| Ground Name: | Observatory Lane |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Location: | Dublin, Ireland |
| Coord: | 53.3256°N -6.262°W |
| Establishment: | 1865[1] |
| End1: | Rathmines[2] |
| End2: | Mount Pleasant |
| International: | true |
| Firstwodidate: | 17 August |
| Firstwodiyear: | 1990 |
| Firstwodihome: | Ireland |
| Firstwodiaway: | England |
| Lastwodidate: | 17 July |
| Lastwodiyear: | 2013 |
| Lastwodihome: | Ireland |
| Lastwodiaway: | Pakistan |
| Firstwt20idate: | 29 May |
| Firstwt20iyear: | 2009 |
| Firstwt20ihome: | Ireland |
| Firstwt20iaway: | Pakistan |
| Lastwt20idate: | 6 August |
| Lastwt20iyear: | 2009 |
| Lastwt20ihome: | Ireland |
| Lastwt20iaway: | Netherlands |
| Year1: | 2017 - 2018 |
| Club1: | Leinster Lightning |
| Date: | 3 September |
| Year: | 2020 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/60/1312.html Ground profile |
Observatory Lane is a cricket ground in Rathmines, Dublin, Ireland.
Leinster Cricket Club was founded in 1852, originally playing matches at nearby Grosvenor Square, before moving to Observatory Lane in 1865.[1] The Ireland rugby union team played their first home match at Observatory Lane in 1875 against England,[3] [1] after Lansdowne Road was deemed unsuitable.[4] First-class cricket was first played at Observatory Lane in 1912 when Ireland played Scotland.[5] The ground hosted six first-class matches before World War II, including a match between Ireland and the touring New Zealanders in 1937, in which no team passed 100 in any of the four innings.[6] Ireland played the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1948, with a 27 year wait before the next first-class match was played at the ground in 1975.[5] To date, 13 first-class matches have been played at Observatory Lane, the last in 2012 against Afghanistan in the ICC Intercontinental Cup.[5] List A cricket was first played at Observatory Lane in the 2005 ICC Trophy, with the ground hosting two matches.[7] A third List A match was played there between Leinster Lightning and Northern Knights in the 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup, with Leinster Lightning due to play a further List A match there in the 2018 Inter-Provincial Cup.[7] Women's international cricket was first played at Observatory Lane in 1990, when Ireland women played England women in a Women's One Day International (WODI).[8] To date six WODIs have been played at the ground,[8] along with two Women's Twenty20 Internationals in 2009.[9]