Visit Worcestershire New Road

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Ground information
Location	Worcester,Worcestershire, England
Country	England
Establishment	1896
Capacity	5,500
End names
New Road End Diglis End
International information
First ODI	13 June 1983:  West Indies v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	22 May 1999:  Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
First women's Test	30 June – 3 July 1951:  England v Australia
Last women's Test	10–13 July 2009:  England v Australia
First WODI	1 July 2000:  England v South Africa
Last WODI	30 June 2024:  England v New Zealand
Only WT20I	23 July 2022:  England v South Africa
Team information
Worcestershire (1896–present)
As of 30 June 2024 Source:cricinfo

Visit Worcestershire New Road is acricket ground in the English city ofWorcester. The home ofWorcestershire County Cricket Club since 1896, it has been rated as one of the world's most beautiful cricket grounds.^[1]

The ground is situated in central Worcester, on the west bank of theRiver Severn, overlooked byWorcester Cathedral on the opposite bank. Immediately to the northwest is a road called New Road, part of theA44, hence the name. To the northwest isCripplegate Park.

Originally, thefreehold to the ground was owned by theDean andChapter ofWorcester Cathedral. In 1896, theleasehold was obtained by club secretaryPaul Foley upon payment of a modest rent,^[2][3] and the first match (againstBerkshire) was played there on 28–29 July^[4][5] of the following year.^[6][7] At the time, Worcestershire was part of the newly createdMinor Counties Championship, which Foley had been largely responsible in establishing. Having won the competition in its first four years, from 1895 to 1898, the club applied successfully forfirst-class status.^[8] The firstCounty Championship match at New Road was held on 4–6 May 1899, when the home side lost toYorkshire by 11 runs.^[9] The land was finally purchased in 1976 for the sum of £30,000.^[10][11] The capacity of the ground is 4,500, small by first-class standards.^{[citation needed]}

There is a small cricket shop located just outside the ground, selling cricket equipment, clothing, books and accessories. This shop opened in July 2008, replacing a long-standing older shop inside the ground. The shop also contains the administrative office for ticket sales and enquiries.^{[citation needed]}

Elton John performed to a crowd of 17,000 at the ground in June 2006.^[12][13]

In winter, the ground is often submerged by water from the nearby river, and was severely affected by thefloods of July 2007. These caused more than one million pounds in damage, and cricket did not return to the ground until the beginning of the following season.^[14]

Over the winter of 2023–24 the ground was flooded seven times, which resulted in the first two home games of the2024 County Championship being played at theChester Road North Ground inKidderminster. In April 2024, Worcestershire's board confirmed that they were looking at options to secure the club's long-term future, possibly including a move away from New Road.^[15][16] Speaking on theBBC'sTest Match Special podcast, chief executiveAshley Giles explained that of the 30 occasions on which the ground had been flooded since 1899, 19 incidents had occurred in the past 24 years, and the problem was expected to get worse due toclimate change.^[17]

New Road has hosted three men'sOne Day Internationals: one in the1983 World Cup, whenGordon Greenidge scored 105 not out (the only men's international century at the ground) to take theWest Indies to an eight-wicket victory overZimbabwe;^[18] and two in the1999 World Cup: a six-wicket victory forAustralia overScotland^[19] and a four-wicket victory forSri Lanka over Zimbabwe.^[20]

The ground has also seen nineWomen's Test matches between 1951 and 2009, including theEngland Women's decisive victory during the2005 Ashes, in whichKatherine Brunt scored 52 and took match figures of 9/111;^[21][22] Brunt also took a first-innings 6/69 in the2009 Ashes Test at Worcester, which was drawn.^[23][24] It has staged sevenWomen's ODI between 2000 and 2021,^[25] and oneWomen's Twenty20 International in 2022.^[26]

TheEngland Lions (formerly England A) played a four-day match against the Australian touring side at New Road in 2009; in a drawn match,Mike Hussey (150) andMarcus North (191 not out) made runs, while Worcestershire'sStephen Moore responded with 120;Brett Lee took 6/76.^[27]

• Matches: 3
• Highest team total:
  218/2 (48.3 overs) byWest Indies v.Zimbabwe, 1983^[18]
• Lowest team total:
  181/7 (50 overs) byScotland v.Australia, 1999^[19]
• Highest individual innings:
  105* byGordon Greenidge for West Indies v. Zimbabwe, 1983^[18]
• Best bowling in an innings:
  3–30 byPramodya Wickramasinghe forSri Lanka v. Zimbabwe, 1999^[20]

• Matches: 9
• Highest team total:
  427/4 declared byAustralia Women v.England Women, 1998^[28]
• Lowest team total:
  63 byNew Zealand Women v. England Women, 1954^[29]
• Highest individual innings:
  190 bySandhya Agarwal,India Women v. England Women, 1986^[30]
• Best bowling in an innings:
  7/34 byGill McConway, England Women v. India Women, 1986^[30]
• Best bowling in a match:
  9/107 byMary Duggan for England Women v. Australia Women, 1951^[31]
  9/111 byKatherine Brunt for England Women v. Australia Women, 2005^[22]

• Highest team total:
  701/4 declared byLeicestershire v. Worcestershire, 1906^[32]
  701/6 declared by Worcestershire vSurrey, 2007^[33]
• Lowest team total:
  30 byHampshire v. Worcestershire, 1903^[34]
• Triple centuries:
  331* byJack Robertson forMiddlesex v. Worcestershire, 1949^[35]
  315* byGraeme Hick for Worcestershire v.Durham, 2002^[36]
  311* byGlenn Turner for Worcestershire v.Warwickshire, 1982^[37]
• Ten wickets in an innings:
  10–51 byJack Mercer forGlamorgan v. Worcestershire, 1936^[38]
  10–76 byJack White forSomerset v. Worcestershire, 1921^[39]
• Fifteen wickets in a match:
  15–106 byReg Perks for Worcestershire v.Essex, 1937^[40]
  15–175 byJack White for Somerset v. Worcestershire, 1921^[39]

• Highest team total:
  404/3 (60 overs) by Worcestershire v.Devon, 1987^[41]
• Lowest team total:
  45 (23.4 overs) by Hampshire v. Worcestershire, 1988^[42]
• Highest individual innings:
  172* byGraeme Hick v. Devon, 1987^[41]
• Best bowling in an innings:
  6–14 byJack Flavell for Worcestershire v.Lancashire, 1963^[43]
  6–14 byHoward Cooper forYorkshire v. Worcestershire, 1975^[44]
  6–16 byShoaib Akhtar for Worcestershire v.Gloucestershire, 2005^[45]

• List of cricket grounds in England and Wales

• Lemmon, David (1989).The Official History of Worcestershire County Cricket Club. London: Christopher Helm.ISBN 0747020132.
• Vockins, M. D. (1980).Worcestershire Country Cricket Club: A Pictorial History. London: Severn House.ISBN 072780619X.

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