Location Worcester, England Phone +44 1905 337922 | Capacity 4,500 Establishment 1896 | |
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First ODI 13 June 1983:
West Indies v Zimbabwe Last ODI 22 May 1999:
Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe Address New Rd, Worcester WR2 4QQ, UK Team Worcestershire County Cricket Club Similar County Cricket Ground, 1st Central County Ground, County Cricket Ground, County Ground - Taunton, Bristol County Ground | ||
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New Road, Worcester, England, has been the home cricket ground of Worcestershire County Cricket Club since 1896. Immediately to the northwest is a road called New Road, part of the A44, hence the name.
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Overview
The ground is situated in central Worcester, on the west bank of the River Severn, overlooked by Worcester Cathedral on the opposite bank. To the northwest is Cripplegate Park.
Until 1976, the ground was owned by the Dean and Chapter of Worcester Cathedral. The capacity of the ground is 4,500, small by first-class standards.
There is a small cricket shop located just outside the ground, selling cricket equipment, clothing, books and accessories. This shop opened in July 2008, replacing a long-standing older shop inside the ground. The shop also contains the administrative office for ticket sales and enquiries.
The New Road ground is often flooded in winter by the nearby river, and was severely affected by the floods of July 2007, leading to the cancellation of several matches, and losses that were estimated to take nine years to recoup. This has influenced the naming of the new Worcestershire T20 side, the Worcestershire Rapids.
Elton John performed at Worcester Cricket Ground in June 2006.
The Club announced that it is to make changes to the ground at the New Road End in 2012. It is due to be completed in August 2013 and includes a Premier Inn and improves the club's corporate facilities by opening a bar and expanding the capacity of the ground to 5500. David Leatherdale (CEO) also said that the New Road End will undergo significant change with an expansion again in seating.
International cricket
New Road has hosted three men's One Day Internationals: one in the 1983 World Cup, when Gordon Greenidge scored 105 not out (the only ever men's international century at the ground) to take the West Indies to an eight-wicket victory over Zimbabwe; and two in the 1999 World Cup: a six-wicket victory for Australia over Scotland and a four-wicket victory for Sri Lanka over Zimbabwe.
The ground has also seen nine Women's Test matches between 1951 and 2009, including the England Women's decisive victory during the 2005 Ashes, in which Katherine Brunt scored 52 and took match figures of 9/111; Brunt also took a first-innings 6/69 in 2009 Ashes Test at Worcester, which was drawn. It has staged a single Women's ODI in 2000, a match curtailed by rain in which South Africa defeated England on run rate.
The England Lions (formerly England A) played a four-day match against the Australian touring side at New Road in 2009; in a drawn match, Mike Hussey (150) and Marcus North (191 not out) made runs, while Worcestershire's Stephen Moore responded with 120; Brett Lee took 6/76.
In 2013, Worcestershire hosted the touring 'Australians' at New Road and the First-Class game along with merchandise sales brought in a six-figure sum for the club.
Men's One-Day Internationals
218/2 (48.3 overs) by West Indies v Zimbabwe, 1983
181/7 (50 overs) by Scotland v Australia, 1999
105* by Gordon Greenidge for West Indies v Zimbabwe, 1983
3-30 by Pramodya Wickramasinghe for Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 1999
Women's Tests
427/4 declared by Australia Women v England Women, 1998
63 by New Zealand Women v England Women, 1954
190 by Sandhya Agarwal, India Women v England Women, 1986
7/34 by Gill McConway, England Women v India Women, 1986
9/107 by Mary Duggan for England Women v Australia Women, 1951
9/111 by Katherine Brunt for England Women v Australia Women, 2005
First-class
701/4 declared by Leicestershire v Worcestershire, 1906
701/6 declared by Worcestershire v Surrey, 2007
30 by Hampshire v Worcestershire, 1903
331* by Jack Robertson for Middlesex v Worcestershire, 1949
315* by Graeme Hick for Worcestershire v Durham, 2002
311* by Glenn Turner for Worcestershire v Warwickshire, 1982
10-51 by Jack Mercer for Glamorgan v Worcestershire, 1936
10-76 by Jack White for Somerset v Worcestershire, 1921
15-106 by Reg Perks for Worcestershire v Essex, 1937
15-175 by Jack White for Somerset v Worcestershire, 1921
List A
404/3 (60 overs) by Worcestershire v Devon, 1987
45 (23.4 overs) by Hampshire v Worcestershire, 1988
172* by Graeme Hick v Devon, 1987
6-14 by Jack Flavell for Worcestershire v Lancashire, 1963
6-14 by Howard Cooper for Yorkshire v Worcestershire, 1975
6-16 by Shoaib Akhtar for Worcestershire v Gloucestershire, 2005
International Centuries
Single ODI century has been scored at the venue.