In total, 78 cricket grounds have hosted at least one match of women's Test cricket. [1]
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. [2] 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 four venues have hosted more than four 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 and the County Ground in Taunton ground have hosted five. [3]
Last updated: 28 June 2024 (Test #149): [4]
No. | Ground | City | Country | First Match | Last Match | No. of Tests | Refs. |
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1 | Brisbane Exhibition Ground | Brisbane | Australia | 28 December 1934 | 28 December 1934 | 1 | [5] |
2 | Sydney Cricket Ground | Sydney | Australia | 4 January 1935 | 19 February 1949 | 2 | [6] |
3 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Melbourne | Australia | 18 January 1935 | 28 January 1949 | 2 | [7] |
4 | Lancaster Park | Christchurch | New Zealand | 16 February 1935 | 29 November 1957 | 2 | [8] |
5 | County Ground | Northampton | England | 12 June 1937 | 12 June 1937 | 1 | [9] |
6 | Stanley Park | Blackpool | England | 26 June 1937 | 3 July 1986 | 2 | [10] |
7 | The Oval | London | England | 12 July 1937 | 24 July 1976 | 6 | [11] |
8 | Basin Reserve | Wellington | New Zealand | 20 March 1948 | 26 January 1990 | 4 | [12] |
9 | Adelaide Oval | Adelaide | Australia | 15 January 1949 | 18 February 2006 | 4 | [13] |
10 | Eden Park | Auckland | New Zealand | 26 March 1948 | 27 December 1957 | 2 | [14] |
11 | North Marine Road Ground | Scarborough | England | 16 June 1951 | 21 August 2004 | 5 | [15] |
12 | New Road | Worcester | England | 30 June 1951 | 10 July 2009 | 9 | [16] |
13 | Headingley | Leeds | England | 12 June 1954 | 6 July 2001 | 3 | [17] |
14 | King's College Oval | Adelaide | Australia | 18 January 1957 | 18 January 1957 | 1 | [18] |
15 | Junction Oval | Melbourne | Australia | 21 February 1958 | 5 February 1972 | 3 | [19] |
16 | WACA Ground | Perth | Australia | 21 March 1958 | 15 February 2024 | 4 | [20] |
17 | St George's Oval | Gqeberha | South Africa | 2 December 1960 | 2 December 1960 | 1 | [21] |
18 | Wanderers | Johannesburg | South Africa | 17 December 1960 | 24 March 1972 | 2 | [22] |
19 | Kingsmead | Durban | South Africa | 31 December 1960 | 10 March 1972 | 2 | [23] |
20 | Newlands | Cape Town | South Africa | 13 January 1961 | 25 February 1972 | 2 | [24] |
21 | Carisbrook | Dunedin | New Zealand | 17 March 1961 | 8 January 1977 | 2 | [25] |
22 | Edgbaston | Birmingham | England | 15 June 1963 | 1 July 1979 | 4 | [26] |
23 | Barton Oval | Adelaide | Australia | 27 December 1969 | 27 December 1969 | 1 | [27] |
24 | North Sydney Oval | Sydney | Australia | 25 January 1969 | 9 November 2017 | 3 | [28] |
25 | Hagley Oval | Christchurch | New Zealand | 7 March 1969 | 28 February 1995 | 3 | [29] |
26 | Cornwall Park | Auckland | New Zealand | 28 March 1969 | 11 January 1992 | 3 | [30] |
27 | Jarrett Park | Montego Bay | Jamaica | 7 May 1976 | 7 May 1976 | 1 | [31] |
28 | Sabina Park | Kingston | Jamaica | 14 May 1976 | 14 May 1976 | 1 | [32] |
29 | Old Trafford | Manchester | England | 19 June 1976 | 19 June 1976 | 1 | [33] |
30 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore | India | 31 October 1976 | 31 October 1976 | 1 | [34] |
31 | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Chennai | India | 7 November 1976 | 28 June 2024 | 2 | [35] |
32 | Feroz Shah Kotla | Delhi | India | 12 November 1976 | 21 January 1984 | 2 | [36] |
33 | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna | India | 17 November 1976 | 17 November 1976 | 1 | [37] |
34 | K. D. Singh Babu Stadium | Lucknow | India | 21 November 1976 | 14 January 2002 | 4 | [38] |
35 | Maulana Azad Stadium | Jammu | India | 27 November 1976 | 27 November 1976 | 1 | [39] |
36 | Hale School | Perth | Australia | 15 January 1977 | 15 January 1977 | 1 | [40] |
37 | University Oval | Sydney | Australia | 12 January 1979 | 12 January 1979 | 1 | [41] |
38 | Unley Oval | Adelaide | Australia | 19 January 1979 | 19 January 1979 | 1 | [42] |
39 | Albert Cricket Ground | Melbourne | Australia | 26 January 1979 | 26 January 1979 | 1 | [43] |
40 | St Lawrence Ground | Canterbury | England | 16 June 1979 | 11 August 2015 | 3 | [44] |
41 | Trent Bridge | Nottingham | England | 23 June 1979 | 22 June 2023 | 2 | [45] |
42 | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad | India | 3 February 1984 | 23 February 1985 | 2 | [46] |
