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Tests - First Match on each Ground
Based on all matches up to and including
Test #1921: Sri Lanka v Pakistan at Galle, Pakistan in Sri Lanka 1st Test, 4 Jul 2009
1 Melbourne Cricket Ground Australia 15 Mar 1877 2 Kennington Oval, London England 06 Sep 1880 3 Sydney Cricket Ground Australia 17 Feb 1882 4 Old Trafford, Manchester England 10 Jul 1884 5 Lord's, London England 21 Jul 1884 6 Adelaide Oval Australia 12 Dec 1884 7 St George's Park, Port Elizabeth South Africa 12 Mar 1889 8 Newlands, Cape Town South Africa 25 Mar 1889 9 Old Wanderers, Johannesburg South Africa 02 Mar 1896 10 Trent Bridge, Nottingham England 01 Jun 1899 11 Headingley, Leeds England 29 Jun 1899 12 Edgbaston, Birmingham England 29 May 1902 13 Bramall Lane, Sheffield England 03 Jul 1902 14 Lord's, Durban South Africa 21 Jan 1910 15 Kingsmead, Durban South Africa 18 Jan 1923 16 Exhibition Ground, Brisbane Australia 30 Nov 1928 17 AMI Stadium, Christchurch New Zealand 10 Jan 1930 18 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados West Indies 11 Jan 1930 19 Basin Reserve, Wellington New Zealand 24 Jan 1930 20 Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad West Indies 01 Feb 1930 21 Eden Park, Auckland New Zealand 14 Feb 1930 22 Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana West Indies 21 Feb 1930 23 Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica West Indies 03 Apr 1930 24 Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Australia 27 Nov 1931 25 Gymkhana Ground, Mumbai India 15 Dec 1933 26 Eden Gardens, Kolkata India 05 Jan 1934 27 MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai India 10 Feb 1934 28 Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi India 10 Nov 1948 29 Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai India 09 Dec 1948 30 Ellis Park, Johannesburg South Africa 27 Dec 1948 31 Green Park, Kanpur India 12 Jan 1952 32 University Ground, Lucknow India 23 Oct 1952 33 Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Pakistan 01 Jan 1955 34 Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur Pakistan 15 Jan 1955 35 Bagh-e-Jinnah, Lahore Pakistan 29 Jan 1955 36 Peshawar Club Ground Pakistan 13 Feb 1955 37 National Stadium, Karachi Pakistan 26 Feb 1955 38 Carisbrook, Dunedin New Zealand 11 Mar 1955 39 Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan India 19 Nov 1955 40 Nehru Stadium, Madras India 06 Jan 1956 41 New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg South Africa 24 Dec 1956 42 Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Pakistan 21 Nov 1959 43 Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi Pakistan 27 Mar 1965 44 Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur India 03 Oct 1969 45 Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Pert Australia 11 Dec 1970 46 Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind Pakistan 16 Mar 1973 47 M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore India 22 Nov 1974 48 Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai India 23 Jan 1975 49 Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Pakistan 16 Oct 1978 50 McLean Park, Napier New Zealand 16 Feb 1979 51 Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan Pakistan 30 Dec 1980 52 Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua West Indies 27 Mar 1981 53 P Sara Oval, Colombo Sri Lanka 17 Feb 1982 54 Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Sri Lanka 22 Apr 1983 55 Gandhi Stadium, Jalandhar India 24 Sep 1983 56 Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad India 12 Nov 1983 57 Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Sri Lanka 16 Mar 1984 58 Colombo Cricket Club Ground Sri Lanka 24 Mar 1984 59 Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Pakistan 27 Oct 1985 60 Barabati Stadium, Cuttack India 04 Jan 1987 61 Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur India 21 Feb 1987 62 Bellerive Oval, Hobart Australia 16 Dec 1989 63 Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh India 23 Nov 1990 64 Seddon Park, Hamilton New Zealand 22 Feb 1991 65 Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala Pakistan 20 Dec 1991 66 R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Sri Lanka 28 Aug 1992 67 Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Sri Lanka 08 Sep 1992 68 Harare Sports Club Zimbabwe 18 Oct 1992 69 Bulawayo Athletic Club Zimbabwe 01 Nov 1992 70 Southend Club Cricket Stadium, Karachi Pakistan 01 Dec 1993 71 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Pakistan 09 Dec 1993 72 Central Sports Stadium, Lucknow India 18 Jan 1994 73 Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo Zimbabwe 20 Oct 1994 74 Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali, Chandi India 10 Dec 1994 75 Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Pakistan 08 Sep 1995 76 SuperSport Park, Centurion South Africa 16 Nov 1995 77 Sheikhupura Stadium Pakistan 17 Oct 1996 78 Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent West Indies 20 Jun 1997 79 Galle International Stadium Sri Lanka 03 Jun 1998 80 OUTsurance Oval, Bloemfontein South Africa 29 Oct 1999 81 Multan Cricket Stadium Pakistan 29 Aug 2001 82 MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong Bangladesh 15 Nov 2001 83 Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium UAE 31 Jan 2002 84 National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada West Indies 28 Jun 2002 85 Buffalo Park, East London South Africa 18 Oct 2002 86 Senwes Park, Potchefstroom South Africa 25 Oct 2002 87 Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street England 05 Jun 2003 88 Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia West Indies 20 Jun 2003 89 Marrara Cricket Ground, Darwin Australia 18 Jul 2003 90 Cazaly's Stadium, Cairns Australia 25 Jul 2003 91 Chittagong Divisional Stadium Bangladesh 28 Feb 2006 92 Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra Bangladesh 08 Mar 2006 93 Narayanganj Osmani Stadium, Fatullah Bangladesh 09 Apr 2006 94 Warner Park, Basseterre, St Kitts West Indies 22 Jun 2006 95 Shere Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur Bangladesh 25 May 2007 96 University Oval, Dunedin New Zealand 04 Jan 2008 97 Providence Stadium, Guyana West Indies 22 Mar 2008 98 Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua West Indies 30 May 2008 99 Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagp India 06 Nov 2008Contributed by StatsGuru (stats@cricinfo.com)
