Antigua Recreation Ground
Ground information | |
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Location | Antigua |
Establishment | 1978 |
Capacity | 9,000[1] |
End names | |
Pavilion End Factory Road End | |
International information | |
First Test | 28 Mar – 1 Apr 1981: West Indies v England |
Last Test | 15–19 Feb 2009: West Indies v England |
First ODI | 22 Feb 1978: West Indies v Australia |
Last ODI | 28 Feb 2007: Bangladesh v Canada |
As of 21 February 2009 Source: Antigua Recreation Ground, Cricinfo |
Antigua Recreation Ground is the
In May 2003 the West Indies completed the highest ever successful run chase in Test Cricket at the ARG, making 418/7 against Australia in their fourth innings to win by 3 wickets.
Antigua is considered to be a good wicket on which to bat – hard and dry whilst not offering much bounce or movement to bowlers. This is colloquially known as a
After the building of the Sir Vivian Richards Stadium for the 2007 World Cup, no further Test cricket was expected at the Recreation Ground. However, due to the abandonment of the Second Test between West Indies v England on 13 February 2009 after just ten balls (due to an unfit outfield), an extra Test, called the Third Test, began at the Antigua Recreation Ground on 15 February 2009, despite concerns about the dilapidated condition of the stadium.[7]
Like many other cricket grounds in the Caribbean, the Antigua Recreation Ground traditionally hosts a variety of off the field entertainment, particularly music, both live and recorded, during breaks in play. For many years, an entertainer called
List of five-wicket hauls
A total of 16 five-wicket hauls were taken in Test matches on the ground.
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Colin Croft | 27 March 1981 | West Indies | England | 1 | 25 | 74 | 6 | Drawn[8] |
2 | Carl Rackemann[A] | 7 April 1984 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | 42.4 | 161 | 5 | West Indies won[9] |
3 | Joel Garner[A] | 7 April 1984 | West Indies | Australia | 3 | 20.5 | 63 | 5 | West Indies won[9] |
4 | Ian Bishop | 12 April 1990 | West Indies | England | 1 | 28.1 | 84 | 5 | West Indies won[10] |
5 | Waqar Younis | 1 May 1993 | Pakistan | West Indies | 1 | 28 | 104 | 5 | Drawn[11] |
6 | Courtney Walsh | 8 April 1995 | West Indies | Australia | 1 | 21.3 | 54 | 6 | Drawn[12] |
7 | Curtly Ambrose[B] | 27 April 1996 | West Indies | New Zealand | 2 | 32 | 68 | 5 | Drawn[13] |
8 | Danny Morrison[B] | 27 April 1996 | New Zealand | West Indies | 3 | 20 | 61 | 5 | Drawn[13] |
9 | Curtly Ambrose[C] | 13 June 1997 | West Indies | Sri Lanka | 1 | 13.1 | 37 | 5 | West Indies won[14] |
10 | Muttiah Muralitharan[C] | 13 June 1997 | Sri Lanka | West Indies | 2 | 23.4 | 34 | 5 | West Indies won[14] |
11 | Curtly Ambrose | 3 April 1999 | West Indies | Australia | 1 | 29.5 | 94 | 5 | Australia won[14] |
12 | Courtney Walsh[D] | 25 May 2000 | West Indies | Pakistan | 1 | 26 | 83 | 5 | West Indies won[15] |
13 | Wasim Akram[D] | 25 May 2000 | Pakistan | West Indies | 2 | 26.2 | 61 | 6 | West Indies won |
14 | Wasim Akram[D] | 25 May 2000 | Pakistan | West Indies | 4 | 30 | 49 | 5 | West Indies won |
15 | Jermaine Lawson | 9 May 2003 | West Indies | Australia | 1 | 19.1 | 78 | 7 | West Indies won[16] |
16 | Graeme Swann | 15 February 2009 | England | West Indies | 2 | 24 | 57 | 5 | Drawn[17] |
See also
- Cricket
- 2007 Cricket World Cup
- List of Test cricket grounds
- Stanford Cricket Ground
- Sir Vivian Richards Stadium
Notes
- ^ a b Rackemann and Garner took their give-wicket hauls in the same match.
- ^ a b Ambrose and Morrison took their five-wicket hauls during the same match.
- ^ a b Ambrose and Muralitharan took their five-wicket hauls during the same match.
- ^ a b c Walsh's and both of Wasim Akram's five-wicket hauls were taken during the same match.
References
- ^ "Antigua Recreation Ground | West Indies | Cricket Grounds". ESPNcricinfo.
- ^ Cricinfo
- ^ "England desperate for fightback at old Rec". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
- ^ "Test saved by old Rec put to good use". The Guardian. 15 February 2009. Retrieved 9 February 2019.
A number of great cricketers, including Andy Roberts and Richie Richardson, began their first-class careers there.
One of Antigua's most famous sons, Test match century off 56 balls, that record was recently equalled by Misbah-ul-haq of Pakistan. "Fastest Tests Centuries and 50s". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 March 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2007.
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