New Road

New Road holds 5,500 spectators and serves as the home ground for Worcestershire County Cricket Club in Worcester, England. The venue hosts county fixtures and international tournaments alike. Cricket matches have been staged at this location from 1979 through to 2026. The ground handles a busy schedule of domestic and global fixtures across multiple formats.

Worcestershire Rapids and Worcestershire play their home games here most frequently. Regular visitors to the ground include Durham, Birmingham Bears, Leicestershire Foxes, and Lancashire Lightning. These county sides contest the fixtures that form the bulk of the cricket played at the venue. The club fixtures draw steady crowds to the banks of the Severn.

Domestic competitions staged at New Road cover the multi-day County Championship and the short-form T20 Blast. The venue also steps up to host major international events. These include matches from the Cricket World Cup, the Cricket World Cup Group B fixtures, the ICC Women's Championship, and the ICC Trophy matches.

Recent action on the pitch shows the full range of domestic results. The 2026 T20 Blast season brought mixed fortunes for the home side. Worcestershire Rapids beat Kent Spitfires by 83 runs and defeated Somerset by 36 runs. The team also secured a 27-run win against Glamorgan and chased down a target against Warwickshire Bears to win by 6 wickets.

Tougher days happen on this square as well. Middlesex claimed a heavy 141-run victory over Worcestershire during the 2026 fixtures. Gloucestershire also edged out the Worcestershire Rapids by 2 wickets in a tight finish during the same season. These matches test the squad across both the longer County Championship fixtures and the shorter T20 games.

The calendar extends into late-season international fixtures. An upcoming match between England and Ireland brings international competition to the ground in September 2026. This fixture adds another notable chapter to the venue's long hosting run. The ground continues to anchor professional cricket in Worcester.