The Cardiff Wales Stadium, which is part of Sophia Gardens Cardiff, is a cricket stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It is located in Sophia Gardens on the River Taff. It is home to Glamorgan County Cricket Cl
Thatchers Pavilion
Before the redevelopment (The Cathedral Road Stand)
After the redevelopment (renamed the Castell Howell Stand)
The opening ball of the 2009 Ashes series, bowled by Mitchell Johnson to Andrew Strauss. In the background is the Riverside Stand.
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The England men's cricket team represents England and Wales in international cricket. Since 1997, it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board, having been previously governed by Maryle
Sophia Gardens (cricket ground)
…2012, the ground was a regular venue for One Day Internationals, hosting nine matches in 12 years, but it was not until 2006 that it hosted its first England match, the first match of the series against Pakistan on 30 August 2006. In 2012, the ground was named as one of three venues for the 2013 ICC Champions…
The All-England Eleven in 1846
The 1859 English team in North America
The first England team to tour southern Australia in 1861–62
The death notice printed on The Sporting Times newspaper which first named the Ashes