St Lawrence Ground
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The St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury, Kent. It is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club and since 2013 has been known as The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, due to commercial sponsorship. It is one of the oldest grounds on which first-class cricket is played, having been in use since 1847, and is the venue for Canterbury Cricket Week, the oldest cricket festival in the world. It is one of the two grounds used regularly for first-class cricket that have had a tree, the St Lawrence Lime, within the boundary.
Ground information | |||
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Location | Canterbury, Kent | ||
Coordinates | 51.267°N 1.091°E / 51.267; 1.091 | ||
Establishment | 1847 | ||
Capacity | 6,000[1] | ||
Owner | Kent County Cricket Club | ||
End names | |||
Pavilion End Nackington Road End | |||
International information | |||
First ODI | 18 May 1999: England v Kenya | ||
Last ODI | 30 June 2005: Australia v Bangladesh | ||
First women's Test | 16–18 June 1979: England v West Indies | ||
Last women's Test | 11–14 August 2015: England v Australia | ||
First WODI | 1 August 1976: England v Australia | ||
Last WODI | 7 July 2019: England v Australia | ||
Only WT20I | 26 June 2012: England v India | ||
Team information | |||
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As of 28 March 2020 Source: CricInfo |
Capacity at the ground was increased to 15,000 in 2000, and four One Day International matches have been played there, one each in 1999 (part of the 1999 Cricket World Cup), 2000, 2003 and 2005. The ground was the venue for the first day/night County Championship match, played as a trial in September 2011.