 The Pavilion at Grace Road | |||
 Interactive map of Grace Road | |||
| Ground information | |||
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| Location | Leicester, England | ||
| Country | 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: India v Zimbabwe | ||
| Last ODI | 27 May 1999: Scotland v West Indies | ||
| Only women's Test | 8–12 August 2006: England v India | ||
| First WODI | 30 June 1984: England v New Zealand | ||
| Last WODI | 4 June 2025: England v West Indies | ||
| Team information | |||
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| As of 21 September 2021 Source:CricketArchive | |||
Grace Road, known forsponsorship reasons as theUptonsteel County Ground, Grace Road,[1] is acricket ground inLeicester, England. It is the home ground and administrative base ofLeicestershire County Cricket Club.
Leicestershire County Cricket Club bought 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 touringAustralia team. 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 Road in 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.
ThreeOne Day Internationals have been played at Grace Road, although none has involved theEngland team.
In the1983 Cricket World Cup eventual winnersIndia, chasing a target of 156, beatZimbabwe by 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 Indies beatScotland by eight wickets.[7]
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 |
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 |
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.
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