 Derbyshire v. Australia tour match, July 2010, taken from the position of the new media centre | |||||||||
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| Location | Derby,Derbyshire | ||||||||
| Country | England | ||||||||
| County club | Derbyshire | ||||||||
| Establishment | 1863 | ||||||||
| Capacity | 9,500[1] | ||||||||
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Racecourse End Pavilion End | |||||||||
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| First ODI | 18 June 1983: New Zealand v Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| Last ODI | 28 May 1999: New Zealand v Pakistan | ||||||||
| First WODI | 15 July 1998: England v Australia | ||||||||
| Last WODI | 30 May 2025: England v West Indies | ||||||||
| First WT20I | 5 August 2006: England v India | ||||||||
| Last WT20I | 6 September 2023: England v Sri Lanka | ||||||||
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| As of 23 May 2024 Source:CricketArchive | |||||||||
TheCounty Cricket Ground (usually shortened to theCounty Ground, also known as theRacecourse Ground) is acricket ground inDerby, England. It has been the home ofDerbyshire County Cricket Club since 1871. The ground was first used by South Derbyshire Cricket Club in 1863 and was initially located withinDerby Racecourse, although racing ceased after 1939. The ground has staged twoOne-Day Internationals:New Zealand againstSri Lanka during the1983 ICC Cricket World Cup and New Zealand againstPakistan during the1999 ICC Cricket World Cup. It was one of the venues for the2017 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, hosting one of the semi-finals.
The ground was also formerly used forfootball, and was the home ofDerby County F.C. between 1884 and 1895. It staged the first everFA Cup Final match played outside London, a replay of the1886 Final, and hosted an international match betweenEngland andIreland in 1895.
The ground was first used by South Derbyshire Cricket Club in 1863 and was initially located withinDerby Racecourse, although racing ceased after 1939.
It also held the games ofDerby County Football Club until their move to theBaseball Ground in 1895. The firstFA Cup Final outsideLondon was held at the ground in1886 whenBlackburn Rovers beatWest Bromwich Albion 2–0 in a replay.England played onefootball international here, beatingIreland 9–0 in theBritish Home Championship on 9 March 1895.
The playing area used to feature pitches laid on an east–west axis. Most first-class grounds feature pitches laid north–south to avoid problems with the light from the setting sun. Derbyshire re-laid the pitch on a north–south axis over the 2009/10 winter at a cost of £100,000, ready for the2010 season. This involved moving some of the floodlights and the electronic scoreboard to suit the new alignment.[2]
In early 2010 a large 1800 seat stand was erected at the Racecourse End of the ground.[3] This stand was taken down in late 2015 in order to make way for a new £2.2 million four-storey media centre, which was completed and officially opened in September 2016. Some 1100 seats were immediately reinstated at the Pavilion End of the ground, with the remaining reinstated next to the new media centre. In February 2017 Derby Civic Society awarded a commendation in the category of Best New Build of 2016 to Derbyshire County Cricket Club for the new media centre.
A new marquee was also built in 2010, which is used for private functions and entertainment during match days.[4]
In February 2016, it was announced that the County Ground would be one of the host venues for the2017 Women's Cricket World Cup in England.[5] Along with Bristol, Derby hosted one of the semi-finals of the tournament.
Music concerts have been staged at the ground byElton John andBoyzone, both in 2017,[6] andLittle Mix in 2018.[7]
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