Colombo Cricket Club Ground
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| place | Colombo , Sri Lanka |
| Coordinates | 6 ° 54 '28.1 " N , 79 ° 51' 57.3" E |
| owner | Colombo Cricket Club |
| capacity | 6000 |
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The Colombo Cricket Club Ground is a cricket stadium in Maitland Crescent , Colombo , Sri Lanka .
Capacity and infrastructure
The stadium's capacity today is 6,000. It is in close proximity to two other cricket stadiums, the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground . The two wicket ends are the Press Box End and the Pavilion End .
International cricket
The first test match at this stadium took place in March 1984 between Sri Lanka and New Zealand . Since then, it has been used for one more test game each on the tours of Pakistan in the 1985/86 season and New Zealand in the 1987 season . Since then, no further international encounters have taken place here, but it is partly used to host tour matches.
National cricket
The stadium is the home of the Colombo Cricket Club and is used by the latter in the national championships. The first first-class game took place here in 1927.
See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 3rd Test, New Zealand tour of Sri Lanka at Colombo (CCC), Mar 24-29 1984 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved November 30, 2019.