All you need to know about the venues of the Cricket World Cup 2019

Lord's Cricket Ground will host the final of the Cricket World Cup 2019. 

It has a capacity of 28,500. 

Looking back at history, Lord's Cricket Ground is the only one to have hosted multiple finals, those of 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999.

Fixtures:

June 23 Pakistan v South Africa
June 25 England v Australia
June 29 New Zealand v Australia
July 5 Pakistan v Bangladesh
July 14 Final

The opening match of the World Cup will be hosted at The Oval stadium. 

It has a capacity of 25,000. 

The Oval is the first ground in England to host international Test cricket in September 1880. 

Fixtures:

May 30 England v South Africa
June 2 South Africa v Bangladesh
June 5 Bangladesh v New Zealand
June 9 India v Australia
June 15 Sri Lanka v Australia

Trent Bridge is considered to be one of the best grounds in the world to watch cricket. It was first used as a cricket ground in the 1830s.

The ground has a capacity of 17,000.

Fixtures:

May 31 West Indies v Pakistan
June 3 England v Pakistan
June 6 Australia v West Indies
June 13 India v New Zealand
June 20 Australia v Bangladesh

With a capacity of 14,000, the Riverside Durham evolved as a significant cricketing venue in 1999, when it hosted two World Cup matches. 

In the World Cup 2019, it will host just three league matches. 

Fixtures:

June 28 Sri Lanka v South Africa
July 1 Sri Lanka v West Indies
July 3 England v New Zealand

Headingley has hosted Test cricket since 1899 and has a capacity of 18,350 spectators.

Fixtures:
 
June 21 England v Sri Lanka
June 29 Pakistan v Afghanistan
July 4 Afghanistan v West Indies
July 6 Sri Lanka v India

Popularly known as the Rose Bowl, the ground opened a four-star Hilton Hotel with an integrated media centre overlooking the ground. 

The ground has a capacity of 17,000 spectators. 

Indian will start their campaign here against South Africa. 

Fixtures:

June 5 South Africa v India
June 10 South Africa v West Indies
June 14 England v West Indies
June 22 India v Afghanistan
June 24 Bangladesh v Afghanistan

Edgbaston was the first English ground outside Lord's to host a major international one-day tournament final when it hosted the ICC Champions Trophy final in 2013.

It will host the second semi-final of the tournament on Jully 11. 

The ground has a capacity of 24,500 people.

Fixtures:

June 19 New Zealand v South Africa
June 26 New Zealand v Pakistan
June 30 England v India
July 2 Bangladesh v India
July 11 Semi-final 2 - Q2 v Q3

The ground was originally built as part of a sports centre by Taunton Athletic Club in 1881. 

It has a capacity of just 8,000 spectators, making it the ground with the least seating capacity in the World Cup. 

Fixtures:

June 8 Afghanistan v New Zealand
June 12 Australia v Pakistan
June 17 West Indies v Bangladesh

The ground, after reconstruction project in 2009, now includes a world-class media centre and conference facilities for the broadcast of the World Cup. 

It has a capacity of 11,000 spectators.  

Fixtures:

June 1 Afghanistan v Australia
June 7 Pakistan v Sri Lanka
June 11 Bangladesh v Sri Lanka
 

Popularly known as the Sophia Gardens, the ground has a capacity of 15,200. It has been an international cricket venue since May 1999, when it played host to the 1999 Cricket World Cup match. 

Fixtures:
 
June 1 New Zealand v Sri Lanka
June 4 Afghanistan v Sri Lanka
June 8 England v Bangladesh
June 15 South Africa v Afghanistan

With acapacity of 24,600, Old Trafford is England's second oldest Test venue and hosted the first Ashes Test in England, in July 1884, and two Cricket World Cup semi-finals.

It will host the first semi-final of the tournament on July 9.

Fixtures:

June 16 India v Pakistan
June 18 England v Afghanistan
June 22 West Indies v New Zealand
June 27 West Indies v India
July 6 Australia v South Africa
July 9 Semi-final 1 - Q1 v Q4