43 | Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai | India | 10 February 1984 | 21 December 2023 | 2 | [47] |
44 | The Gabba | Brisbane | Australia | 1 January 1985 | 15 February 2003 | 2 | [48] |
45 | Central Coast Stadium | Gosford | Australia | 12 January 1985 | 12 January 1985 | 1 | [49] |
46 | Queen Elizabeth II Oval | Bendigo | Australia | 25 January 1985 | 25 January 1985 | 1 | [50] |
47 | Barabati Stadium | Cuttack | India | 7 March 1985 | 7 March 1985 | 1 | [51] |
48 | Harewood Road | Collingham | England | 26 June 1986 | 21 August 1987 | 2 | [52] |
49 | County Ground | Hove | England | 29 August 1987 | 9 August 2005 | 2 | [53] |
50 | St Peter's College | Adelaide | Australia | 2 February 1991 | 2 February 1991 | 1 | [54] |
51 | Punt Road Oval | Melbourne | Australia | 9 February 1991 | 9 February 1991 | 1 | [55] |
52 | Cooks Gardens | Wanganui | New Zealand | 6 February 1992 | 6 February 1992 | 1 | [56] |
53 | Pukekura Park | New Plymouth | New Zealand | 12 February 1992 | 12 February 1992 | 1 | [57] |
54 | Trafalgar Park | Nelson | New Zealand | 7 February 1995 | 7 February 1995 | 1 | [58] |
55 | Calcutta Cricket and Football Club | Kolkata | India | 17 November 1995 | 17 November 1995 | 1 | [59] |
56 | Keenan Stadium | Jamshedpur | India | 24 November 1995 | 24 November 1995 | 1 | [60] |
57 | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad | India | 10 December 1995 | 10 December 1995 | 1 | [61] |
58 | Arden Street Oval | Melbourne | Australia | 8 February 1996 | 8 February 1996 | 1 | [62] |
59 | Woodbridge Road | Guildford | England | 12 July 1996 | 6 August 1998 | 2 | [63] |
60 | Colts Cricket Club Ground | Colombo | Sri Lanka | 17 April 1998 | 17 April 1998 | 1 | [64] |
61 | St George's Road | Harrogate | England | 11 August 1998 | 11 August 1998 | 1 | [65] |
62 | Denis Compton Oval | Shenley | England | 15 July 1999 | 7 August 2003 | 3 | [66] |
63 | College Park | Dublin | Ireland | 30 July 2000 | 30 July 2000 | 1 | [67] |
64 | Boland Bank Park | Paarl | South Africa | 19 March 2002 | 19 March 2002 | 1 | [68] |
65 | County Ground | Taunton | England | 14 August 2002 | 27 July 2022 | 5 | [69] |
66 | Bankstown Oval | Sydney | Australia | 22 February 2003 | 22 January 2011 | 2 | [70] |
67 | Bilakhiya Stadium | Vapi | India | 27 November 2003 | 27 November 2003 | 1 | [71] |
68 | National Stadium | Karachi | Pakistan | 15 March 2004 | 15 March 2004 | 1 | [72] |
69 | Jamia Millia Ground | Delhi | India | 21 November 2005 | 21 November 2005 | 1 | [73] |
70 | Grace Road | Leicester | England | 8 August 2006 | 8 August 2006 | 1 | [74] |
71 | Hazelaarweg Stadion | Rotterdam | Netherlands | 28 July 2007 | 28 July 2007 | 1 | [75] |
72 | Bradman Oval | Bowral | Australia | 15 February 2008 | 15 February 2008 | 1 | [76] |
73 | Sir Paul Getty's Ground | Wormsley Park | England | 11 August 2013 | 13 August 2014 | 2 | [77] |
74 | Gangothri Glades Cricket Ground | Mysore | India | 16 November 2014 | 16 November 2014 | 1 | [78] |
75 | Bristol County Ground | Bristol | England | 16 June 2021 | 16 June 2021 | 1 | [79] |
76 | Carrara Stadium | Gold Coast | Australia | 30 September 2021 | 30 September 2021 | 1 | [80] |
77 | Manuka Oval | Canberra | Australia | 27 January 2022 | 27 January 2022 | 1 | [81] |
78 | DY Patil Stadium | Navi Mumbai | India | 14 December 2023 | 14 December 2023 | 1 |
List of number of grounds by country up to 28 June 2024 (Test #149): [82]
Country | Grounds | First ground used | City | Date of first match | No. of Tests |
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Australia | 23 | Exhibition Ground | Brisbane | 28 December 1934 | 38 |
England | 19 | County Ground | Northampton | 12 January 1937 | 55 |
India | 16 | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore | 31 October 1976 | 23 |
Ireland | 1 | College Park | Dublin | 30 July 2000 | 1 |
Jamaica | 2 | Jarrett Park | Montego Bay | 7 May 1976 | 2 |
Netherlands | 1 | Hazelaarweg Stadion | Rotterdam | 28 July 2007 | 1 |
New Zealand | 9 | Lancaster Park | Christchurch | 16 February 1935 | 19 |
Pakistan | 1 | National Stadium | Karachi | 15 March 2005 | 1 |
South Africa | 5 | St George's Oval | Gqeberha | 2 December 1960 | 8 |
Sri Lanka | 1 | Colts Cricket Club Ground | Colombo | 17 April 1998 | 1 |
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