Queen's Park Oval
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| place | Port of Spain ( Trinidad and Tobago ) |
| Coordinates | 10 ° 40 '2.6 " N , 61 ° 31' 25.3" W |
| opening | March 2007 |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 20,000 |
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The Queen's Park Oval is a cricket stadium in Port of Spain , Trinidad and Tobago . It was opened in 1896 and with 20,000 seats is the largest and oldest cricket stadium in the Caribbean. It is the home stadium for the Trinidad and Tobago Cricket team and the Trinbago Knight Riders , who play in the Caribbean Premier League . The stadium is also the venue for test matches and ODIs for the West Indian cricket team. In 2007 the Queens Park Oval hosted ODI matches of the Cricket World Cup .
history
Queen's Park Cricket Club has owned the Queen's Park Oval since 1896. When it was built, it was one of the largest cricket stadiums in the Caribbean. It takes its name from the club that owns it, which in turn takes its name from the original venue for its games, nearby Queen's Park Savannah . The first first-class cricket tournaments took place as early as 1897 , for example the first verifiable tournament between a team of English cricketer Martin Hawke, 7th Baron Hawke and a team put together by the Queen's Park Cricket Club. The stadium remained largely unchanged until 1952. In 1896 the stadium was a venue for a tour of England, but this was only considered a List A match. It was not until 1930 that the first official test match between West Indies and England took place. The pitch was until 1952 only made of clay. The ball bounced better because of the hard ground and high scores were possible. Only after a test match in 1954, in which the Windies scored 681 and England 537 runs, was the pitch given a turf surface. In 2007, many renovations took place on the occasion of the World Cup. In addition to modernizing the media center, floodlights were also installed. The two ends are called Brian Lara Pavilion End and Media Center End .
Web links
- Queen's Park Oval at ESPNcricinfo
Individual evidence
- ↑ ESPNCricInfo.com: Queen's Park Oval. Retrieved January 17, 2018 .
- ↑ Match Windies vs England ( English ) Cricinfo. May 28, 2016. Retrieved May 28, 2016.