International cricket fixtures place significant temporary demands on historic and multi-use grounds, from broadcast and hospitality infrastructure to crowd flow across grounds never designed for finals-day capacity. Venue Architects was engaged by the England and Wales Cricket Board for overlay planning across all major match venues, including Test matches, One Day Internationals and T20 Finals Day, at grounds including Lord's, The Oval, Edgbaston and Trent Bridge. Each venue required a tailored overlay strategy balancing operational complexity, spectator experience and the practical constraints of working within established cricket grounds.