Club:

Warwickshire County Cricket Club

Capacity:

22,000

History Of Edgbaston Stadium

Edgbaston cricket ground was established in 1882 and opened in 1886 in the Edgbaston area of Birmingham. The ground is home to Warwickshire County Cricket Club and play’s host to England and international matches. The grounds major landmark is the ‘Thwaites memorial scoreboard’ which is situated on the left side of Stanley Barns stand, as the ground moved with technology there is now an electronic scoreboard opposite the special feature.

The ground was one of the six regular venues to hold the test matches from 1902 until there honour was take away from Chester-le-Street in May 2003.

Edgbaston cricket ground is said to be one of the fines venues in the country, as it has held four tests in its first 27 years. The ground has severed many historical moments such as player Brian Lara set the world record of scoring a first-class cricket score of 501 against Durham in 1994, also the 1999 Cricket World Cup semi finals and the 2005 Ashes where Australia were defeated by England.

In the 1990’s the ground underwent reconstruction of a new cricket centre and a £2million Eric Hollies stand. With this improvement it has increased the capacity of the stadium to its current seating of 22,000. The cricket centre is used to improve performance at all level, and offers a wide range of coaching including one to one and club.

Address
County Ground
Edgbaston
Birmingham
Telphone No: 0121 446 4422

By Bus
West Midlands Travel Bus from Birmingham City Centre 45, 47, 61, 62 and 63.

By Car
From East:
From A45 (Coventry) continue towards Birmingham to junction with A435 (Alcester Road), take A435 and continue to junction with A4217, following signs to County Cricket Ground.

From West:
From M5 junction 3 exit roundabout on to A456 (Quinton Expressway), continue on A456 (Hagley Road), at roundabout take fourth exit on to B4217 (Calthorpe Road) and continue on B4217 (Church Road, Priory Road, Edgbaston Road) following signs to County Cricket Ground.

From North:
From M6 junction 6 towards Birmingham on A38(M) (Aston Expressway), continue through city centre following signs to A441, continue on A441 following signs to Edgbaston and County Cricket Ground.

From South:
From M42 junction 3 take third exit from roundabout on to A435 (Alcester Road), continue on this road to junction with B4217 (Salisbury Road), take Salisbury Road, then bear left on to Edgbaston Road and follow signs to County Cricket Ground.