The County Ground in Taunton is known as The Cooper Associates County Ground because of the sponsorship reasons. The Taunton ground is the home of cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club since its inception in 1882. The First International match that played here was ODI World Cup match between England v Sri Lanka on 11 June 1983. The first T20I match that has played here was England v South Africa on 23 June 2017. Cooper Associates County Ground become the home ground of England Women’s team in 2006, they are playing here since 1997.
The ground has hosted 2 group matches of 1999 World Cup that played in England. The legacy of hosting ODI World Cup matches is continuing as Taunton ground has got 3 matches to host of ICC 2019 Cricket World Cup.
Here is the information regarding the Taunton Stadium in Englan
City: Taunton, England
Address: The County Ground, St. James's Street, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1JT
Phone: 01823 272946 / 254287
Established: 1882
Capacity: 6500
Floodlights: No
Local time zone: UTC +0100
Also or formerly known as
Athletic Ground |
County Ground |
End names
River End |
Old Pavilion End |
Home teams
English Team |
Somerset County |
First ODI |
England v Sri Lanka - Jun 11, 1983 |
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Only T20I |
England v South Africa - Jun 23, 2017 |
There are 3 ODI centuries have been scored at County Ground, Taunton
No. |
Player |
Score |
Team |
Balls |
Opposing team |
Date |
Result |
1 |
David Gower |
130 |
England |
120 |
Sri Lanka |
11 June 1983 |
Won |
2 |
Sourav Ganguly |
183 |
India |
129 |
Sri Lanka |
26 May 1999 |
Won |
3 |
Rahul Dravid |
145 |
India |
120 |
Sri Lanka |
26 May 1999 |
Won |
Sat Jun 8 June 2019 |
Afghanistan v New Zealand |
Wed Jun 12 June 2019 |
Australia v Pakistan |
Mon 17 June 2019 |
Bangladesh v West Indies |