1. The Lords, Cricket Ground in London
The Lords, Cricket Ground situated in London. “The Lords” is also called the Home of Cricket. It has remained the centre of ICC committee for a long period of time. The founder of this stadium was Thomas Lord who formed it in 1814, due to which the name of this stadium has become The Lords, Cricket Ground. The first match was played here in 1884. The importance of this ground can easily be judged in the list of Top 10 Best Cricket Stadiums in the World that many final matches of the World Cup have been played here in this ground, like 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999. This ground is also considered as the home-ground to the Marylebone Cricket Club, and many of the home matches have been played here in the Lords.
2. The Oval, Kennington London
In the list of top 10 Best Cricket Stadiums in the World the Oval, Kennington London has also great importance because The Oval has not only performed the hosting responsibilities of cricket events but also played the first ever Football FA final match in this ground. It should also be remember that the first test match in England was played at The Oval ground. The total capacity of this ground is 23,500 and first test match was played here in 1880. Oval is considered as the most beautiful stadium in the world and also hosted to many exciting Ashes test and ODI series in the past. As the Oval is situated near to the Vauxhall Tube station due to which the one end of this ground is known as Vauxall end.
3. Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) in Melbourne
MCG is the short form of is the Melbourne Cricket Ground and it is considered as largest cricket stadium in the list of Top 10 Best Cricket Stadiums in the world. It was established in 1854 and total capacity of MCG is over 95,000. Here in this stadium Pakistan defeated England in the final match of World Cup 1992.Melbourne cricket ground has great importance in the history of cricket because it has hosted the first ever International Test Matches which was played in between Australian and England and the first ever ODI matches in 1971 and against between these two teams. But the interesting thing is that Aussies defeated English in both the events.
4. Eden Gardens, Kolkata India
The Eden Gardens cricket stadium is situated in the city of Kolkata in India and after 1934 it has become the centre of international cricket when England played a cricket match with India in this stadium. In the list of Top 10 Best Cricket Stadiums in the World this is the second biggest ground in the world after Melbourne cricket ground. Total capacity of the Eden Gardens is nearly about 90,000 and established in 1864. It has also performed some hosting responsibilities of some sort of interesting games in world cricket like in 1987 World Cup match which was played in between Pakistan and India where India won by 2 wickets. There is also some sportsmanship failures occurred in this ground. In 1996 world cup semifinal match was played in between India and Sri Lanka and when Sri Lanka was going to win the match, crowed started throwing stuff in stadium and after that ICC intervened and Sri Lanka won the match.
5. The Wanderers, Johannesburg (South Africa)
Johannesburg is situated in South Africa. Here the first test match was played between South Africa and England in 1956 and Africa was defeated by the England. In this ground the world greatest score 434 was chase by South Africa against Australia. It also hosted the World Cup 2003 final match which was played between India and Australia where Australia defeated India.
6. Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney (Australia)
Sydney Cricket ground is found in Australia. In the list of top 10 Best Cricket Stadiums in the World it is the second beautiful stadium in the world. It was established in 1884 and its total capacity is 46,000. This ground is also famous for a notorious event between Andrew Symonds and Harbhajan Singh.
7. The WACA, Perth (Australia)
In the list of top 10 Best Cricket Stadiums in the World the WACA, Perth is another well known ground located in Australia. It has also great history behind it. It is famous for its extra bounce and due to its fast bowling track it always favors the fast bowlers and they can perform here magnificently. Brett Lee has enjoyed huge achievements here in this ground. The total capacity of this ground is 24,000.
8. Old Trafford, Manchester (England)
In the list of Top 10 Best Cricket Stadiums in the world Old Trafford, Manchester has also important history behind it. It is situated in United Kingdom and it was established in 1854. Here the first test match was played between Australia and England in1884. This stadium is located just 5 minutes away from the famous football Old Trafford Stadium. Old Trafford is the third ground after Lords and Oval which hosted more test matches in England.
9. Newlands, Cape Town (South Africa)
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Cape Town is another South African cricket stadium which hosted many great cricket matches. It is considered the beautiful ground in the world as in evening twilight of sunset pouring on the ground and this shows one of the most beautiful cricket sights.
10. Gaddafi Stadium (Pakistan)
The Gaddafi Stadium is on tenth number among the top 10 best cricket stadiums in the world. This is situated in Lahore Pakistan. Its capacity is 60,000 and this is the home of the Pakistan cricket team, the Lahore Lions and the Lahore Eagles. Gaddafi Stadium has hosted the final of 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup Australia vs SriLanka which was won by SriLanka. I 2009 an Terrorist attack was happens when SriLanka was Playing vs Pakistan a Test Match, Till then No International Cricket in Pakistan. Gaddafi Stadium Waiting for International Stars…………..!
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