Address: Trent Bridge, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG2 6AG

Phone: 0115-982 3000

Name: Trent Bridge

Also or formerly known as: Trent Bridge Ground

Capacity: 15,000

End names: Pavilion End, Radcliffe Road End

Home Team: Nottinghamshire

Directions: Nottingham railway station is a 15 minute walk. There are regular buses from the city centre directly to the ground. Driving: Ground can be approached from both the M1 and A1 without travelling through the city centre.

Trent Bridge is the world's third oldest major cricket ground and home to Nottinghamshire Cricket Club.

Cricket developed into a public spectacle in Nottingham during the latter half of the 18th century. The main cricket ground was owned by the Town Council, but following the marriage of the Nottinghamshire captain to the landlady of the local Trent Bridge Inn, a new ground was set up in the meadow attached to the hostelry.

The country's largest pavilion was erected in 1886 and after further developments hosted its first ever Test match against the Australians in 1899.

Improvements gathered apace throughout the last century and even bombing during the Second World War could not hamper its progress - throughout the war, the army even utilised the pavilion as the central mail sorting office.

The ground is considered by many as one of the most pleasant in England, maintaining much of its original architecture.

There are also plans to increase the capacity to 15,400 with another new stand.

England's right arm medium fast Alec Victor Bedser grabbed the headlines at this venue in 1953 after taking seven Australian wickets in each of the innings for 99 runs.

Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor were the heroes in 1989 at Trent Bridge after their momentous 329 runs - the highest first-wicket stand in the Ashes series.