Beausejour Stadium
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| Beausejour Cricket Ground | |
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 Gros Islet , Saint Lucia
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| Coordinates | 14 ° 4 '14 " N , 60 ° 55' 54" W |
| opening | 2002 |
| First game | June 8, 2002 |
| capacity | 20,000 seats |
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The Beausejour Stadium is a cricket stadium near Gros Islet in the Gros-Islet-Quarter on Saint Lucia . It can seat 20,000 spectators. On April 5, 2016 it was announced that the stage in Darren Sammy National Cricket Stadium to be renamed after captain Darren Sammy with the West Indies , the ICC World Twenty20 2016 won. It owes its previous name to the Beausejour hills. The facility was built on an area of around 9 hectares . Guest teams have 18 accommodations with their own training room, lounge and meeting room.
location
The stadium is located in the rain-poorest area of St. Lucia in the northeast of Rodney Bay , around 6 minutes by car from downtown Gros Islets on the Castries – Gros Islet expressway.
Furnishing
The Beausejour Stadium meets high quality standards. After the opening, the “West Indies Cricket Board” intended to make this sports facility a model for other cricket stadiums in the Caribbean. The playing field is designed in the shape of an oval and four floodlight masts enable day-night games . The ends of the playing field are known as the Pavillion End and Media Center End. A day-night game was played here in the Caribbean for the first time in 2003 .
There are 18 boxes and 13,000 seats; If necessary, their number can be increased to 20,000.
Sporting events
The first match was held on June 8, 2002 as One-Day International . The West Indies faced New Zealand . In June 2003 the first test match between the West Indies and Sri Lanka was played here. During the Cricket World Cup 2007 six group matches and one semi-final were played in this stadium, at the ICC World Twenty20 2010 four group and intermediate round matches and both semi-finals were played.
The stadium is also used for soccer games and other soccer events.
See also
Web links
- Amicia Mussenden: Warner Park Cricket Grounds: A Photo Tour
- World Stadium: Warner Park Stadium
- FootballFans.eu: Warner Park Football Stadium
Individual evidence
- ^ Stadium in Saint Lucia . World stadiums. September 14, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2012.
- ^ St Lucia to name its main cricket ground after Darren Sammy . India Today. April 7, 2016. Retrieved April 7, 2016.
- ↑ a b Beausejour Cricket Ground . Cricinfo. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ↑ a b Haydn Gill: New ground sets standard . Cricinfo. June 9, 2002. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
- ^ 1st Test, Sri Lanka tour of West Indies at Gros Islet, Jun 20-24 2003. In: ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved October 26, 2018 .
- ↑ Saint Lucia 2 - 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis - World Cup 2014 Qualifier. In: CaribbeanFootballDatabase.com. Retrieved September 14, 2012 .
- ^ Les Ferdinand visits the Gros Islet Youth Football Program. In: The Voice St. Lucia. June 25, 2011, archived from the original on March 4, 2016 ; accessed on September 14, 2012 (English).