Lord's in London has hosted more men's Test matches than any other cricket ground.

One hundred and twenty-one grounds have hosted men's Test cricket^[1] since the first officially recognised Test match between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for a men's Test cricket match. The list excludes World Series Cricket venues and women's Test venues.

On 8 July 2009, Sophia Gardens in Cardiff became the 100th Test venue.^[2][3] The Ekana Cricket Stadium in India became the 121st^[1] and most recent Test venue when it staged a match between Afghanistan and West Indies in November 2019.

List of men's Test cricket grounds

Last updated on 17 January 2024 (Test 2523):^[4]

No.	Stadium	City	Country	First match	Last match	No. of Tests
1	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	Australia	15 March 1877	26 December 2023[5]	116[6]
2	The Oval	London	England	6 September 1880	27 July 2023[7]	106[8]
3	Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	Australia	17 February 1882	3 January 2024[9]	111[10]
4	Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	England	10 July 1884	19 July 2023[11]	84[12]
5	Lord's	London	England	21 July 1884	28 June 2023[13]	145[14]
6	Adelaide Oval	Adelaide	Australia	12 December 1884	17 January 2024[15]	82[16]
7	St George's Park	Gqeberha	South Africa	12 March 1889	8 April 2022[17]	32[18]
8	Newlands Cricket Ground	Cape Town	South Africa	25 March 1889	3 January 2024[19]	60[20]
9	Old Wanderers	Johannesburg	South Africa	2 March 18961	18 February 1939[21]	22[22]
10	Trent Bridge	Nottingham	England	1 June 1899	10 June 2022[23]	65[24]
11	Headingley Cricket Ground	Leeds	England	29 June 1899	6 July 2023[25]	81[26]
12	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	England	29 May 1902	16 June 2023[27]	55[28]
13	Bramall Lane	Sheffield	England	3 July 19022	3 July 1902[29]	1[30]
14	Lord's No. 1 Ground	Durban	South Africa	21 January 19103	5 November 1921[31]	4[32]
15	Kingsmead Cricket Ground	Durban	South Africa	18 January 1923	31 March 2022[33]	45 [34]
16	Brisbane Exhibition Ground	Brisbane	Australia	30 November 19284	16 January 1931[35]	2[36]
17	Lancaster Park	Christchurch	New Zealand	10 January 1930	7 December 2006[37]	40[38]
18	Kensington Oval	Bridgetown	Barbados	11 January 1930	16 March 2022[39]	55[40]
19	Basin Reserve	Wellington	New Zealand	24 January 1930	17 March 2023[41]	67 [42]
20	Queen's Park Oval	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	1 February 1930	20 July 2023[43]	62[44]
21	Eden Park	Auckland	New Zealand	14 February 1930	22 March 2018[45]	50[46]
22	Bourda	Georgetown	Guyana	21 February 1930	31 March 2005[47]	30[48]
23	Sabina Park	Kingston	Jamaica	3 April 1930	20 August 2021[49]	54[50]
24	The Gabba	Brisbane	Australia	27 November 1931	17 December 2022[51]	65[52]
25	Bombay Gymkhana Ground	Mumbai	India	15 December 1933	15 December 1933[53]	1[54]
26	Eden Gardens	Kolkata	India	5 January 1934	22 November 2019[55]	42[56]
27	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai	India	10 February 1934	13 February 2021[57]	34[58]
28	Arun Jaitley Stadium	New Delhi	India	10 November 1948	17 February 2023[59]	35[60]
29	Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai	India	9 December 1948	2 December 2009[61]	18[62]
30	Ellis Park Stadium	Johannesburg	South Africa	27 December 19485	29 January 1954[63]	6[64]
31	Green Park Stadium	Kanpur	India	12 January 1952	25 November 2021[65]	23[66]
32	University Ground	Lucknow	India	23 October 1952	23 October 1952[67]	1[68]
33	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	Bangladesh	1 January 19556	14 January 2005[69]	17[70]
34	Bahawal Stadium	Bahawalpur	Pakistan	15 January 1955	15 January 1955[71]	1[72]
35	Bagh-e-Jinnah	Lahore	Pakistan	29 January 1955	26 March 1959[73]	3[74]
36	Peshawar Club Ground	Peshawar	Pakistan	13 February 1955	13 February 1955[75]	1[76]
37	National Stadium	Karachi	Pakistan	26 February 1955	2 January 2023[77]	47 [78]
38	Carisbrook	Dunedin	New Zealand	11 March 1955	7 March 1997[79]	10[80]
