Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground

Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground
National Cricket Performance Centre, Krefeld Cricket Ground
Ground information
Location	Krefeld, Germany
Establishment	2021
	End names
	n/a; n/a
International information
First T20I	5 August 2021:; Germany v Norway
Last T20I	14 July 2024:; Jersey v Norway
First WT20I	8 July 2021:; Germany v France
Last WT20I	28 July 2024:; Germany v Italy
	As of 28 July 2024; Source: Cricinfo

The Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Krefeld, Germany. Built to international standards, it is part of Germany's national cricket performance centre, which includes a three lane indoor training net facility.^[1]

The performance centre, a joint venture between the German Cricket Federation and SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen, a local sports club, is located at and adjacent to the Bayer Sportstadion. It was constructed over the winter of 2020–21.^[1]

In July 2021, the ground was the venue for the first ever Women's Twenty20 Internationals to be held in Germany, when Germany's women's team hosted a touring French women's team in a five-match bilateral series.^[2]^[3] Early the following month, the ground hosted the first Twenty20 Internationals to be held in Germany, when the German Cricket Federation staged a trilateral series there between Germany, Norway and France.^[4]

In July 2024 the ground held the sub-regional Europe qualifier B for the 2026 ICC Men's T20 World Cup, the first ICC event hosted by the German Cricket Federation.^[5]