List of women's Test cricket grounds


In total, 73 venues have hosted at least one match of women's Test cricket. Test matches are both the oldest and rarest form of international women's cricket – although the first Test was held in 1934, only 138 Tests have been held in total, compared to over 900 One Day International matches and over 300 Twenty20 International matches. This imbalance is reflected in the number of venues used in those other two forms – almost 300 for ODIs and 163 for T20Is.
Ten countries have hosted at least one women's Test match, which corresponds to the number of teams that have played at least one Test. However, four of those countries – Ireland, the Netherlands, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka – have hosted only a single match, while two others, Jamaica and South Africa, have hosted only two and eight, respectively. Consequently, the vast majority of Test venues have been located in only four countries – Australia, England, India, and New Zealand. Australian and English venues alone make up over half of the list. Most of the grounds have hosted only a single Test match, with multiple Tests at one venue being the exception rather than the rule. Only three venues have hosted more than five Tests, all located in England – Worcester's New Road ground has hosted nine games, London's Kennington Oval has hosted six, and Scarborough's North Marine Road ground has hosted five.

List of grounds

Last updated: 22 October 2015.
No.GroundCityCountryFirst MatchNo. of Tests
1Brisbane Exhibition Ground/Brisbane ShowgroundsBrisbaneAustralia28 December 19341
2Sydney Cricket Ground SydneyAustralia4 January 19352
3Melbourne Cricket Ground/MCG/The MCG MelbourneAustralia18 January 19352
4Lancaster Park/Jade Stadium ChristchurchNew Zealand16 February 19352
5County Cricket Ground, NorthamptonNorthamptonEngland12 January 19371
6Stanley ParkBlackpoolEngland26 June 19372
7The OvalLondonEngland10 July 19376
8Basin Reserve WellingtonNew Zealand20 March 19484
9Adelaide OvalAdelaideAustralia15 January 19494
10Eden ParkAucklandNew Zealand26 March 19492
11North Marine Road GroundScarboroughEngland16 June 19515
12New RoadWorcesterEngland30 June 19519
13HeadingleyLeedsEngland12 June 19543
14Kensington Oval/Olympic Sports Field AdelaideAustralia18 January 19571
15Junction Oval/St Kilda Cricket Ground/CitiPower CentreMelbourneAustralia21 February 19583
16WACA Ground/Western Australia Cricket Association Ground PerthAustralia21 March 19583
17St George's OvalPort ElizabethSouth Africa2 December 19601
18WanderersJohannesburgSouth Africa17 December 19602
19KingsmeadDurbanSouth Africa31 December 19602
20NewlandsCape TownSouth Africa13 January 19612
21CarisbrookDunedinNew Zealand17 March 19612
22EdgbastonBirminghamEngland15 June 19634
23Barton OvalAdelaideAustralia27 December 19681
24North Sydney OvalSydneyAustralia25 January 19693
25Hagley OvalChristchurchNew Zealand7 March 19693
26Cornwall ParkAucklandNew Zealand28 March 19693
27Jarrett ParkMontego BayJamaica7 May 19761
28Sabina ParkKingstonJamaica14 May 19761
29Old TraffordManchesterEngland19 June 19761
30M. Chinnaswamy StadiumBangaloreIndia31 October 19761
31M. A. Chidambaram StadiumChennaiIndia7 November 19761
32Feroz Shah KotlaDelhiIndia12 November 19762
33Moin-ul-Haq StadiumPatnaIndia17 November 19761
34K. D. Singh Babu StadiumLucknowIndia21 November 19764
35Hale SchoolPerthAustralia15 January 19771
36University OvalSydneyAustralia12 January 19791
37Unley OvalAdelaideAustralia19 January 19791
38Albert Cricket Ground/Albert Reserve/Warehouseman's Cricket GroundMelbourneAustralia26 January 19791
39St Lawrence GroundCanterburyEngland16 June 19793
40Trent BridgeNottinghamEngland23 June 19791
41Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel StadiumAhmedabadIndia3 February 19842
42Wankhede StadiumMumbaiIndia10 February 19841
43The Gabba/Brisbane Cricket GroundBrisbaneAustralia1 January 19852
44Central Coast Stadium GosfordAustralia12 January 19851
45Queen Elizabeth II Oval BendigoAustralia25 January 19851
46Barabati StadiumCuttackIndia7 March 19851
47Harewood RoadCollinghamEngland26 June 19862
48County Ground, HoveHoveEngland29 August 19872
49St Peter's CollegeAdelaideAustralia2 February 19911
50Punt Road Oval/Richmond Cricket Ground MelbourneAustralia9 February 19911
51Cooks GardensWanganuiNew Zealand6 February 19921
52Pukekura ParkNew PlymouthNew Zealand12 February 19921
53Trafalgar ParkNelsonNew Zealand7 February 19951
54Calcutta Cricket and Football ClubKolkataIndia17 November 19951
55Keenan StadiumJamshedpurIndia24 November 19951
56Lal Bahadur Shastri StadiumHyderabadIndia10 December 19951
57Arden Street Oval/North Melbourne Cricket Ground/North Melbourne Recreation ReserveMelbourneAustralia8 February 19961
58Woodbridge RoadGuildfordEngland12 July 19962
59Colts Cricket Club GroundColomboSri Lanka17 April 19981
60St George's RoadHarrogateEngland11 August 19981
61Denis Compton OvalShenleyEngland15 July 19993
62College ParkDublinIreland30 July 20001
63Boland Bank ParkPaarlSouth Africa19 March 20021
64County Ground, TauntonTauntonEngland14 August 20023
65Bankstown Oval SydneyAustralia22 February 20032
66Bilakhiya StadiumVapiIndia28 November 20031
67National StadiumKarachiPakistan15 March 20041
68Jamia Millia GroundDelhiIndia21 November 20051
69Grace RoadLeicesterEngland8 August 20061
70Hazelaarweg StadionRotterdamNetherlands28 July 20071
71Bradman OvalBowralAustralia15 February 20081
72Sir Paul Getty's GroundWormsley ParkEngland11 August 20132
73Gangothri Glades Cricket GroundMysoreIndia16 November 20141

Grounds by country

1 For Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Guyana, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago, and the United States Virgin Islands the national team that participates in ICC tournaments is the West Indies. 2 For England and Wales, the national team that participates in ICC tournaments is England. 3 For the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, the national team that participates in ICC tournaments is Ireland.
If the figures for these countries and territories were grouped and listed according to their national teams in ICC tournaments/ICC membership, the statistics would appear thus:
No.National TeamNo. of GroundsVenue of First MatchCityCountryDate of First MatchNo. of Tests
1 West Indies0CBDCBDCBDXXXXXXXX0
2 England0CBDCBDCBDXXXXXXXX0
3 Ireland0CBDCBDCBDXXXXXXXX0