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Test match grounds: In chronological sequence
Wisden CricInfo staff - September 27, 2001

  City and Ground   City and Ground First Test Match Tests
 1 Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground  1 Melbourne, Melbourne Cricket Ground March 15, 1877 A v E 92
 2 London, Kennington Oval  2 London, Kennington Oval September 6, 1880 E v A 83
 3 Sydney, Sydney Cricket Ground (No. 1)  3 Sydney, Sydney Cricket Ground (No. 1) February 17, 1882 A v E 86
 4 Manchester, Old Trafford  4 Manchester, Old Trafford July 11, 1884 E v A 66
 5 London, Lord's July 21, 1884 E v A 100
 6 Adelaide, Adelaide Oval December 12, 1884 A v E 58
 7 Port Elizabeth, St George's Park March 12, 1889 SA v E 18
 8 Cape Town, Newlands March 25, 1889 SA v E 32
 9 Johannesburg, Old Wanderers March 2, 1896 SA v E 22
Now the site of Johannesburg Railway Station.
10 Nottingham, Trent Bridge June 1, 1899 E v A 47
11 Leeds, Headingley June 29, 1899 E v A 61
12 Birmingham, Edgbaston May 29, 1902 E v A 36
13 Sheffield, Bramall Lane July 3, 1902 E v A  1
Sheffield United Football Club have built a stand over the cricket pitch.
14 Durban, Lord's January 21, 1910 SA v E  4
Ground destroyed and built on.
15 Durban, Kingsmead January 18, 1923 SA v E 27
16 Brisbane, Exhibition Ground November 30, 1928 A v E  2
No longer used for cricket.
17 Christchurch, Lancaster Park January 10, 1930 NZ v E 36
Ground also known under sponsors' names.
18 Bridgetown, Kensington Oval January 11, 1930 WI v E 36
19 Wellington, Basin Reserve January 24, 1930 NZ v E 36
20 Port-of-Spain, Queen's Park Oval February 1, 1930 WI v E 49
21 Auckland, Eden Park February 17, 1930 NZ v E 42
22 Georgetown, Bourda February 21, 1930 WI v E 26
23 Kingston, Sabina Park April 3, 1930 WI v E 35
24 Brisbane, Woolloongabba November 27, 1931 A v SA 42
25 Bombay, Gymkhana Ground December 15, 1933 I v E  1
No longer used for first-class cricket.
26 Calcutta, Eden Gardens January 5, 1934 I v E 30
   City and Ground    City and Ground First Test Match Tests
27 Madras (now Chennai),
  Chepauk (Chidambaram Stadium) February 10, 1934 I v E 24
28 Delhi, Feroz Shah Kotla November 10, 1948 I v WI 25
29 Bombay, Brabourne Stadium December 9, 1948 I v WI 17
Rarely used for first-class cricket.
30 Johannesburg, Ellis Park December 27, 1948 SA v E  6
Mainly a rugby stadium, no longer used for cricket.
31 Kanpur, Green Park (Modi Stadium) January 12, 1952 I v E 18
32 Lucknow, University Ground October 25, 1952 I v P  1
Ground destroyed, now partly under a river bed.
33 Dacca (now Dhaka),
  Dacca (now Bangabandhu) Stadium January 1, 1955 P v I  8
Originally in East Pakistan, now Bangladesh.
34 Bahawalpur, Dring (now Bahawal) Stadium January 15, 1955 P v I  1
Still used for first-class cricket.
35 Lahore, Lawrence Gardens (Bagh-i-Jinnah) January 29, 1955 P v I  3
Still used for club and occasional first-class matches.
36 Peshawar, Services Ground February 13, 1955 P v I  1
Superseded by new stadium.
37 Karachi, National Stadium February 26, 1955 P v I 34
38 Dunedin, Carisbrook March 11, 1955 NZ v E 10
39 Hyderabad, Fateh Maidan
  (Lal Bahadur Stadium) November 19, 1955 I v NZ  3
40 Madras, Corporation Stadium January 6, 1956 I v NZ  9
Superseded by rebuilt Chepauk Stadium.
41 Johannesburg, Wanderers December 24, 1956 SA v E 21
42 Lahore, Gaddafi Stadium November 21, 1959 P v A 30
43 Rawalpindi, Pindi Club Ground March 27, 1965 P v NZ  1
Superseded by new stadium.
44 Nagpur, Vidarbha C.A. Ground October 3, 1969 I v NZ  5
45 Perth, Western Australian C.A. Ground December 11, 1970 A v E 27
46 Hyderabad, Niaz Stadium March 16, 1973 P v E  5
47 Bangalore, Karnataka State C.A. Ground
  (Chinnaswamy Stadium) November 22, 1974 I v WI 13
48 Bombay (now Mumbai), Wankhede Stadium January 23, 1975 I v WI 17
49 Faisalabad, Iqbal Stadium October 16, 1978 P v I 19
50 Napier, McLean Park February 16, 1979 NZ v P  3
51 Multan, Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium December 30, 1980 P v WI  1
52 St John's (Antigua), Recreation Ground March 27, 1981 WI v E 15
53 Colombo, P. Saravanamuttu Stadium February 17, 1982 SL v E  6
54 Kandy, Asgiriya Stadium April 22, 1983 SL v A 10
55 Jullundur, Burlton Park September 24, 1983 I v P  1
56 Ahmedabad, Gujarat Stadium November 12, 1983 I v WI  5
57 Colombo, Sinhalese Sports Club Ground March 16, 1984 SL v NZ 16
58 Colombo, Colombo Cricket Club Ground March 24, 1984 SL v NZ  3
59 Sialkot, Jinnah Stadium October 27, 1985 P v SL  4
60 Cuttack, Barabati Stadium January 4, 1987 I v SL  2
61 Jaipur, Sawai Mansingh Stadium February 21, 1987 I v P  1
62 Hobart, Bellerive Oval December 16, 1989 A v SL  5
63 Chandigarh, Sector 16 Stadium November 23, 1990 I v SL  1
Superseded by Mohali ground.
64 Hamilton, Seddon Park February 22, 1991 NZ v SL  8
Ground also known under various sponsors' names.
65 Gujranwala, Municipal Stadium December 20, 1991 P v SL
66 Colombo, R. Premadasa (Khettarama) Stadium August 28, 1992 SL v A  5
67 Moratuwa, Tyronne Fernando Stadium September 8, 1992 SL v A  4
68 Harare, Harare Sports Club October 18, 1992 Z v I  150
69 Bulawayo, Bulawayo Athletic Club November 1, 1992 Z v NZ  1
Superseded by Queens Sports Club ground.
70 Karachi, Defence Stadium December 1, 1993 P v Z  1
   City and Ground    City and Ground First Test Match Tests
71 Rawalpindi, Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium December 9, 1993 P v Z 7
72 Lucknow, K. D. "Babu" Singh Stadium January 18, 1994 I v SL 1
73 Bulawayo, Queens Sports Club October 20, 1994 Z v SL 6
74 Mohali, Punjab Cricket Association Stadium December 10, 1994 I v WI 3
75 Peshawar, Arbab Niaz Stadium September 8, 1995 P v SL 5
76 Centurion ( formerly Verwoerdburg), Centurion Park November 16, 1995 SA v E 5
77 Sheikhupura, Municipal Stadium October 17, 1996 P v Z 2
78 St Vincent, Arnos Vale June 20, 1997 WI v SL 1
79 Galle, International Stadium June 3, 1998 SL v NZ 4
80 Springbok Park, Bloemfontein October 29, 1999 SA v Z 1

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