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New Road is a

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...

ground in the English city of Worcester. It has been the home ground of

Worcestershire County Cricket Club Worcestershire County Cricket Club is one of eighteen first-class county clubs within the domestic cricket structure of England and Wales. It represents the historic county of Worcestershire. Its Vitality Blast T20 team has been rebranded ...

since 1896. Since October 2017 the ground has been known for sponsorship purposes as Blackfinch New Road following a five-year sponsorship arrangement with Blackfinch Investments.Worcestershire CCC Signs Five-Year Deal With Blackfinch Investments, Renames New Road
Sports Business Daily, 27 October 2017. Retrieved 24 November 2018.

Overview

The ground is situated in central Worcester, on the west bank of the

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, overlooked by

Worcester Cathedral Worcester Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in Worcester, in Worcestershire, England, situated on a bank overlooking the River Severn. It is the seat of the Bishop of Worcester. Its official name is the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Bles ...

on the opposite bank. Immediately to the northwest is a road called New Road, part of the A44, hence the name. To the northwest is

Cripplegate Park Cripplegate was a gate in the London Wall which once enclosed the City of London. The gate gave its name to the Cripplegate ward of the City which straddles the line of the former wall and gate, a line which continues to divide the ward into ...

. Until 1976, the ground was owned by the Dean and Chapter of

. 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 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.

Elton John Sir Elton Hercules John (born Reginald Kenneth Dwight; 25 March 1947) is a British singer, pianist and composer. Commonly nicknamed the "Rocket Man" after his 1972 hit single of the same name, John has led a commercially successful career a ...

performed at Worcester Cricket Ground in June 2006.

International cricket

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New Road has hosted three men's

One Day International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup ...

s: one in the

1983 World Cup The 1983 Cricket World Cup (officially the Prudential Cup '83) was the 3rd edition of the Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 to 25 June 1983 in England and Wales and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event. E ...

, when

Gordon Greenidge Sir Cuthbert Gordon Greenidge (born 1 May 1951) is a Barbadian, former first-class cricketer, who represented the West Indies in Test and One-day Cricket for 17 years. Greenidge is regarded worldwide as one of the greatest and most destructive o ...

scored 105 not out (the only ever men's international century at the ground) to take the

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Great ...

to an eight-wicket victory over

Zimbabwe Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozam ...

;West Indies v Zimbabwe, 2003
/ref> and two in the 1999 World Cup: a six-wicket victory for Australia over

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to th ...

Australia v Scotland, 1999
/ref> and a four-wicket victory for

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

over Zimbabwe.Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 1999
/ref> 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 Katherine Helen Brunt (born 2 July 1985) is an English cricketer who currently plays for Yorkshire, Northern Diamonds, Trent Rockets and England. She plays as a right-arm fast bowler and right-handed lower-order batter. She has won two World ...

scored 52 and took match figures of 9/111;England Women v Australia Women, 2005
/ref> Brunt also took a first-innings 6/69 in the 2009 Ashes Test at Worcester, which was drawn. It has staged two

Women's ODI Women's One Day International (WODI) is the limited overs form of women's cricket. Matches are scheduled for 50 overs, equivalent to the men's game. The first women's ODIs were played in 1973, as part of the first Women's World Cup which was ...

in 2000 and 2019. 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 Marcus James North (born 28 July 1979) is a former Australian first-class cricketer who played 21 Test matches and two One Day Internationals (ODIs) for the Australian national side. Born in Melbourne, North grew up in Western Australia, atte ...

(191 not out) made runs, while Worcestershire's Stephen Moore responded with 120;

Brett Lee Brett Lee (born 8 November 1976) is an Australian former international cricketer, who played all three formats of the game. During his international career, Lee was recognised as one of the fastest bowlers in the world. In each of his first two ...

took 6/76.

Records

Men's One-Day Internationals

* Matches: 3 * Highest team total:
218/2 (48.3 overs) by

, 1983 * Lowest team total:
181/7 (50 overs) by

v. Australia, 1999 * Highest individual innings:
105 * by

for West Indies v. Zimbabwe, 1983 * Best bowling in an innings:
3–30 by

Pramodya Wickramasinghe Wickramasinghe Gallage Pramodya (born August 14, 1971), commonly known as Pramodya Wickramasinghe, is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and a right-arm-fast bowler. He was regarded as one of the fastest bowlers in 1990 ...

for

v. Zimbabwe, 1999

Women's Tests

* Matches: 9 * Highest team total:
427/4 declared by Australia Women v. England Women, 1998 * Lowest team total:
63 by New Zealand Women v. England Women, 1954 * Highest individual innings:
190 by

Sandhya Agarwal Sandhya Agarwal (born 9 May 1963) is a former captain of the Indian women's cricket team. She hails from Indore. Career She played in 13 Test matches from 1984 to 1995, scoring 1110 runs at a batting average of 50.45, including 4 centuries. ...

