| Utilita Bowl | |||||||||
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Pavilion_stands.JPG) The pavilion flanked by the Colin Ingleby-MacKenzie and Shane Warne Stands | |||||||||
| Ground information | |||||||||
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| Location | West End, Hampshire SO30 3XH | ||||||||
| Coordinates | 50°55′26″N 1°19′19″W / 50.9240°N 1.3219°W | ||||||||
| Establishment | 2001 | ||||||||
| Capacity | 15,000 (25,000 with temporary seating)[1] | ||||||||
| Owner | RB Sport & Leisure Holdings plc | ||||||||
| End names | |||||||||
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| International information | |||||||||
| First Test | 16–20 June 2011: England v  Sri Lanka | ||||||||
| Last Test | 19–23 June 2021: India v  New Zealand | ||||||||
| First ODI | 10 July 2003: South Africa v  Zimbabwe | ||||||||
| Last ODI | 10 September 2023: England v New Zealand | ||||||||
| First T20I | 13 July 2005: England v  Australia | ||||||||
| Last T20I | 11 September 2024: England v Australia | ||||||||
| First WODI | 24 August 2006: England v India | ||||||||
| Last WODI | 16 July 2023: England v Australia | ||||||||
| First WT20I | 1 July 2010: England v New Zealand | ||||||||
| Last WT20I | 6 July 2024: England v New Zealand | ||||||||
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| As of 6 July 2024 Source: ESPN Cricinfo | |||||||||
The Rose Bowl, known for sponsorship reasons as Utilita Bowl, is a cricket ground and hotel complex in West End, Hampshire. It is the home of Hampshire County Cricket Club, who have played there since 2001.
It was constructed as a replacement for the County Ground in Southampton and also the United Services Recreation Ground in Portsmouth, which had been Hampshire's homes since 1882. Hampshire played their inaugural first-class match at the ground against Worcestershire on 9–11 May 2001, with Hampshire winning by 124 runs. The ground has since hosted international cricket, including One Day Internationals, matches in the 2004 Champions Trophy, two Twenty20 Internationals and Test matches in 2011, 2014 and 2018, when England played Sri Lanka and India. In 2020, the ground was used as one of two biosecure venues, alongside Old Trafford, for the tours involving West Indies, Pakistan and Ireland which were regulated due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In order to be able to host Test cricket, the ground underwent a redevelopment starting in 2008, which saw stands built to increase capacity and other construction work undertaken to make the hosting of international cricket at the ground more viable. A four-star Hilton Hotel with an integrated media centre overlooking the ground opened in 2015. Following Hampshire Cricket Ltd finding itself in financial trouble in 2011, the lease on the ground was sold to Eastleigh Borough Council for £6.5 million with a benefactor injecting a similar sum in 2012.
The Rose Bowl played host to the inaugural final of the 2019–21 ICC World Test Championship between India and New Zealand, resulting in New Zealand being crowned inaugural World Test Champions.[2]
- ^ "The many shapes of England's cricket stadiums". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
- ^ "Sublime New Zealand win inaugural World Test Championship". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 23 June 2021.