Gates at the Headingley Stadium In 1902, Yorkshire beat the touring Australians by five wickets, after dismissing them for 23 in their second innings with
George Herbert Hirst and
Stanley Jackson taking five wickets each.
Donald Bradman's innings of 334 in the
1930 Ashes Test included 309 runs on the first day, and he followed it in the Australians' next test at Headingley in 1934 with an innings of 304. Spinner
Hedley Verity took 10 wickets for 10 runs in 1932 for
Yorkshire v.
Nottinghamshire, still the best bowling analysis ever in first-class cricket. Verity had also taken all ten against Warwickshire at Headingley in 1931. In the
Fourth Test of the
1948 Ashes series, Australia scored 404 for three on the last day to beat England.
Arthur Morris scored 182 and Bradman scored 173 not out. In the Third Test
against New Zealand in 1965 John Edrich hit 53 fours and 5 sixes in his 310 not out. Captain
M. J. K. Smith declared before Edrich had a chance to pass
Gary Sobers' Test record 365 not out, and England won by an innings and 187 runs. In the third test match of the
1975 Ashes series (a four-Test series), early on Tuesday 19 August head groundsman
George Cawthray discovered that campaigners calling for the release from prison of
George Davis had dug holes in the pitch and poured oil over one end of the wicket. This led to the match being abandoned and declared a draw, denying England the chance to win back the Ashes. In the
1977 Ashes test,
Geoff Boycott scored his
hundredth first-class hundred. Four days later, by winning the same game, England won the series and regained the
Ashes. In the third Test of the
1981 Ashes England were forced to follow on. However
Ian Botham scored 149
not out, and then
Bob Willis took eight wickets for 43, to give England an eventual 18-run victory. Two members of the Australian team had taken the 500–1 odds. This was only the second time in the entire history of Test cricket that a side had followed-on and won; something which would not occur again until 2001. In the Test of 1991,
Graham Gooch scored a match-winning 154 not out, carrying his bat throughout England's second innings of 252, against the
West Indies including
Malcolm Marshall,
Curtly Ambrose and
Courtney Walsh. In a game they had to win to stay in the
1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, the eventual cup-winners Australia chased down
South Africa's 271 for seven after being 48 for three.
Steve Waugh, who had been dropped by
Herschelle Gibbs as he attempted to throw the ball up in celebration, scored 120 not out. In 2000, England dismissed the West Indies for 61 to win in two days, with
Andy Caddick taking four wickets in an over. England won again seven years later in 2007, as
Ryan Sidebottom took eight wickets for 86 in two innings as England subjected the Windies to their worst Test defeat ever, an innings and 283 runs. In August 2001, England successfully chased 315 to beat Australia, with
Mark Butcher scoring an unbeaten 173 as England won by six wickets. However, in August 2009 in the 4th test of
The Ashes series, Australia beat England in days by an innings and 80 runs. Australia took twenty wickets with an attack without a spin bowler. England's middle order batsmen (
Ravi Bopara,
Ian Bell and
Paul Collingwood) scored 16 runs between them in two innings. However, these were rogue results, with the 2009 series being won by England and the 2001 series won by Australia.
Sachin Tendulkar,
Sourav Ganguly,
Rahul Dravid slammed centuries when
India played
England at Headingley from 22 to 26 August 2002. A venue where
England used to bank on for home comforts showcased Team India's convincing win as the then visitors thrashed
the Three Lions to clinch the 3rd Test of the four-match series. While
Tendulkar top-scored for India with his majestic 193 off 330 balls,
Ganguly played an entertaining knock of 128 off 167 balls.
Ganguly and
Tendulkar added 249 runs for the 4th wicket to help India register its highest total against
England in 2002. In reply,
Nasser Hussain's team folded for 273 in their 1st innings and India opted to impose a follow-on. On 17 August 2017,
Yorkshire Vikings posted the highest ever T20 score in English domestic cricket of 260–4, with
Adam Lyth scoring the highest individual score (161) in English T20 domestic cricket. Twelve days later,
Shai Hope scored two centuries in the test match between England and the West Indies, making him the first batsman in
first-class cricket at Headingley to score a century in both innings of a match. game against
Durham Jets v
Surrey 2005 It hosted four matches at the
2019 ICC Cricket World Cup. On 25 August 2019,
England chased down their highest ever fourth innings target in the third Test of the
2019 Ashes series against Australia. England scored 362–9 to win, with
Ben Stokes scoring 135*, while being latterly partnered by
Jack Leach who scored 1*. In the third test of the
2023 Ashes, England had a 3-wicket win against Australia. ==Present facilities==