Grace Road

Grace Road
Grace Road Pavilion.jpg
The Pavilion at Grace Road
Ground information
LocationLeicester, England
Establishment1878
Capacity12,000
End names
Pavilion End GraceRoadCricketGroundPitchDimensions.svg
Bennett End
International information
First ODI11 June 1983:
 India v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI27 May 1999:
 Scotland v  West Indies
Team information
Leicestershire (1894 – present)
As of 8 September 2008
Source: CricketArchive

Grace Road, known for sponsorship reasons as the Fischer County Ground, Grace Road,[1] is a cricket ground in Leicester, England. It is the home ground and administrative base of Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

History

The Bennett End of the ground
The Meet (right)

Leicestershire County Cricket Club bought in 1877 the land on which Grace Road now stands from the then Duke 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 beat the touring Australia team. Contrary to popular belief, the road was named after a local property owner, not W. G. Grace.

Leicestershire left the Grace Road site in 1901 due to lack of public transport to the ground causing low crowds.[3] They moved to a site near to Aylestone Road in order to be closer to the city centre. Leicestershire did eventually return to Grace Road in 1946, after the end of the Second World War,[4] and have been based there ever since, re-purchasing the land in 1966.

The record attendance is 16,000 who watched the match against the touring 1948 Australians.

Irish pop vocal band Westlife will be performing in the stadium on 16 July 2020 for their "Stadiums in the Summer Tour".

International cricket

Three One Day Internationals have been played at Grace Road, although none have involved England.

In the 1983 Cricket World Cup eventual winners India, chasing a target of 156, beat Zimbabwe by five wickets.[5] The second and third games were both in the 1999 World Cup. In the second Zimbabwe beat India by three runs,[6] and in the third the West Indies beat Scotland by eight wickets.[7]

International centuries

Women's Test centuries

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

Women's One-Day International centuries

Five 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  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  England 115  Australia 1 4 July 2019 Lost

Dimensions

In front of the wicket at both ends the pitch is measured at 56 metres, while square of the wicket on both sides the dimensions are recorded as 76 metres. This is larger than most county grounds, but smaller than some of England's major international venues such as the Oval.

See also

References

  1. ^ http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/news/2016/january/landmark-deal-sees-ground-become-the-fischer-county-ground-grace-road.html
  2. ^ Grounds - Grace Road, Leicester
  3. ^ History of Leicestershire
  4. ^ Main Developments at Grace Road 1878-2007 Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ India v Zimbabwe 1983
  6. ^ India v Zimbabwe 1999 Archived 2012-09-19 at Archive.today
  7. ^ Scotland v West Indies 1999
  8. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Test Matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
  9. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's One-Day International Matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

Coordinates: 52°36′28.13″N 1°08′33.67″W / 52.6078139°N 1.1426861°W / 52.6078139; -1.1426861


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