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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 2008

 
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