County Cricket Ground, Hove

1st Central County Ground
Ground information
LocationHove, East Sussex
Coordinates50°49′48″N 0°09′51″W / 50.83000°N 0.16417°W / 50.83000; -0.16417
Establishment1872
Capacity6,000
End names
Cromwell Road End
Sea End
International information
Only ODI15 May 1999:
 India v  South Africa
First women's Test29 August—1 September 1987:
 England v  Australia
Last women's Test9—12 August 2005:
 England v  Australia
First WODI23 June 1973:
 England v  International XI
Last WODI18 September 2022:
 England v  India
First WT20I5 August 2004:
 England v  New Zealand
Last WT20I9 July 2024:
 England v  New Zealand
Team information
Sussex (1872 – present)
As of 9 July 2024
Source: CricketArchive

The County Cricket Ground, known for sponsorship reasons as The 1st Central County Ground,[1] is a cricket venue in Hove, in the city of Brighton and Hove, East Sussex, England. The County Ground is the home of Sussex County Cricket Club, where most Sussex home matches since 1872 have been played, although many other grounds in Sussex have been used. Sussex CCC continue to play some of their games away from The County Ground, at either Arundel Castle or Horsham. It is one of the few county grounds to have deckchairs for spectators, in the Sussex CCC colours of blue and white,[2] and was the first cricket ground to install permanent floodlights, for day/night cricket matches and the second ground (after Edgbaston) to host a day/night match in England, in 1997.[3]

  1. ^ "Sussex announce new ground name; 'The 1st Central County Ground, Hove'". Sussex County Cricket Club. 15 March 2016. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. ^ Thomson, Sam (16 April 2009). "New Sussex cricket ground plans unveiled". The Argus. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
  3. ^ "CRICKET - Cricket's floodlit revolution". BBC Sport.