The Rose Bowl is an English cricket ground used for county and One Day International matches, and will host a Test match in 2011, becoming only the tenth ground in England and Wales to have that status. It is situated at West End, Hampshire near Southampton, and is home to Hampshire County Cricket Club. It is a recently built venue set into an amphitheater creating a bowl, hence the name. It is one of two new county headquarters built in England in recent years, the first for many decades, the other being Durham's ground at Chester-le-Street.

Like Durham's Riverside Ground the Rose Bowl has been allocated a few England international matches and in 2006 it hosted a Twenty20 international against Sri Lanka and a One-Day International against Pakistan. The capacity is flexible, ranging upwards from 9,000. It was increased to over 19,000 for the 2006 Twenty20 International between England and Sri Lanka and 22,000 for the England ODI versus Pakistan. The ends are called the Pavilion End and the Northern End. The venue's main flaw is that it only has one access road, which has led to well-publicised congestion problems after several matches.

25,000 by adding a pair of matching stands on The owner of the Rose Bowl has announced plans to increase the maximum seated capacity to either side of the pavilion and constructing a large stand at the Northern End. This will include 15,000 permanent seats, of which 6,000 will be under cover. On 24 November 2006, the Rose Bowl was awarded provisional test venue status by the England and Wales Cricket Board, with the prospect of the ground hosting its first Test match in 2010. It has since been confirmed that the ground will host part of the England versus Sri Lanka Test series in 2011, becoming the tenth Test venue in England and Wales.