 1 (20 ovs)	1st T20I - England Women v Australia Women (1 July 2023)
Sun Sep 3 (20 ovs) 14:30 local \| 13:30 GMT 09:30 EDT \| 08:30 CDT \| 06:30 PDT	3rd T20I - England v New Zealand
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