St Lawrence Ground

St Lawrence Ground

Kent v. Gloucestershire at the St Lawrence Ground in 2017
Ground information
Location	Canterbury, Kent
Coordinates	51°16′01″N 1°05′28″E / 51.267°N 1.091°E / 51.267; 1.091
Establishment	1847
Capacity	6,000[1]
Owner	Kent County Cricket Club
End names
Pavilion End Nackington Road End
International information
First ODI	18 May 1999:  England v  Kenya
Last ODI	30 June 2005:  Australia v  Bangladesh
First women's Test	16 June 1979:  England v  West Indies
Last women's Test	11 August 2015:  England v  Australia
First WODI	1 August 1976:  England v  Australia
Last WODI	21 September 2022:  England v  India
First WT20I	26 June 2012:  England v  India
Last WT20I	11 July 2024:  England v  New Zealand
Team information
Kent County Cricket Club (1847–present)
As of 11 July 2024 Source: CricInfo

The St Lawrence Ground is a cricket ground in Canterbury, Kent. It is the home ground of Kent County Cricket Club and since 2013 has been known as The Spitfire Ground, St Lawrence, due to commercial sponsorship. It is one of the oldest grounds on which first-class cricket is played, having been in use since 1847, and is the venue for Canterbury Cricket Week, the oldest cricket festival in the world. It is one of the two grounds used regularly for first-class cricket that have had a tree, the St Lawrence Lime, within the boundary.

Capacity at the ground was increased to 15,000 in 2000, and four One Day International matches have been played there, one each in 1999 (part of the 1999 Cricket World Cup), 2000, 2003 and 2005. The ground was the venue for the first day/night County Championship match, played as a trial in September 2011.