International Cricket Grounds of the World

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Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), world's biggest cricket stadium till date

Afghanistan

  1. Alokozay Kabul International Cricket Ground, Kabul: Capacity 6000
  2. Balkh Cricket Stadium, Mazar-i-Sharif (under construction)
  3. Ghazi Amanullah International Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad: Capacity 14,000
  4. Kandahar International Cricket Stadium, Kandahar: Capacity 14,000 (under construction)
  5. Khost Cricket Stadium, Khost: Capacity 6,000
  6. Kunduz Cricket Stadium, Kunduz (under construction)
  7. Maidan Wardak Cricket Stadium, Maidan Shar (under construction)
  8. Sherzai Cricket Stadium, Jalalabad (under construction) 

Australia

  1. Adelaide Oval, Adelaide: Capacity 53,583
  2. Bellerive Oval, Bellerive: Capacity 17,500
  3. Berri Oval, Berri: Capacity unknown
  4. Brisbane Cricket Ground (The Gabba), Brisbane: Capacity 36,000
  5. Bundaberg Rum Stadium (Cazaly's Stadium), Cairns: Capacity unknown
  6. Docklands Stadium (Etihad Stadium), Melbourne: Capacity 48,003
  7. Eastern Oval, Ballarat: Capacity unknown
  8. Formby Recreation Ground (Devonport Oval), Devonport: Capacity unknown
  9. Lavington Sports Oval (LSC), Albury: Capacity unknown 
  10. Manuka Oval, Canberra: Capacity unknown
  11. Marrara Oval (Marrara Cricket Ground), Darwin: Capacity unknown
  12. Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), Melbourne: Capacity 100,024
  13. Newcastle Number 1 Sports Ground, Newcastle: Capacity 20,000
  14. North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Lauceston: Capacity unknown
  15. Optus Stadium, Burswood: Capacity unknown
  16. Perth Stadium, Perth: Capacity 60,000
  17. Ray Mitchell Oval (Harrup Park), Mackay: Capacity unknown 
  18. Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Sydney: Capacity 48,000
  19. Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, Hobart: Capacity unknown
  20. Tony Ireland Stadium, Townsville: Capacity unknown
  21. Western Australian Cricket Association Ground (WACA), Perth: Capacity: 24,500

Bangladesh

  1. Khan Shaheb Osman Ali Stadium, Narayanganj: Capacity 25,000: No Floodlight
  2. Purbachal International Cricket Arena, Dhaka: Capacity 70,000 (under construction)
  3. Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra: Capacity 15,000: No Floodlight
  4. Sheikh Abu Naser Stadium, Khulna: Capacity 15,000: Four Floodlights
  5. Sheikh Kamal International Cricket Stadium: Capacity 100,000 (under construction)
  6. Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka: Capacity 26,000: Four Floodlights
  7. Sylhet International Cricket Stadium, Sylhet: Capacity 22,000: Four Floodlights
  8. Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong: Capacity 22,000: Four Floodlights

England

  1. Civil Service Cricket Club Ground (Stormont), Belfast: Capacity unknown
  2. County Cricket Ground (Ashley Down), Bristol: Capacity 15,000
  3. County Cricket Ground (Edgbaston), Birmingham: Capacity 24,803
  4. County Ground, Hove: Capacity unknown
  5. County Ground, Southampton: Capacity unknown
  6. County Ground (Athletic Ground), Taunton: Capacity unknown
  7. County Ground (New Road), Worcester: Capacity unknown 
  8. County Ground (Racecourse Ground), Derby: Capacity unknown
  9. County Ground (Riverside Ground), Chester-le-Street: Capacity 17,000
  10. County Ground (Wantage Road), Northampton: Capacity unknown 
  11. Grace Road, Leicester: Capacity unknown 
  12. Headingley Cricket Ground (Headingley), Leeds: Capacity 17,500
  13. Lord's Cricket Ground (Lord's), London: Capacity 28,000
  14. Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells: Capacity unknown 
  15. North Marine Road Ground (The Pavilion), Scarborough: Capacity unknown 
  16. Old Trafford Cricket Ground (Old Trafford), Manchester: Capacity 19,000
  17. Rose Bowl (Ageas Bowl), Southampton: Capacity 20,000
  18. Saint Helen's, Swansea: Capacity unknown 
  19. Saint Lawrence Ground, Canterbury: Capacity 15,000
  20. SWALEC Stadium (Sophia Gardens), Cardiff: Capacity unknown 
  21. The Ford County Ground, Chelmsford: Capacity unknown 
  22. The Oval Cricket Ground (The Oval), London: Capacity 23,500
  23. Trent Bridge Ground (Trent Bridge), Nottingham: Capacity 17,000

