Bristol County Ground is one of the famous venues in England which is the home for Gloucestershire County Cricket Club and the England National Cricket Team. The ground is well known for his old track records, established in 1889 and the first International match was played here was on 13 June 1983. It was an ODI match between New Zealand v Sri Lanka. The venue also hosts T20 internationals, the first match was played between England v Pakistan on 28 August 2006. It hasn’t hosted any International Test match yet. In the coming ICC World Cup 2019, Bristol will host 3 matches of it.
Following are the details about the stadium
Area: Bishopston
City: Bristol, England
Address: County Ground, Nevil Road, Bishopston, Bristol, BS7 9EJ
Established: 1889
Capacity: 8000 (15,000 ODIs)
Floodlights Installed: In 2016
Home team: Gloucestershire
Local time zone: (UTC +01 00)
Also or formerly known as:
The Royal & Sun Alliance County Ground |
Ashley Down Ground |
Fry's Ground |
Phoenix County Ground |
The Brightside Ground |
Nevil Road |
End names:
Pavilion End |
Ashley Down Road End |
Records and statistics
First ODI |
New Zealand v Sri Lanka - Jun 13, 1983 |
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First T20I |
England v Pakistan - Aug 28, 2006 |
One Day International Centuries
The following table summarizes the One Day International centuries scored at Bristol County Ground
Date |
Score |
Player |
Team |
Balls |
Opposing team |
Result |
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1 |
23 May 1999 |
140* |
Sachin Tendulkar |
India |
101 |
Kenya |
Won |
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2 |
23 May 1999 |
104* |
Rahul Dravid |
India |
109 |
Kenya |
Won |
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3 |
10 June 2001 |
102 |
Ricky Ponting |
Australia |
101 |
England |
Won |
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4 |
11 July 2002 |
113 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
India |
101 |
Sri Lanka |
Won |
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5 |
4 July 2004 |
106 |
Andrew Flintoff |
England |
121 |
New Zealand |
Lost |
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6 |
24 Sept 2017 |
102 |
Moeen Ali |
England |
57 |
West Indies |
Won |
Saturday 1 June 2019 (50ovs) |
Afghanistan VS Australia |
Friday 7 June 2019 (50ovs) |
Pakistan VS Sri Lanka |
Tuesday 11 June 2019 (50ovs) |
Bangladesh VS Sri Lanka |