County Ground

County Ground in numbers

County Ground, in Bristol, England, has staged 21 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between Sri Lanka and New Zealand in 1983, and the most recent international here was in 2024. The scorecards know it by 3 names: Phoenix County Ground (1983), County Ground (1999 to 2024) and The Royal & Sun Alliance County Ground (2000 to 2004).

Of the 21 ODIs played at County Ground, sides batting first have won 7 and chasing sides 11; 3 produced no result. Only 39% of decided ODIs have gone to the side batting first; chasing has been the stronger hand here. England have played 15 of those ODIs and won 6, lost 6 and tied or had no result in 3, a win rate of 40%. The most frequent visitors have been Australia (4) and Sri Lanka (4). The average first-innings total was 228 in the 2000s (9 ODIs) and 252 in the 2020s (3 ODIs), peaking at 257 in the 2010s. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 9 ODIs, against 6 in the 2010s. Sachin Tendulkar has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 352 in 3 innings with 2 hundreds, and Andrew Flintoff has taken the most wickets, 10 in 3 ODIs. The highest total is England's 369 for 9 in 2017; the lowest completed innings Zimbabwe's 92 in 2003; the highest individual score Imam-ul-Haq's 151 against England in 2019; the best bowling Richard Hadlee's 5 for 25 in 1983. The widest margin by runs was England's 124-run win over West Indies in 2017.

ODIs at County Ground

21 ODIs, 1983 to 2024. The first was Sri Lanka v New Zealand on 13 June 1983: New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 124 balls remaining).

First-innings totals by decade

Most recent matches

• England v Australia (ODI, 29 September 2024): Australia won by 49 runs
• England v Ireland (ODI, 26 September 2023): No result
• Sri Lanka v England (ODI, 4 July 2021): No result
• Afghanistan v Australia (ODI, 1 June 2019): Australia won by 7 wickets (with 91 balls remaining)
• Pakistan v England (ODI, 14 May 2019): England won by 6 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
• England v West Indies (ODI, 24 September 2017): England won by 124 runs
• Ireland v England (ODI, 5 May 2017): England won by 7 wickets (with 180 balls remaining)
• Sri Lanka v England (ODI, 26 June 2016): No result
• Bangladesh v England (ODI, 10 July 2010): Bangladesh won by 5 runs
• West Indies v England (ODI, 24 May 2009): England won by 6 wickets (with 84 balls remaining)

Names in the scorecards

Grounds are renamed and sponsors change; the archive keeps the name each scorecard used. This page brings them together as one ground.