Stratford-upon-Avon Cricket Club Ground

Stratford-upon-Avon Cricket Club
Ground information
Location	Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire
Establishment	1880 (first recorded match)
International information
First WODI	21 August 2005:; England v Australia
Last WODI	3 July 2009:; England v Australia
Team information
Warwickshire	(1951 & 2004–2005)
Warwickshire Cricket Board	(2000)
	As of 6 September 2020; Source: Ground profile

Stratford-upon-Avon Cricket Ground is a

River Avon and also located next to the Royal Shakespeare Theatre

The first recorded match on the ground was in 1880, when Stratford-upon-Avon played a United South of England Eleven.^[1] Warwickshire first used the ground for first-class cricket in 1951 when they played Oxford University. First-class cricket next returned to the ground in 2004 when Warwickshire played Lancashire. The final first-class match held at the ground to date came in the Stratford Festival of Cricket in 2005, when Warwickshire played Hampshire;^[2] a Hampshire team which featured such names as Shane Warne and Kevin Pietersen.

The ground has also held 2

List-A matches. The first came in the 2000 NatWest Trophy when the Warwickshire Cricket Board played Kent. The second List-A match came in 2005 when Warwickshire played Scotland

Additionally, the ground has hosted 3

New Zealand women. The final Women's ODI to date came in 2009 and was between England women and Australia women.^[3]

It also holds several high profile fixtures throughout the year including County Second XI Cricket, Summer Solstice Cricket and in June 2010 it hosted a match featuring the Lord's Taverners. In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Stratford-upon-Avon Cricket Club^[4] who used to play in the Birmingham and District Premier League Division One and now play in the Warwickshire League Premier Division.

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