ECB states Test match venues

4 May 2006

The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed the venues proposed by the Major Match Group for the npower Test matches to be staged between 2007 and 2009.

The board, meeting at Lord’s, also received the recommendations of the Major Match Group for the other international and major domestic events for 2007-8.

The venues for Test matches (in alphabetical order) are:

2007

West Indies: Chester-le-Street, Headingley, Lord’s, Old Trafford
India: Brit Oval, Lord’s, Trent Bridge

2008

New Zealand: Lord’s, Old Trafford, Trent Bridge
South Africa: Brit Oval, Edgbaston, Headingley, Lord’s.

2009

Zimbabwe: Lord’s, TBC
Australia: Brit Oval, Cardiff, Edgbaston, Headingley, Lord’s

The independent Major Match Group, chaired by Sir Bill Morris, also recommended the following matches (in alphabetical order) be allocated:

2007

ODI v West Indies: Edgbaston, Lord’s, Trent Bridge (3 matches)
T20 v West Indies: Brit Oval (2 matches)
ODI v India: Bristol, Brit Oval, Edgbaston, Headingley. Lord’s, Old Trafford, Rose Bowl (7 matches)
Domestic Twenty20 finals day: Edgbaston

2008

ODI v New Zealand: Bristol, Brit Oval, Chester-le-Street, Edgbaston, Lord’s (5 matches)
T20 v New Zealand: Old Trafford (1 match)
ODI v South Africa: Brit Oval, Cardiff, Headingley, Lord’s, Trent Bridge (5 matches)
T20 v South Africa: Chester-le-Street (1 match)
Domestic Twenty20 finals day: Rose Bowl