Qualla: Trent Bridge https://qualla.com/trent-bridge en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:15 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/trent-bridge-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Trent Bridge https://qualla.com/trent-bridge Trent Bridge: Introduction https://qualla.com/trent-bridge/ Photo credit PaddyBriggs, Public domain. The first recorded match was held on a patch of ground behind the Trent Bridge Inn in 1838. William Clarke, husband of the inn's proprietress, formally opened the ground three years later. From that pub yard - barely a hundred yards from the river that gave it a name - has grown one of cricket's most celebrated stages: a Test ground that has hosted England against Australia since 1899, a pavilion older than most countries' cricket boards, and a quirk of architecture that means the building faces the wicket not square-on but at an angle, like a friend leaning in to listen.

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/trent-bridge-wp/gcrj-trent-bridge-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Trent Bridge: Behind the Pub https://qualla.com/trent-bridge/ Photo credit PaddyBriggs, Public domain. Trent Bridge sits in West Bridgford, just across the River Trent from Nottingham proper, a stone's throw from Meadow Lane and the City Ground - the home stadiums of Notts County and Nottingham Forest respectively, the latter Brian Clough's old empire. The cricket ground predates ...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/trent-bridge-wp/gcrj-trent-bridge-behind-the-pub.mp3 0:06 2 full Trent Bridge: The Pavilion at an Angle https://qualla.com/trent-bridge/ Photo credit Sports Fan (talk), Public domain. The pavilion's architectural foundations were laid in 1889, and it has retained those original proportions ever since. The famous detail - immediately recognisable to anyone who watches Test cricket on television - is that it does not face the pitch square on. The pavilion looks ...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/trent-bridge-wp/gcrj-trent-bridge-the-pavilion-at-an-angle.mp3 0:06 3 full Trent Bridge: The Records They Keep https://qualla.com/trent-bridge/ Photo credit Nic Redhead from Birmingham, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0. Trent Bridge holds two of cricket's strangest records, both involving England's One Day International batting. In August 2016, England made 444 for 3 against Pakistan - then the highest ODI total in history. Two summers later, on the same square against Australia, they bettered i...

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]]> Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/g/c/r/j/trent-bridge-wp/gcrj-trent-bridge-the-records-they-keep.mp3 0:06 4 full Trent Bridge: Light and Weather https://qualla.com/trent-bridge/ Photo credit Palmiped (talk), CC BY 3.0. The 2005 Ashes Test here became part of cricket folklore - Freddie Flintoff reaching his century in front of the Fox Road Stand, fans in the William Clarke Stand celebrating as England crept the last four runs to victory. New floodlights went up in 2008. The 2009 ICC World Twenty...

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