, India Women v. England Women, 1986England Women v. India Women, 1986
/ref> * Best bowling in an innings:
7/34 by

Gill McConway Gillian Elizabeth McConway (born 8 May 1950) is a former cricketer who played as a slow left-arm orthodox bowler. Born in New Zealand but settled in England, she appeared in 14 Test matches and 11 One Day Internationals for England between 1984 ...

, England Women v. India Women, 1986 * Best bowling in a match:
9/107 by Mary Duggan for England Women v. Australia Women, 1951
9/111 by

for England Women v. Australia Women, 2005

First-class

* Highest team total:
701/4 declared by Leicestershire v. Worcestershire, 1906
701/6 declared by Worcestershire v Surrey, 2007 * Lowest team total:
30 by

Hampshire Hampshire (, ; abbreviated to Hants) is a ceremonial county, ceremonial and non-metropolitan county, non-metropolitan counties of England, county in western South East England on the coast of the English Channel. Home to two major English citi ...

v. Worcestershire, 1903 * Triple centuries:
331 * by Jack Robertson for

Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a historic county in southeast England. Its area is almost entirely within the wider urbanised area of London and mostly within the ceremonial county of Greater London, with small sections in neighbourin ...

v. Worcestershire, 1949
315 * by

Graeme Hick Graeme Ashley Hick (born 23 May 1966) is a Zimbabwean-born former England cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He was born in Rhodesia, and as a young man played international cricket for Zimbabwe. H ...

for Worcestershire v. Durham, 2002
311 * by

Glenn Turner Glenn Maitland Turner (born 26 May 1947) played cricket for New Zealand and was one of the country's best and most prolific batsmen. He is the current head of the New Zealand Cricket selection panel. Early life Glenn Turner was born in Dun ...

for Worcestershire v.

Warwickshire Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a county in the West Midlands region of England. The county town is Warwick, and the largest town is Nuneaton. The county is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare at Stratford-upon-Avon an ...

, 1982 * Ten wickets in an innings:
10–51 by

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for Glamorgan v. Worcestershire, 1936
10–76 by

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for

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v. Worcestershire, 1921Same match
Worcs v Somst, 1921
/ref> * Fifteen wickets in a match:
15–106 by

Reg Perks Reginald Thomas David Perks (4 October 1911 – 22 November 1977) was an English cricketer who played in two Test matches in 1939, and was the mainstay of Worcestershire's bowling for a long period from the middle 1930s until the middle 1950s. ...

for Worcestershire v.

Essex Essex () is a county in the East of England. One of the home counties, it borders Suffolk and Cambridgeshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent across the estuary of the River Thames to the south, and G ...

, 1937
15–175 by

for Somerset v. Worcestershire, 1921

List A

* Highest team total:
404/3 (60 overs) by Worcestershire v. Devon, 1987Same match
Worcs v Devon, 1987
/ref> * Lowest team total:
45 (23.4 overs) by Hampshire v. Worcestershire, 1988 * Highest individual innings:
172 * by

v. Devon, 1987 * Best bowling in an innings:
6–14 by

Jack Flavell Jack Flavell (15 May 1929 – 25 February 2004) was an English cricketer who played in four Tests for England from 1961 to 1964. His county cricket career was spent with Worcestershire, with whom Flavell won two County Championship titles. His ...

for Worcestershire v.

Lancashire Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a Historic counties of England, historic county, Ceremonial County, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in North West England. The boundaries of these three areas differ significa ...

, 1963
6–14 by Howard Cooper for

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v. Worcestershire, 1975
6–16 by

Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Akhtar (; ; born 13 August 1975) is a Pakistani former cricketer and commentator. Nicknamed the "Rawalpindi Express", he was the first bowler to be recorded bowling at 100 miles per hour, a feat he achieved twice in his career. Ak ...

for Worcestershire v.

Gloucestershire Gloucestershire ( abbreviated Glos) is a county in South West England. The county comprises part of the Cotswold Hills, part of the flat fertile valley of the River Severn and the entire Forest of Dean. The county town is the city of Gl ...

, 2005Worcs v Gloucs, 2005
/ref>

References

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Overview

International cricket

Records

Men's One-Day Internationals

Women's Tests

First-class

List A

See also

References