Scorers, Shirley

{{short description|Cricket ground in Solihull}}

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{{Infobox cricket ground

| ground_name = Scorers

| nickname =

| image = File:Scorers, Shirley cricket ground.jpg

| caption = Scorers in 2023

| country = England

| location = Shirley, Solihull, West Midlands

| coordinates = {{Coord|52.421366|-1.821692}}

| establishment = 1956 (first recorded match)

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| owner =

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| international = true

| firstwodidate = 10 July

| firstwodiyear = 2013

| firstwodihome = Ireland

| firstwodiaway = Pakistan

| firstwt20idate = 8 July

| firstwt20iyear = 2013

| firstwt20ihome = Ireland

| firstwt20iaway = Pakistan

| lastwt20idate = 10 September

| lastwt20iyear = 2014

| lastwt20ihome = Ireland

| lastwt20iaway = South Africa

| home club = Moseley Cricket Club

| club1 = Central Sparks

| year1 = 2023–present

| date = 13 July

| year = 2023

| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868.html CricketArchive

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Scorers is a cricket ground in Shirley, Solihull that is the home of Moseley Cricket Club, who played their first recorded match on the ground in 1956.{{cite web |url=https://moseley.play-cricket.com/home |title=Moseley CC |website=Play-Cricket |access-date=13 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868.html |title=Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}}

Scorers has hosted Warwickshire County Cricket Club Second XI matches since 1972.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_sec.html |title=Second Eleven Championship Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_set.html |title=Second Eleven Trophy Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}}{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_sett.html |title=Second Eleven Twenty20 Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}} A game apiece in the 1979, 1982 and 1986 ICC Trophy tournaments were held at the ground.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_icct.html |title=ICC Trophy Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}}

The ground hosted Division Seven of the inaugural Women's Twenty20 Cup in 2009, and the Midlands and North Division Three of the 2010 Women's Twenty20 Cup.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_wtt.html |title=Women's Twenty20 Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}} It also hosted Warwickshire Women matches between 2010 and 2015.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_wa.html |title=Women's List A Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}}

The ground hosted its first international matches on 8 July 2013, with two Women's Twenty20 Internationals (WT20Is) between Ireland and Pakistan, both won by Pakistan.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_witt.html |title=Women's International Twenty20 Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}} The ground hosted its first Women's One Day International two days later, between the same sides, again won by Pakistan.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/1868_wo.html |title=Women's ODI Matches Played on Scorers, Shirley |website=CricketArchive |access-date=13 July 2023}} The ground went on to host three WT20Is between Ireland and South Africa in September 2014.

In July 2023, the ground played host to its first Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy match, between Central Sparks and Western Storm, although the match was abandoned (with a toss).{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/rachael-heyhoe-flint-trophy-2023-1347396/central-sparks-vs-western-storm-28th-match-1347430/full-scorecard |title=28th Match, Solihull, July 11 2023, Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy: Central Sparks v Western Storm |website=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=13 July 2023}}