39	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad	India	19 November 1955	2 December 1988[81]	3[82]
40	Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	Chennai	India	6 January 1956	27 February 1965[83]	9[84]
41	New Wanderers Stadium	Johannesburg	South Africa	24 December 1956	8 March 2023[85]	44[86]
42	Gaddafi Stadium	Lahore	Pakistan	21 November 1959	21 March 2022[87]	41[88]
43	Pindi Club Ground	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	27 March 1965	27 March 1965[89]	1[90]
44	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground	Nagpur	India	3 October 1969	1 March 2006[91]	9[92]
45	WACA Ground	Perth	Australia	11 December 1970	14 December 2017[93]	44[94]
46	Niaz Stadium	Hyderabad	Pakistan	16 March 1973	25 November 1984[95]	5[96]
47	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore	India	22 November 1974	12 March 2022[97]	24[98]
48	Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai	India	23 January 1975	3 December 2021[99]	26[100]
49	Iqbal Stadium	Faisalabad	Pakistan	16 November 1978	21 January 2006[101]	24[102]
50	McLean Park	Napier	New Zealand	16 February 1979	26 January 2012[103]	10[104]
51	Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium	Multan	Pakistan	30 December 1980	30 December 1980[105]	1[106]
52	Antigua Recreation Ground	St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda	27 March 1981	15 February 2009[107]	22[108]
53	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium	Colombo	Sri Lanka	17 February 1982	22 August 2019[109]	22[110]
54	Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	Sri Lanka	22 April 1983	1 December 2007[111]	21[112]
55	Gandhi Stadium	Jalandhar	India	24 September 1983	24 September 1983[113]	1[114]
56	Narendra Modi Stadium	Ahmedabad	India	12 November 1983	9 March 2023[115]	15[116]
57	Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground	Colombo	Sri Lanka	16 March 1984	24 July 2023[117]	44[118]
58	Colombo Cricket Club Ground	Colombo	Sri Lanka	24 March 1984	16 April 1987[119]	3[120]
59	Jinnah Stadium	Sialkot	Pakistan	27 October 1985	22 September 1995[121]	4[122]
60	Barabati Stadium	Cuttack	India	4 January 1987	8 November 1995[123]	2[124]
61	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur	India	21 February 1987	21 February 1987[125]	1[126]
62	Bellerive Oval	Hobart	Australia	16 December 1989	14 January 2022[127]	14[128]
63	Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh	India	23 November 1990	23 November 1990[129]	1[130]
64	Seddon Park	Hamilton	New Zealand	22 February 1991	3 December 2020[131]	27[132]
65	Jinnah Stadium	Gujranwala	Pakistan	20 December 1991	20 December 1991[133]	1[134]
66	R. Premadasa Stadium	Colombo	Sri Lanka	28 August 1992	14 July 2017[135]	9[136]
67	De Soysa Stadium	Moratuwa	Sri Lanka	8 September 1992	8 December 1993[137]	4[138]
68	Harare Sports Club Ground	Harare	Zimbabwe	18 October 1992	7 July 2021[139]	39[140]
69	Bulawayo Athletic Club Ground	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	1 November 19927	1 November 1992[141]	1[142]
70	Southend Club Cricket Stadium	Karachi	Pakistan	1 December 1993	1 December 1993[143]	1[144]
71	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	Rawalpindi	Pakistan	9 December 1993	1 December 2022[145]	13[146]
72	K. D. Singh Babu Stadium	Lucknow	India	18 January 1994	18 January 1994[147]	1[148]
73	Queens Sports Club Ground	Bulawayo	Zimbabwe	20 October 1994	12 February 2023[149]	25[150]
74	Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium	Mohali	India	10 December 1994	4 March 2022[151]	14[152]
75	Arbab Niaz Stadium	Peshawar	Pakistan	8 September 1995	27 August 2003[153]	6[154]
76	Centurion Park	Centurion	South Africa	16 November 1995	26 December 2023[155]	29[156]
77	Sheikhupura Stadium	Sheikhupura	Pakistan	17 October 1996	17 October 1997[157]	2[158]
78	Arnos Vale Stadium	Kingstown	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	20 June 1997	5 September 2014[159]	3[160]
79	Galle International Stadium	Galle	Sri Lanka	3 June 1998	16 July 2023[161]	44[162]
80	Mangaung Oval	Bloemfontein	South Africa	29 October 1999	6 October 2017[163]	5[164]
