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Home to the Warwickshire County Cricket Club, Edgbaston cricket ground is UKs second largest ground after Lords, having a capacity of 25,000 people. Edgbaston came to the spotlight after being selected as the host ground for a domestic T20 Grand Finals. This ground has seen several milestones achieved, such as Brian Lara’s first-class record of 501 not out. Moreover, the Edgbaston Cricket Ground was host to the world’s greatest test match between England and Australia in the 2005 Ashes series, which unfortunately Australia lost by the barest of margins of 2 runs.

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Ashes Cricket: Where It All Began

As well as Australia, England has a rich history of cricket matches, a dedicated fanbase, and even inter-county games. County championship games played between a number of teams: Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Glamorgan, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent Cricket, Lancashire Cricket, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire, and Yorkshire. Edgbaston is a cricket ground in Edgbaston, Birmingham, the fourth-largest cricket grounds in England, and the home base of Warwickshire County Cricket Club and Birmingham Bears.

Edgbaston has been the grounds for many test matches, One-Day Internationals and Twenty-20 Internationals. In 2013, Edgbaston became the first venue, excluding Lords, to host a major international one-day tournament final: the ICC Champions final. Edgbaston may be smaller than Lord’s, Old Trafford, and the Oval, but it has been host to some massive tournaments, including the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019 (England’s first world cup) and ICC Champions Trophy in 2017.

Previously owned by the Calthorpe Estate in the 1800s, it was later passed onto Wylam Investments. The initial intention behind the grounds is that they would help create the image of a first-class suburb of Birmingham, and the railway system in the area would make it perfect home grounds for the Warwickshire County Cricket Club. The Club were promised a 12-acre “meadow of rough grazing land”, but were instead greeted with a less attractive development on the banks of the River Rea. Once an agreement was reached in 1885, to lease the land for £5 per acre over two decades; and the site was drained, enclosed and decked out with a wooden pavilion, the team were rearing to go. The first match took place the following year against the MCC, attracting 3,000 spectators over a two-day period, with 6000 showing up to watch Warwickshire v Australia. The first test match hosted at Edgbaston was the first Ashes game against Australia in 1902. This development persuaded the club to erect a permanent stand, two temporary stands and facilities for nearly 100 members of press, costing the club a pretty sum of £1,500. Edgbaston underwent a development in 2010-11, to the tune of 32 million, raising the ground’s capacity to 25,000.These venues continue to host cricket games today, with an Ashes cricket tour of Lord’s, Edgbaston, Headingley, Old Trafford, and The Oval coming to you in 2023. Secure your spot on the waitlist now so you don’t have to miss a moment of cricket action from your favourite teams.

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