The War Memorial Athletic Ground , often referred to as simply the War Memorial Ground , is a sports ground in the Amblecote region of Stourbridge , West Midlands , England . It plays host to both cricket and football , being the home of Stourbridge Cricket Club and Stourbridge Football Club .
14-757: A war memorial archway which forms the entrance to the sports ground, was designed by the Stourbridge Borough Surveyor, Geoffrey Ince, at a cost of £220 and was unveiled in December 1928. Two ICC Trophy matches have been played at the War Memorial Ground: Bermuda v Papua New Guinea in 1979, and Argentina v East Africa in 1986. The ground also hosted a match in the 1997 Triple Crown Tournament , between an England Cricket Board XI and Ireland . Worcestershire County Cricket Club played 61 first-class matches at
28-634: A top-two finish in the World Cup Qualifier Play-off and achieve a top-two finish in the World Cup Qualifier . A system of promotion and relegation exists between the Challenge League and ICC Cricket World Cup League 2 . In the World Cup Qualifier Play-off, the bottom two teams from League 2 and the two champions of the Challenge League could change leagues depending on their results. Of the four teams,
42-468: Is held once every four years and the Challenge League forms part of the qualification process for each edition. Twelve teams are divided into two groups of six and each group plays a triple round robin. The top ranked team of each group advances to the World Cup Qualifier Play-off. For a Challenge League team to qualify for the World Cup, they must, in succession, top their Challenge League group, achieve
56-573: Is the most successful team, having won three consecutive titles between 1982 and 1990, while Scotland and Sri Lanka are the only other teams to have won multiple titles. Historically performance at the World Cup Qualifier has been a key determinant for elevation to full membership of the ICC and Test status, with Sri Lanka (1981), Zimbabwe (1992) and Bangladesh (2000) being awarded full membership after ICC Trophy wins. In September 2018,
70-510: The FA Cup first round on 7 November 2009. The match finished in a 0–1 loss for Stourbridge. It hosted a replay between Stourbridge and Plymouth Argyle in the FA Cup on 22 November 2011. On 13 December 2016 the ground hosted a second round FA Cup match between Stourbridge and Northampton Town . The match ended with a 1-0 win for Stourbridge, sending the club into the FA Cup third round for
84-511: The 2009 season remains the county's largest ever defeat in terms of runs. In 1909 Frank Woolley and Arthur Fielder shared a partnership of 235 for Kent 's 10th wicket, a stand which remains the highest for the 10th wicket in the County Championship as of 2021 and the fourth-highest of all time. The War Memorial Athletic Ground is also the home of Stourbridge F.C. since 1888. The ground hosted League One team Walsall in
98-566: The ICC confirmed that all matches in the ICC World Cup Qualifier will have ODI status, regardless if a team does not have ODI status prior to the start of an individual tournament event. ICC Cricket World Cup Challenge League The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Challenge League is a cricket competition contested in the List A format, and the bottom level of the three-league Cricket World Cup qualification system, which
112-526: The first time in the club’s history. 52°27′45.20″N 2°09′04.89″W / 52.4625556°N 2.1513583°W / 52.4625556; -2.1513583 ICC Trophy The Cricket World Cup Qualifier (previously called the ICC Trophy and officially known as the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier ) is a One-Day International (ODI) cricket tournament that serves as the culmination of
126-478: The first time. The WCL was discontinued in 2019, with qualification for the World Cup Qualifier instead determined by a series of leagues including the Super League , League 2 and Challenge League . The number of qualifying berths available from the World Cup Qualifier currently stands at two for the 2023 event , but has varied from a minimum of one (1982, 1986, 1990) to a maximum of five (2005). Zimbabwe
140-400: The ground: 60 between 1905 and 1962, and a further one in 1981. All these games were in the County Championship . Only three List A games have been played here, in 1969, 1970 and 1982, again all involving Worcestershire. The county played Second XI cricket at the ground into the early 1990s. On this ground in 1911, Worcestershire lost to Lancashire by 372 runs, which as of the beginning of
154-624: The qualification process for the Cricket World Cup . It is usually played in the year before the World Cup. Although the tournament has used a variety of different formats, a final qualification event has been a feature of every World Cup since 1979. From 1979 to 2001, all associate members of the International Cricket Council (ICC) were eligible to participate in the ICC Trophy. Regional qualification
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#1732800826534168-501: The two teams ranked higher will play in the next League 2, while the two teams ranked lower will play in the next Challenge League. The bottom four teams from the Challenge League are also at risk of dropping out of the 32-team qualification system entirely. They play in the World Cup Challenge Play-off with four other teams from outside the system. Of the eight participants, only the top four teams will play in
182-607: Was introduced for the 2005 ICC Trophy – the final tournament to bear that name – with the World Cricket League (WCL) introduced in 2007. Until 2015, automatic qualification was granted to all full members of the ICC. However, for the 2019 Cricket World Cup , only the top eight teams in the ICC ODI Championship were given automatic qualification, meaning ICC full members played in the Qualifier for
196-417: Was introduced in 2019. Twelve teams participate in two groups, where the top team of each group advances to the World Cup Qualifier Play-off, which is a pathway to qualification for the next Cricket World Cup . The Challenge League replaced Divisions Three , Four and Five from the World Cricket League in determining World Cup qualification. The first edition was in 2019–2022 . The Cricket World Cup
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