Facts: Established 1890 Capacity 17000 Floodlights Yes, Installed in 2015 End names Kirkstall Lane End, Football Stand End Home team Yorkshire Venue Description: Tucked away in the sleepy backstreets of suburban Leeds, Headingley staged possibly the most dramatic comeback in Test cricket when, in 1981, England beat Australia by 18 runs. England had followed on 227 runs behind and were 135 for 7 in their second innings before the combined heroics of Ian Botham, with the bat, and Willis, with the ball, beat odds of 500/1. Test cricket had first come to Headingley nearly 100 years earlier, in 1889, one year after the ground was established. The home of Yorkshire County Cricket, the Headingley ground wasn't actually owned by the club until they finally bought it in 2005 for £12 million. How does the pitch play? The pitch has not been affected by the redevelopment, and Headingley can usually be relied on for a result. Indeed, there hadn’t been a draw in Leeds since a rain-affected Test against Pakistan in 1996, until South Africa forced a stalemate in 2012. Trivia: Alastair Cook has scored 638 runs here in nine Tests and sixteen innings making him the leading scorer at the ground in Test cricket among the current squad. None of the West Indies batsmen or bowlers have any record to speak of at this venue with their last visit coming in 2007. Fixtures - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 England v Sri Lanka Fri Jun 21 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 15:00 IST Afghanistan v Pakistan Sat Jun 29 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 15:00 IST Afghanistan v West Indies Thu Jul 4 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 15:00 IST India v Sri Lanka Sat Jul 6 (50 ovs) 10:30 local | 09:30 GMT 15:00 IST
