County Ground

County Ground in numbers

County Ground, in Taunton, England, has staged 6 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between England and Sri Lanka in 1983, and the most recent international here was in 2019. The scorecards know it by 2 names: County Ground (1983 to 1999) and The Cooper Associates County Ground (2019).

Of the 6 ODIs played at County Ground, sides batting first have won 3 and chasing sides 3. England have played only 1 of them; the most frequent sides are Sri Lanka (2), Afghanistan (1) and Australia (1). Sourav Ganguly has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 183 in 1 innings with 1 hundred, and Vic Marks has taken the most wickets, 5 in 1 ODI. The highest total is India's 373 for 6 in 1999; the lowest completed innings Afghanistan's 172 in 2019; the highest individual score Sourav Ganguly's 183 against Sri Lanka in 1999; the best bowling Mohammad Amir's 5 for 30 in 2019. The widest margin by runs was India's 157-run win over Sri Lanka in 1999.

ODIs at County Ground

6 ODIs, 1983 to 2019. The first was England v Sri Lanka on 11 June 1983: England won by 47 runs.

First-innings totals by decade

Most recent matches

• West Indies v Bangladesh (ODI, 17 June 2019): Bangladesh won by 7 wickets (with 51 balls remaining)
• Australia v Pakistan (ODI, 12 June 2019): Australia won by 41 runs
• Afghanistan v New Zealand (ODI, 8 June 2019): New Zealand won by 7 wickets (with 107 balls remaining)
• India v Sri Lanka (ODI, 26 May 1999): India won by 157 runs
• Kenya v Zimbabwe (ODI, 15 May 1999): Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets (with 54 balls remaining)
• England v Sri Lanka (ODI, 11 June 1983): England won by 47 runs

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.