The beautiful stadium of Rose Bowl finally gets a Test match. England is scheduled to play three test matches against Sri Lanka. The test series begins from May 26th at Cardiff. The second test is to be played at Lord's. The third and the final one would be hosted at the Rose Bowl.
Let us know something more about this beautiful venue for cricket.
This stadium was built in 2001. It has floodlight facility so it can host day and night matches too. Seating capacity is somewhere around 20,000. It is the home ground of Hampshire.
Although the ground was established in the year 2001 but the first ODI was played in 2003 between Zimbabwe and South Africa. It has also hosted T20 matches, the first being in 2005 between England and Australia.
Highest ODI total on this ground is 290 for 4 scored by India against Kenya in 2004. The highest T20 total on this ground was scored by England 179 for 8 in 2005 against Australia.
Finally this stadium gets an opportunity to host a test match. Also an ODI will be played here between England and India on 6th September.
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