81	Multan Cricket Stadium	Multan	Pakistan	29 August 2001	9 December 2022[165]	6[166]
82	M. A. Aziz Stadium	Chittagong	Bangladesh	15 November 2001	6 January 2005[167]	8[168]
83	Sharjah Cricket Stadium	Sharjah	United Arab Emirates	31 January 2002	30 October 2016[169]	9[170]
84	National Cricket Stadium	St. George's	Grenada	28 June 2002	24 March 2022[171]	4[172]
85	Buffalo Park	East London	South Africa	18 October 2002	18 October 2002[173]	1[174]
86	Senwes Park	Potchefstroom	South Africa	25 October 2002	28 September 2017[175]	2[176]
87	Riverside Ground	Chester-le-Street	England	5 June 2003	27 May 2016[177]	6[178]
88	Darren Sammy Cricket Ground	Rodney Bay	Saint Lucia	20 June 2003	24 June 2022[179]	10[180]
89	Marrara Oval	Darwin	Australia	18 July 2003	1 July 2004[181]	2[182]
90	Cazalys Stadium	Cairns	Australia	25 July 2003	9 July 2004[183]	2[184]
91	Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium	Chittagong	Bangladesh	28 February 2006	14 December 2022[185]	23[186]
92	Shaheed Chandu Stadium	Bogra	Bangladesh	8 March 2006	8 March 2006[187]	1[188]
93	Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium	Fatullah	Bangladesh	9 April 2006	10 June 2015[189]	2[190]
94	Warner Park Stadium	Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis	22 June 2006	20 May 2011[191]	3[192]
95	Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium	Mirpur	Bangladesh	25 May 2007	6 December 2023[193]	27[194]
96	University of Otago Oval	Dunedin	New Zealand	4 January 2008	8 March 2017[195]	8[196]
97	Providence Stadium	Providence	Guyana	22 March 2008	12 May 2011[197]	2[198]
98	Sir Vivian Richards Stadium	St. John's	Antigua and Barbuda	30 May 2008	16 June 2022[199]	12[200]
99	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	Nagpur	India	6 November 2008	9 February 2023[201]	7[202]
100	Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	Wales	8 July 2009	8 July 2015[203]	3[204]
101	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Hyderabad	India	12 November 2010	12 October 2018[205]	5[206]
102	Dubai International Cricket Stadium	Dubai	United Arab Emirates	12 November 2010	24 November 2018[207]	13[208]
103	Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium	Abu Dhabi	United Arab Emirates	20 November 2010	10 March 2021[209]	15[210]
104	Pallekele International Cricket Stadium	Pallekele	Sri Lanka	1 December 2010	29 April 2021[211]	9[212]
105	Rose Bowl	Southampton	England	16 June 2011	18 June 2021[213]	7[214]
106	Windsor Park	Roseau	Dominica	7 June 2011	12 July 2023[215]	6[216]
107	Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium	Khulna	Bangladesh	21 November 2012	28 April 2015[217]	3[218]
108	Hagley Oval	Christchurch	New Zealand	26 December 2014	9 March 2023[219]	12[220]
109	Holkar Stadium	Indore	India	8 October 2016	1 March 2023[221]	3[222]
110	Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium	Rajkot	India	9 November 2016	4 October 2018[223]	2[224]
111	Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium	Visakhapatnam	India	17 November 2016	2 October 2019[225]	2[226]
112	Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium	Pune	India	23 February 2017	10 October 2019[227]	2[228]
113	JSCA International Stadium Complex	Ranchi	India	16 March 2017	19 October 2019[229]	2[230]
114	Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium	Dharamshala	India	25 March 2017	25 March 2017[231]	1[232]
115	Malahide Cricket Club Ground	Dublin	Ireland	11 May 2018	11 May 2018[233]	1[234]
116	Sylhet International Cricket Stadium	Sylhet	Bangladesh	3 November 2018	28 November 2023[235]	1[236]
117	Perth Stadium	Perth	Australia	14 December 2018	14 December 2023[237]	4[238]
118	Manuka Oval	Canberra	Australia	1 February 2019	1 February 2019[239]	1[240]
119	Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium	Dehradun	India	15 March 2019	15 March 2019[241]	1[242]
120	Bay Oval	Tauranga	New Zealand	21 November 2019	16 February 2023[243]	4[244]
121	BRSABV Ekana Cricket Stadium	Lucknow	India	27 November 2019	27 November 2019[245]	1[246]

