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Old Trafford Cricket Ground
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Alternate: Emirates Old Trafford
Sponsor: Emirates

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Next Event
Manchester Super Giants Women vs Birmingham Phoenix Women
Sun 26 Jul 2026 10:00

Established
1910 (116 years old)

Capacity
25,000

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Country
England

Location
Manchester

Timezone
UTC +00:00 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

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		Upcoming
26 Jul	ManchesteManchester Super Giants Women	10:00am	BirminghaBirmingham Phoenix Women
26 Jul	ManchesteManchester Super Giants	1:30pm	BirminghaBirmingham Phoenix
31 Jul	ManchesteManchester Super Giants Women	2:00pm	Trent RocTrent Rockets Women
31 Jul	ManchesteManchester Super Giants	5:30pm	Trent RocTrent Rockets
05 Aug	ManchesteManchester Super Giants Women	10:30am	Welsh FirWelsh Fire Women
05 Aug	ManchesteManchester Super Giants	2:00pm	Welsh FirWelsh Fire
11 Aug	ManchesteManchester Super Giants Women	2:00pm	SunrisersSunrisers Leeds Women
		Results
12 Jul	LancashirLancashire Lightning	142 - 141	Durham JeDurham Jets
10 Jul	LancashirLancashire Lightning	216 - 194	YorkshireYorkshire Vikings
06 Jul	LancashirLancashire Lightning	150 - 150	DerbyshirDerbyshire Falcons
26 Jun	Scotland Scotland Cricket Women	151 - 154	Sri LankaSri Lanka Cricket Women
25 Jun	BangladesBangladesh Cricket Women	136 - 139	India CriIndia Cricket Women
21 Jun	India CriIndia Cricket Women	158 - 161	South AfrSouth Africa Cricket Women
20 Jun	BangladesBangladesh Cricket Women	123 - 100	Pakistan Pakistan Cricket Women

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Old Trafford is a cricket ground in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. It opened in 1857 as the home of Manchester Cricket Club and has been the home of Lancashire County Cricket Club since 1864. From 2013 onwards it has been known as Emirates Old Trafford due to a sponsorship deal with the Emirates airline.

Old Trafford is England's second oldest Test venue after The Oval and hosted the first Ashes Test in England in July 1884. The venue has hosted the Cricket World Cup five times (1975, 1979, 1983, 1999 and 2019). Old Trafford holds the record for both most World Cup matches hosted (17) and most semi-finals hosted (5). In 1956, the first 10-wicket haul in a single innings was achieved by England bowler Jim Laker who achieved bowling figures of 19 wickets for 90 runs—a bowling record which is unmatched in Test and first-class cricket. In 1990, a 17 year old Sachin Tendulkar scored 119 not out against England, which was the first of his 100 international centuries. In the 1993 Ashes Test at Old Trafford, leg-spinner Shane Warne bowled Mike Gatting with the "Ball of the Century". In 2019, New Zealand defeated India in the World Cup semi-final after infamously running out MS Dhoni, in what turned out to be his last international match. In 2020 the ground was used as one of two biosecure venues, alongside the Ageas Bowl, for the tours involving West Indies and Pakistan which were regulated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Despite its rich cricket history, the venue was perceived as dilapidated and lost test status in 2009. Extensive redevelopment of the ground to increase capacity and modernise facilities commenced soon after in an effort to safeguard international cricket at the venue. The development entailed the restoration of the pavilion and creation of The Point, a £12 million stand overlooking the pitch. The pitch at Old Trafford has historically been the quickest in England, but will take spin later in the game.


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