One hundred and twenty-seven grounds have hosted men's Test cricket since the first officially recognised Test match between Australia and England in Melbourne in March 1877. The grounds are listed in the order in which they were first used as a venue for a men's Test cricket match. The list excludes World Series Cricket venues and women's Test venues.
On 8 July 2009, Sophia Gardens in Cardiff became the 100th Test venue. Great Barrier Reef Arena in Mackay became the 127th and most recent Test venue when it staged the second Test match between Australia and Bangladesh in August 2026.
List of men's Test cricket grounds Last updated on 9 September 2026 (Test 2635):
No. Stadium City Country First match Last match No. of Tests1Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Australia1182The Oval London England1093Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney Australia1134Old Trafford Cricket Ground Manchester England865Lord's London England1516Adelaide Oval Adelaide Australia847St George's Park Gqeberha South Africa338Newlands Cricket Ground Cape Town South Africa619Old Wanderers Johannesburg South Africa2210Trent Bridge Nottingham England6811Headingley Cricket Ground Leeds England8312Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham England5813Bramall Lane Sheffield England114Lord's No. 1 Ground Durban South Africa415Kingsmead Cricket Ground Durban South Africa4616Brisbane Exhibition Ground Brisbane Australia217Lancaster Park Christchurch New Zealand4018Kensington OvalBridgetown Barbados5619Basin Reserve Wellington New Zealand7020Queen's Park OvalPort of Spain Trinidad and Tobago6421Eden Park Auckland New Zealand5022BourdaGeorgetown Guyana3023Sabina ParkKingston Jamaica5624The Gabba Brisbane Australia6825Bombay Gymkhana Ground Mumbai India126Eden Gardens Kolkata India4327M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Chennai India3528Arun Jaitley Stadium New Delhi India3629Brabourne Stadium Mumbai India1830Ellis Park Stadium Johannesburg South Africa631Green Park Stadium Kanpur India2432University Ground Lucknow India133Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka Bangladesh1734Bahawal Stadium Bahawalpur Pakistan135Bagh-e-Jinnah Lahore Pakistan336Peshawar Club Ground Peshawar Pakistan137National Stadium Karachi Pakistan 4738Carisbrook Dunedin New Zealand 1039Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad India340Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Chennai India941New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg South Africa4442Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Pakistan 4243Pindi Club Ground Rawalpindi Pakistan144Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground Nagpur India945WACA Ground Perth Australia4446Niaz Stadium Hyderabad Pakistan547M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore India2548Wankhede Stadium Mumbai India2749Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad Pakistan2450McLean Park Napier New Zealand1051Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium Multan Pakistan152Antigua Recreation GroundSt. John's Antigua and Barbuda2253Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Colombo Sri Lanka 2254Asgiriya Stadium Kandy Sri Lanka 2155Gandhi Stadium Jalandhar India156Narendra Modi Stadium Ahmedabad India1657Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 4758Colombo Cricket Club Ground Colombo Sri Lanka 359Jinnah Stadium Sialkot Pakistan460Barabati Stadium Cuttack India261Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur India162Bellerive Oval Hobart Australia1463Sector 16 Stadium Chandigarh India164Seddon Park Hamilton New Zealand2965Jinnah Stadium Gujranwala Pakistan166R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo Sri Lanka 967De Soysa Stadium Moratuwa Sri Lanka 468Harare Sports Club Ground Harare Zimbabwe4169Bulawayo Athletic Club Ground Bulawayo Zimbabwe170Southend Club Cricket Stadium Karachi Pakistan171Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi Pakistan1772K. D. Singh Babu Stadium Lucknow India173Queens Sports Club Ground Bulawayo Zimbabwe3274Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium Mohali India1475Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar Pakistan676Centurion Park Centurion South Africa3077Sheikhupura Stadium Sheikhupura Pakistan278Arnos Vale StadiumKingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines379Galle International Stadium Galle Sri Lanka 5080Mangaung Oval Bloemfontein South Africa581Multan Cricket Stadium Multan Pakistan1082M. A. Aziz Stadium Chittagong Bangladesh883Sharjah Cricket Stadium Sharjah United Arab Emirates984National Cricket StadiumSt. George's Grenada585Buffalo Park East London South Africa186Senwes Park Potchefstroom South Africa287Riverside Ground Chester-le-Street England688Darren