Rose Bowl, Southampton, England – used for the first time by England in June 2011.

^1 – 22 Tests from 1896 to 1939; not used for first-class cricket since 1946; redeveloped as Johannesburg Railway Station.
^2 – Staged only one Test; not used for cricket since 1973; home ground of Sheffield United F.C.
^3 – 4 Tests from 1910 to 1921; not used for first-class cricket since 1922; demolished.
^4 – Staged two Tests, one in 1928 and the other in 1931; not used for first-class cricket since 1931.
^5 – 6 Tests from 1948 to 1954; not used for first-class cricket since 1956; now used only for rugby union.
^6 – First used by Pakistan for 8 Tests, later for 9 Tests by Bangladesh, including the inaugural home Test for both sides, on 1 January 1955 and 10 November 2000 respectively. Used exclusively for football since March 2005.
^7 – Staged only one Test in 1992; subsequent Tests in Bulawayo played at the Queens Sports Club.
^8 – Hosted the first Day-Night Test match on 27 November 2015.

Grounds by country

List of number of grounds by country up to 17 January 2024 (Test 2523):^[247]

Country	No. of stadiums	Location of first match	City	Date of first match	No. of Tests
Antigua and Barbuda	2	Antigua Recreation Ground	St. John's	27 March 1981	34
Australia	11	Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	15 March 1877	444
Bangladesh	8	Bangabandhu National Stadium	Dhaka	1 January 1955	75
Barbados	1	Kensington Oval	Bridgetown	11 January 1930	55
Dominica	1	Windsor Park	Roseau	7 June 2011	6
England	9	The Oval	London	6 September 1880	550
Grenada	1	Queen's Park	St. George's	28 June 2002	4
Guyana	2	Bourda	Georgetown	21 February 1930	32
India	29	Bombay Gymkhana Ground	Mumbai	15 December 1933	286
Ireland	1	Malahide Cricket Club Ground	Dublin	11 May 2018	1
Jamaica	1	Sabina Park	Kingston	3 April 1930	54
New Zealand	9	Lancaster Park	Christchurch	10 January 1930	228
Pakistan	16	Bahawal Stadium	Bahawalpur	15 January 1955	164
Saint Kitts and Nevis	1	Warner Park	Basseterre	22 June 2006	3
Saint Lucia	1	Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium	Rodney Bay	20 June 2003	10
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1	The Playing Fields	Kingstown	20 June 1997	3
South Africa	11	St George's Park Cricket Ground	Port Elizabeth	12 March 1889	250
Sri Lanka	8	Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium	Colombo	17 February 1982	156
Trinidad and Tobago	1	Queen's Park Oval	Port of Spain	1 February 1930	62
United Arab Emirates	3	Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	31 January 2002	37
Wales	1	Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	8 July 2009	3
Zimbabwe	3	Harare Sports Club	Harare	18 October 1992	65

See also

• List of One Day International cricket grounds
• List of Twenty20 International cricket grounds
• List of women's Test cricket grounds
• List of cricket grounds by capacity

References

Specific

General

• Woods, John. Test Cricket Grounds. ISBN 1-899807-20-9.

External links

• ESPNcricinfo – Grounds