Grace Road
 The Pavilion at Grace Road | |||
| Ground information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Location | Leicester,England | ||
| Establishment | 1878 | ||
| Capacity | 6,000 cricket matches / 19,999 music concerts | ||
| End names | |||
Pavilion End Bennett End | |||
| International information | |||
| First ODI | 11 June 1983: Indiav Zimbabwe | ||
| Last ODI | 27 May 1999: Scotlandv West Indies | ||
| Only women's Test | 8–12 August 2006: EnglandvIndia | ||
| First WODI | 30 June 1984:Englandv New Zealand | ||
| Last WODI | 14 September 2023:Englandv Sri Lanka | ||
| Team information | |||
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| As of 21 September 2021 Source:CricketArchive | |||
Grace Road,known forsponsorship reasonsas theUptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road,[1]is acricket groundinLeicester,England. It is the home ground and administrative base ofLeicestershire County Cricket Club.
History
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Leicestershire County Cricket Clubbought in 1877 the land on which Grace Road now stands from the thenDuke of Rutland,and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club, athletic track and hotel.[2]The first match played there took place three months later, when Leicestershire played a touringAustraliateam. Contrary to popular belief, the road was named after Grace Margaret Yearby, the daughter of a local property owner Edward John Yearby, notW. G. Grace.
Leicestershire CCC left the Grace Road site in 1901, owing to low attendances at matches, which were blamed on lack of public transport to the ground.[3]The club moved to a site near toAylestone Roadin order to be closer to the city centre. Leicestershire eventually returned to Grace Road in 1946, after the end of theSecond World War,[4]and has been based there ever since, re-purchasing the land in 1966.
The record attendance, at Leicestershire's match against the touring1948 Australians,is 16,000.
International cricket
[edit]ThreeOne Day Internationalshave been played at Grace Road, although none has involved theEnglandteam.
In the1983 Cricket World Cupeventual winnersIndia,chasing a target of 156, beatZimbabweby five wickets.[5]The second and third games were both in the1999 World Cup.In the second Zimbabwe beat India by three runs,[6]and in the third theWest IndiesbeatScotlandby eight wickets.[7]
International centuries
[edit]Women's Test centuries
[edit]One WTest century has been scored at the venue.[8]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Innings | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 115 | Claire Taylor | England |
233 | India |
3 | 8 August 2006 | Drawn |
Women's One-Day International centuries
[edit]Seven WODI centuries have been scored at the venue.[9]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Innings | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 106 | Heather Knight | England |
109 |  Pakistan |
1 | 27 June 2017 | Won |
| 2 | 137 | Natalie Sciver(1/2) | England |
92 | Pakistan |
1 | 27 June 2017 | Won |
| 3 | 104* | Deandra Dottin | West Indies |
76 | Pakistan |
1 | 11 July 2017 | Won |
| 4 | 117* | Sophie Devine | New Zealand |
116 | England |
2 | 13 July 2018 | Won |
| 5 | 114 | Tammy Beaumont(1/2) | England |
115 |  Australia |
1 | 4 July 2019 | Lost |
| 6 | 119 | Tammy Beaumont(2/2) | England |
107 |  South Africa |
1 | 18 July 2022 | Won |
| 7 | 120 | Nat Sciver-Brunt(2/2) | England |
74 | Sri Lanka |
1 | 14 September 2023 | Won |
Dimensions
[edit]In front of the wicket at both ends the pitch is measured at 63 metres, while square of the wicket on both sides the dimensions are recorded as 76 metres. This is the largest county ground including England's major international venues such asthe Oval.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]
- ^"Leicestershire CCC".
- ^Grounds - Grace Road, Leicester
- ^"History of Leicestershire".Archived fromthe originalon 20 November 2008.Retrieved8 September2008.
- ^Main Developments at Grace Road 1878-2007Archived11 October 2008 at theWayback Machine
- ^India v Zimbabwe 1983
- ^India v Zimbabwe 1999Archived2012-09-19 atarchive.today
- ^Scotland v West Indies 1999
- ^"Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Test Matches / Batting records".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved5 July2019.
- ^"Statistics / Statsguru / Women's One-Day International Matches / Batting records".ESPNcricinfo.Retrieved28 September2023.
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