Headingley Cricket Stadium
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| Location | Headingley, Leeds | ||
| Coordinates | 53°49′3.58″N 1°34′55.12″W / 53.8176611°N 1.5819778°W | ||
| Establishment | 1890 | ||
| Capacity | 17,500 | ||
| Owner | Yorkshire County Cricket Club | ||
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| Kirkstall Lane End Football Stand End |
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| First Test | 29 June – 1 July 1899: England v  Australia |
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| Last Test | 19–21 May 2016: England v  Sri Lanka |
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| First ODI | 5 September 1973: England v  West Indies |
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| Last ODI | 24 May 2017: England v  South Africa |
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| First women's Test | 12–14 June 1954: England v  New Zealand |
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| Last women's Test | 6–8 July 2001: England v Australia |
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| As of 24 May 2017 Source: ESPNcricinfo |
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Headingley Cricket Ground (usually shortened to Headingley) is a cricket ground in Headingley Stadium complex adjoins the Headingley Carnegie Rugby Stadium through a shared main stand, although the main entrance to the cricket ground is at the opposite Kirkstall Lane end. It has seen Test cricket since 1899 and has a capacity of 17,500.
In 1902, Yorkshire beat the touring Australians by five wickets, after dismissing them for 23 in their second innings with George Herbert Hirst and Stanley Jackson taking five wickets each.
Donald Bradman's innings of 334 in the 1930 Ashes Test included 309 runs on the first day, and he followed it in the Australians' next test at Headingley in 1934 with an innings of 304.
Spinner Hedley Verity took 10 wickets for 10 runs in 1932 for Yorkshire v Nottinghamshire, still the best bowling analysis ever in first-class cricket. Verity had also taken all ten against Warwickshire at Headingley in 1931.
In the 1948 Ashes series, Australia scored 404 for three on the last day to beat England. Arthur Morris scored 182 and Bradman scored 173 not out.
In the Third Test against New Zealand in 1965 John Edrich hit 53 fours and 5 sixes in his 310 not out. Captain M. J. K. Smith declared before Edrich had a chance to pass Gary Sobers' Test record 365 not out, and England won by an innings and 187 runs.
In the third test match of the 1975 Ashes series (a four-test series), early on Tuesday 19 August head groundsman George Cawthray discovered that campaigners calling for the release from prison of George Davis had dug holes in the pitch and poured oil over one end of the wicket. This led to the match being abandoned and declared a draw, denying England the chance to win back the Ashes.
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