Ground History
The club's acceptance into first-class cricket was made conditional on the building of a new Test match-standard cricket ground. Work began on the new ground at the Riverside, a spectacular location overlooked by Lumley Castle, in 1990, and the ground hosted its first game, Durham v Warwickshire, on 18 May 1995.
Development of the Riverside Ground has continued until the present day, and in 2003 the Riverside Ground was raised to Test match status. As of 2010 the ground has been used for four England Test matches, against Zimbabwe in 2003, Bangladesh in 2005 and two against West Indies in June 2007 and May 2009. The Ground will also host one of the Ashes Test Matches in 2013.
This following table gives details of every venue at which Durham have hosted a first-class or List A cricket match:
| Name of ground | Location | Year | FC matches |
LA matches |
T20 matches |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside Ground | Chester-le-Street | 1995–present | 102 | 124 | 15 | 241 |
| Feethams | Darlington | 1964–2003 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 24 |
| Grangefield | Stockton-on-Tees | 1992–2006 | 12 | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| The Racecourse | Durham City | 1992–1994 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 18 |
| Park Drive | Hartlepool | 1992–2000 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 17 |
| Ropery Lane | Chester-le-Street | 1967–1994 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Eastwood Gardens | Gateshead Fell | 1992–1994 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| Green Lane | Durham City | 1979 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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