India

  1. ACA Stadium, Barsapara, Guwahati: Capacity 40,000
  2. Barabati Stadium, Cuttack: Capacity 45,000
  3. Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai: Capacity 25,000
  4. Eden Gardens, Kolkata: Capacity 66,349
  5. Ekana International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow: Capacity 50,000
  6. Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi: Capaity 41820
  7. Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground, Greater Noida: Capacity 8,000
  8. Green Park Stadium, Kanpur: Capacity 45,000
  9. Greenfield International Stadium, Thiruvananthapuram: Capacity 55,000
  10. Gwalior International Cricket Stadium, Gwalior: Capacity 60,000 (under construction)
  11. Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharmashala: Capacity 25,000
  12. Holkar Stadium, Indore: Capacity 30,000 
  13. Indira Gandhi International Sports Stadium, Haldwani: Capacity 10,000 (under construction)
  14. JSCA International Cricket Stadium, Ranchi: Capacity 39,000
  15. Lucknow International Cricket Stadium, Lucknow: Capacity 50,000 (under construction)
  16. M.A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai: Capacity 50,000
  17. M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore: Capacity 38,000
  18. Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Pune: Capacity 37,406
  19. Nalanda International Cricket Stadium, Nalanda: Capacity 50,000 (under construction)
  20. Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali: Capacity 26,000
  21. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Hyderabad: Capacity 55,000
  22. Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, Dehradun: Capacity 25,000
  23. Ram Lala International Sports Complex, Aayodhya: Capacity 88,000 (under construction) 
  24. Saifai International Cricket Stadium, Saifai: Capacity 43,000 (under construction)
  25. Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad: Capacity 110,000 (under construction)
  26. Saurashtra Cricket Association Stadium, Rajkot: Capacity 28,000
  27. Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur: Capacity 23,185
  28. Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur: Capacity 45,000
  29. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai: Capacity 33,108
  30. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Cricket Stadium, Visakhapatnam: Capacity 25,000 

South Africa

  1. Adcock Stadium, Port Elizabeth: Capacity unknown
  2. Berea Park, Pretoria: Capacity unknown
  3. Boland Bank Park, Paarl: Capacity unknown
  4. Buffalo Park, East London: Capacity 15,000
  5. SuperSport Park, Centurion: Capacity 21,000
  6. City Oval, Pietermaritzburg: Capacity unknown
  7. De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley: Capacity unknown
  8. De Beers Stadium, Kimberley: Capacity unknown
  9. Ellis Park Stadium, Johannesburg: Capacity unknown
  10. Jan Smuts Ground, East London: Capacity unknown
  11. Jan Smuts Stadium, Pietermaritzburg: Capacity unknown
  12. LC de Villiers Oval, Pretoria: Capacity unknown
  13. Lenasia Stadium, Johannesburg: Capacity unknown
  14. Lord's Ground, Durban: Capacity unknown
  15. Mangaung Oval (Springbok Park), Bloemfontein: Capacity 20,000
  16. Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town: Capacity 25,000
  17. New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg: Capacity 28,000
  18. Old Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg: Capacity unknown
  19. Ramblers Cricket Club Ground, Bloemfontein: Capacity unknown
  20. Recreation Ground, Oudtshoorn: Capacity unknown
  21. RJE Burt Oval, Constantia: Capacity unknown
  22. Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban: Capacity 25,000
  23. Saint George's Park, Port Elizabeth: Capacity 19,000
  24. Senwes Park, Potchefstroom: Capacity unknown
  25. Stellenbosch Farmers Winery Ground, Stellenbosch: Capacity unknown
  26. Willowmoore Park, Benoni: Capacity 20,000 

Sri Lanka

  1. Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy: Capacity 10,000
  2. Colombo Cricket Club Ground (CCC), Colombo: Capacity 6,000
  3. Galle International Stadium, Galle: Capacity 35,000
  4. Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota: Capacity 34,300
  5. Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground, Colombo: Capacity 2,000
  6. Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium (P. Sara Oval), Colombo: Capacity 15,000
  7. Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Pallekele: Capacity 35,000
  8. Rangiri Dumbulla Stadium, Dambulla: Capacity 46,800
  9. Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium (RPS), Colombo: Capacity 35,002
  10. Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC), Colombo: Capacity 10,000
  11. Tyronne Fernando Stadium (Fernando Stadium), Moratuwa: Capacity 16,000 

West Indies

  1. Albion Sports Complex, Albion: Capacity 15,000
  2. Antigua Recreation Ground, Saint John's: Capacity 12,000
  3. Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstone: Capacity 18,000
  4. Bourda, Georgetown: Capacity 25,000
  5. Brian Lara Stadium, Tarouba: Capacity 15,000
  6. Central Broward Regional Park, Lauderhill: Capacity 20,000
  7. Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet: Capacity 15,000
  8. Greenfield Stadium, Trelawny Parish: Capacity 25,000
  9. Kensington Oval, Bridgetown: Capacity 28,000
  10. National Cricket Stadium, Saint George's: Capacity 20,000
  11. Providence Stadium, Providence: Capacity 15,000
  12. Queen's Park (Old), Saint George's: Capacity 20,000
  13. Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain: Capacity 25,000
  14. Sabina Park, Kingston: Capacity 20,000
  15. Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, Antigua: Capacity 10,000
  16. Warner Park, Basseterre: Capacity 8,000
  17. Windsor Park, Roseau: Capacity 12,000 

Zimbabwe

  1. Bulawayo Athletic Club, Bulawayo: Capacity 12,000
  2. Harare Sports Club, Harare: Capacity 10,000
  3. Kwekwe Sports Club, Kwekwe: Capacity 1,000
  4. Old Hararians, Harare: Capacity unknown
  5. Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo: Capacity 13,000

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