Old Trafford Cricket Ground
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| Location | Old Trafford Greater Manchester England |
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| Establishment | 1857 | |||
| Seating capacity | 19,000 | |||
| End names | Stretford End Brian Statham End |
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| First Test | 10 July 1884: England v Australia | |||
| Last Test | 23 May 2008: England v New Zealand | |||
| First ODI | 24 August 1972: England v Australia | |||
| Last ODI | 30 August 2007: England v India | |||
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| Years | Team | |||
| 1865 – present | Lancashire | |||
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The Old Trafford Cricket Ground,[1] usually known as simply Old Trafford, is a cricket ground situated on Talbot Road in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England that has been the home of Manchester Cricket Club since 1856 and of the Lancashire County Cricket Club since it was founded in 1864. International Test matches have been played there since 1884. Most of Greater Manchester lies within the historic County of Lancashire, and within the County Palatine, hence the location of the club in Greater Manchester.
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[edit] The ground
The cricket ground is near the Old Trafford football stadium in the borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester, to the south west of central Manchester. Its capacity is 22,000 for Test matches, for which temporary stands are erected, and 15,000 for other matches. In 1884, Old Trafford became the second Test venue used in England, before Lord's and after The Oval;[2] it has hosted the 72 Tests, the third highest number in England, behind Lord's and The Oval.[2]
30,000 fans were locked out on the 5th day of the 3rd Test of the 2005 Ashes series due to a sell-out crowd.[3]
The two ends of the ground were known as the Warwick Road End (to the east) and the Stretford End (to the west). The section of Warwick Road leading to the Metrolink Station was renamed Brian Statham Way (in honour of the former Lancashire and England player) and this end of the ground is now known as the Brian Statham End.
When Sophia Gardens, Cardiff comes on stream as a test match venue in 2009 it will supplant Old Trafford as the wettest test cricket venue in England and Wales.[4]
[edit] Notable moments at Old Trafford
- 1909 - Frank Laver Australian player/manager took 8-31 in the drawn test.
- 1930 - 1948 - Donald Bradman played three Tests at Old Trafford, scoring just 81 runs at 27.00 - his innings being 14 (1930), 30 (1934) and 7 and 30* (1948). He told Bill Frindall that the light was always so bad that he couldn't see the ball.
- 1956 - Jim Laker became the first person to take all 10 wickets in a Test match innings; achieving figures of 10 for 53 in the fourth Test against Australia (the only other bowler to take all 10 wickets is Anil Kumble of India in 1999). Having also taken 9 for 37 in the first innings, Laker ended the match with record figures of 19 for 90, which remain unmatched to this day.
- 1971 - the Gillette Cup semi-final between Lancashire and Gloucestershire was played in near-darkness. With the time approaching 8.45 pm and 25 runs still needed from the five remaining overs, David Hughes walked out to bat. Hughes, somehow seeing well enough, hit 24 off a single over and set up a notable Lancashire victory.
- 1984 - Sir Vivian Richards scored his notable 189 not out for the West Indies in the 1st one-day international for the Texaco Trophy against England. Richards added 106 runs for the last wicket - an unbroken stand to which Michael Holding contributed 12 runs. Richards hammered 21 fours and 5 sixes. When Holding joined Sir Viv at the crease, the West Indies were in a parlous position at 166 for 9, of which Sir Viv had made 98.]
- 1990 - Sachin Tendulkar scored his first Test hundred at the age of 18 to help India draw the Test.
- 1993 - Shane Warne's "Ball of the Century" to Mike Gatting.
- 2005 - The third Test of the Ashes series ended in a thrilling draw, with thousands of fans shut out of the ground on the final day as tickets were sold out.
[edit] Future plans
The cricket ground will form the centre of an anticipated 750,000 sq ft development which will have at its heart a new 25,000 - 30,000 seater stadium on its historic site, with new stands, conferencing and banqueting facilities and hotel, and education, training and other sports opportunities for the local community.
Various options for development are now being considered. The development partners are considering a mixed-use scheme of significant quality with business space, residential, retail, hotel, leisure and other supporting development with a potential end value of £190m. More than 2,000 new jobs could be created by the development.
[edit] Musical venue
The ground is occasionally used as a venue for large-scale concerts, with hometown band Oasis playing there in 2002. Richard Ashcroft performing a homecoming gig, supported by Razorlight, at the ground on 2006-06-17. The day after on 2006-06-18, Foo Fighters played with support from The Strokes, Angels & Airwaves, The Subways and Eagles of Death Metal. On the 28-29 July 2007, Arctic Monkeys hosted and headlined a "mini-festival" on the ground, supported by Supergrass, The Coral, The Parrots and Amy Winehouse.[5] It was also the venue for the Move Festival which took place between 2002 and 2004, artists who appeared over the three years included Green Day, David Bowie, R.E.M., New Order and Morrissey. The ground will also host Radiohead on 2008-06-29 as part of their world tour.
[edit] References
- ^ Lancashire County Cricket Club contact details
- ^ a b Rose Bowl awarded Test in 2011. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 2008-04-11.
- ^ "Ashes to Ashes", BBC.co.uk, 21 April 2006
- ^ "Welsh undeterred by damp dress rehearsal", Charles Randall, The Daily Telegraph, 31 August 2006
- ^ "Arctic Monkeys confirm festival plans", NME, 2007-01-26. Retrieved on 2007-02-05.
[edit] See also
- Lancashire County Cricket Club in 2005
- List of cricket grounds in England and Wales
- List of Test cricket grounds
[edit] External links
- Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Cricinfo
- Old Trafford Cricket Ground on ECB
- Old Trafford Cricket Ground on Wikimapia
- Lancashire County Cricket Club
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