Sammy Cricket GroundRodney Bay Saint Lucia1089Marrara Stadium Darwin Australia 390Cazalys Stadium Cairns Australia291Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium Chittagong Bangladesh2692Shaheed Chandu Stadium Bogra Bangladesh193Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium Fatullah Bangladesh294Warner Park StadiumBasseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis395Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Mirpur Bangladesh3096University of Otago Oval Dunedin New Zealand897Providence StadiumProvidence Guyana398Sir Vivian Richards StadiumSt. John's Antigua and Barbuda1599Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium Nagpur India7100Sophia Gardens Cardiff Wales3101Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Hyderabad India 6102Dubai International Cricket Stadium Dubai United Arab Emirates 13103Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates 15104Pallekele International Cricket Stadium Pallekele Sri Lanka 9105Rose Bowl Southampton England7106Windsor ParkRoseau Dominica6107Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium Khulna Bangladesh3108Hagley Oval Christchurch New Zealand15109 Holkar Stadium Indore India 3110 Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium Rajkot India 3111 Dr. Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy International Cricket Stadium Visakhapatnam India 3112 Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium Pune India 3113 JSCA International Stadium Complex Ranchi India 3114 Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium Dharamshala India 2115 Malahide Cricket Club Ground Dublin Ireland1116Sylhet International Cricket Stadium Sylhet Bangladesh6117Perth Stadium Perth Australia 6118Manuka Oval Canberra Australia 1119Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium Dehradun India1120Bay Oval Mount Maunganui New Zealand6121BRSABV Ekana Cricket StadiumLucknow India1122Tolerance OvalAbu Dhabi United Arab Emirates1123Stormont Belfast Northern Ireland2124Assam Cricket Association Stadium Guwahati India1 125Maharaja Yadavindra Singh International Cricket Stadium New Chandigarh India1 126Brian Lara Cricket Academy San Fernando Trinidad and Tobago1 127Great Barrier Reef Arena Mackay Australia1
– 22 Tests from 1896 to 1939; not used for first-class cricket since 1946; redeveloped as Johannesburg Railway Station. – Staged only one Test; not used for cricket since 1973; home ground of Sheffield United F.C. – 4 Tests from 1910 to 1921; not used for first-class cricket since 1922; demolished. – Staged two Tests, one in 1928 and the other in 1931; not used for first-class cricket since 1931. – 6 Tests from 1948 to 1954; not used for first-class cricket since 1956; now used only for rugby union. – First used by Pakistan for 8 Tests, later for 9 Tests by Bangladesh, including the inaugural home Test for both sides, on 1 January 1955 and 10 November 2000 respectively. Used exclusively for football since March 2005. – Staged only one Test in 1992; subsequent Tests in Bulawayo played at the Queens Sports Club. – Hosted the first Day-Night Test match on 27 November 2015.
Grounds by country List of number of grounds by country up to 9 September 2026 (Test 2635):
Country No. of stadiums Location of first match City Date of first match No. of Tests Antigua and Barbuda 2 Antigua Recreation Ground St. John's 37 Australia 13 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne 457 Bangladesh 8 National Stadium Dhaka 85 Barbados 1 Kensington Oval Bridgetown 56 Dominica 1 Windsor Park Roseau 6 England 9 The Oval London 569 Grenada 1 Queen's Park St. George's 5 Guyana 2 Bourda Georgetown 33 India 31 Bombay Gymkhana Ground Mumbai 301 Ireland 1 Malahide Cricket Club Ground Dublin 1 Jamaica 1 Sabina Park Kingston 56 New Zealand 9 Lancaster Park Christchurch 238 Northern Ireland 1 Stormont Belfast 2 Pakistan 16 Bahawal Stadium Bahawalpur 173 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 Warner Park Basseterre 3 Saint Lucia 1 Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium Rodney Bay 10 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 The Playing Fields Kingstown 3 South Africa 11 St George's Park Cricket Ground Port Elizabeth 254 Sri Lanka 8 Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium Colombo 165 Trinidad and Tobago 2 Queen's Park Oval Port of Spain 65 4 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Sharjah 38 Wales 1 Sophia Gardens Cardiff 3 Zimbabwe 3 Harare Sports Club Harare 74
See also List of One Day International cricket grounds List of Twenty20 International cricket grounds List of women's Test cricket grounds List of cricket grounds by capacity
References Specific
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External links ESPNcricinfo – Grounds