Grace Road

Grace Road
	The Pavilion at Grace Road
Ground information
Location	Leicester, England
Establishment	1878
Capacity	6,000 cricket matches / 19,999 music concerts
	End names
	Pavilion End ; Bennett End
International information
First ODI	11 June 1983:; India v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	27 May 1999:; Scotland v West Indies
Team information
Leicestershire	(1894 – present)
	As of 8 September 2008; Source: CricketArchive

Grace Road, known for sponsorship reasons as the Fischer County Ground, Grace Road,[1] is a cricket ground in Leicester, England. It is the home ground and administrative base of Leicestershire County Cricket Club.

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History

The Bennett End of the ground

The Meet (right)

Leicestershire County Cricket Club bought in 1877 the land on which Grace Road now stands from the then Duke of Rutland, and spent the massive sum of £40,000 on developing a cricket club, athletic track and hotel.[2] The first match played there took place three months later, when Leicestershire beat the touring Australia team. Contrary to popular belief, the road was named after a local property owner, not W. G. Grace.

Leicestershire left the Grace Road site in 1901 due to lack of public transport to the ground causing low crowds.[3] They moved to a site near to Aylestone Road in order to be closer to the city centre. Leicestershire did eventually return to Grace Road in 1946, after the end of the Second World War,[4] and have been based there ever since, re-purchasing the land in 1966.

The record attendance is 16,000 who watched the match against the touring 1948 Australians.

Irish pop vocal band Westlife will be performing in the stadium on 16 July 2020 for their "Stadiums in the Summer Tour".

International cricket

Three One Day Internationals have been played at Grace Road, although none have involved England.

In the 1983 Cricket World Cup eventual winners India, chasing a target of 156, beat Zimbabwe by five wickets.[5] The second and third games were both in the 1999 World Cup. In the second Zimbabwe beat India by three runs,[6] and in the third the West Indies beat Scotland by eight wickets.[7]

International centuries

Women's Test centuries

One WTest century has been scored at the venue.[8]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Opposing team	Innings	Date	Result
1	115	Claire Taylor	England	233	India	3	8 August 2006	Drawn

Women's One-Day International centuries

Five WODI centuries have been scored at the venue.[9]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Opposing team	Innings	Date	Result
1	106	Heather Knight	England	109	Pakistan	1	27 June 2017	Won
2	137	Natalie Sciver	England	92	Pakistan	1	27 June 2017	Won
3	104*	Deandra Dottin	West Indies	76	Pakistan	1	11 July 2017	Won
4	117*	Sophie Devine	New Zealand	116	England	2	13 July 2018	Won
5	114	Tammy Beaumont	England	115	Australia	1	4 July 2019	Lost

Dimensions

In front of the wicket at both ends the pitch is measured at 56 metres, while square of the wicket on both sides the dimensions are recorded as 76 metres. This is larger than most county grounds, but smaller than some of England's major international venues such as the Oval.

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References

http://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/news/2016/january/landmark-deal-sees-ground-become-the-fischer-county-ground-grace-road.html
Grounds - Grace Road, Leicester
History of Leicestershire
Main Developments at Grace Road 1878-2007 Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine
India v Zimbabwe 1983
India v Zimbabwe 1999 Archived 2012-09-19 at Archive.today
Scotland v West Indies 1999
"Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Test Matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
"Statistics / Statsguru / Women's One-Day International Matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

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[1] ttp://www.leicestershireccc.co.uk/news/2016/january/landmark-deal-sees-ground-become-the-fischer-county-ground-grace-road.html

[2] Grounds - Grace Road, Leicester

[3] History of Leicestershire

[4] Main Developments at Grace Road 1878-2007 Archived 2008-10-11 at the Wayback Machine

[5] India v Zimbabwe 1983

[6] India v Zimbabwe 1999 Archived 2012-09-19 at Archive.today

[7] Scotland v West Indies 1999

[8] "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's Test Matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.

[9] "Statistics / Statsguru / Women's One-Day International Matches / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 5 July 2019.