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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Keepashes » Mon Nov 23, 2009 2:51 pm

Little Durnford, Turnford, Hertfordshire, England @ Francis Frith Collection (alias Little Turnford via Fumblefingers-on-the-keyboard)
Albondiga wrote: ... There was a place called Little Durnford which sadly no longer stages cricket but besides being an excellent wicket had a backdrop which is impossible to forget. ..


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Keepashes: Hi Albondiga, I saw your post when I was totally fed up with searching for the Dead Sea Cricket Ground (which of course would be even further below sea level than Bourda if it happens to exist around here http://wikimapia.org/#lat=31.4286631&lo ... =0&m=s&v=9 somewhere) via the ground used as the cricket venue at the 2009 Maccabiah Games http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricket_at ... biah_Games but which seems to be unlocatable at Ashdod, Israel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashdod ( feel free to join in the Ashdod Cricket Ground search at http://wikimapia.org/#lat=31.7946495&lo ... =0&m=s&v=9 somewhere). Eager for a change, I opened yet another window on my notepad and did a quick Google on "Little Turnford" by mistake. The cute picture above came up at http://www.francisfrith.com/turnford/ . A little further research revealed that Francis Frith was a 19th century English photographer who became the largest supplier of postcards in the UK, and whose collection is continuing into the 21st century e-business of the same name, with the aid of thousands of folk who like to contribute their memories of the small towns of England shown in the postcards. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Frith It seemed like a site worth mentioning on this thread.

Wikepedia : "Francis Frith & Co. continues "His family continued the firm, which was finally sold in 1968 and closed in 1970. Following closure of the business in 1970 ... [in] 1977 John Buck bought the archive ...and has continued to run it as an independent business since that time - trading as The Francis Frith Collection" - see http://www.francisfrith.com/ .
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby neutr4lindy » Mon Nov 23, 2009 3:32 pm

Dharamshala Cricket Stadium , Himachal Pradesh , India


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Dharamshala is probably more well known as the abode of the Dalai Lama .They have an international cricket stadium there as well.An IPL match will be played there next year and ODIs to follow.

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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby D/L » Mon Nov 23, 2009 4:09 pm

neutralindy1 wrote:Dharamshala Cricket Stadium , Himachal Pradesh , India

Wow, what a setting, neutralindy1.

Even Scarborough pales at the side of that.
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Borges » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:07 pm

Dharamshala Cricket Stadium , Himachal Pradesh , India - Now

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Dharmashala Cricket Ground Now

cricinfo: http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58056.html
wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharamsala ... et_Stadium
wikimapia: http://wikimapia.org/1722585/Internatio ... et-Netting
website (IPL): http://www.iplt20.com/venues/dharamshala/index.htm

Recently, the stadium has been renovated and flood lights installed. The setting remains the same, one of the most beautiful cricket grounds in the world.
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Keepashes » Mon Nov 23, 2009 5:48 pm

D/L wrote:
neutralindy1 wrote:Dharamshala Cricket Stadium , Himachal Pradesh , India

Wow, what a setting, neutralindy1. Even Scarborough pales at the side of that.


Hmmm.... I think we may have to have a separate category for Himalayas-assisted grounds, folks. The environment of Dharamshala and others in Himachal Pradesh is just a bit too spectacular for words.

i see at http://www.cricinfo.com/indvsl2009/cont ... 36222.html that "Dhoni hurt his finger during the Ahmedabad Test which ended in a dull draw last Friday and the team management rushed wicketkeeper Dinesh Karthik to the city as a last minute back-up. Karthik will now return to Dharamshala to join his Tamil Nadu team-mates for the Ranji Trophy match against Himachal Pradesh, also starting tomorrow."

I see an article in Aakash Chopra's blog of 24 Feb 2009 at http://blogs.cricinfo.com/beyondtheblue ... ome_tr.php that "... We played our first two games in one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world – the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Ground in Dharamsala. The snow-covered peaks in the backdrop add to the charm of playing cricket in this mountain city. The hotel we chose to stay in was about half an hour's drive away from the ground and driving in that kind of terrain can be a bit of a bother for some, but once you set foot on the ground, everything else fades into oblivion. I must mention here that a lot of thinking and hard work has gone into building this facility and other associations can take a cue on just how much can be achieved if one has vision and the passion. The track is also almost ideal to play cricket on as it offers enough for everyone in the business. It won't be long before an international match or a national camp is held here."

From this I note that there is an alyernative spelling - "Dharamsala" - which allows me to find the location in Cricinfo, where I see three grounds listed:
abd while i was at it I followed Chopra's mention of Una, where we find:
In the last there is an article compaining about the facilities, which mentions another ground: "The UDCA said it had to use this ground as the Amtar ground at Navdaung was not ready in time." Cricinfo does not list that one. There are no photos of any. Rather poor, really. Putting all this together with some wikiwork, we now have entry that goes a bit like this, and I leave it to neut to combine them.

Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamsala, Himachal Pradesh, India (alias Dharamshala Cricket Stadium) This gives me an excuse to show another photo, from Chopra's blog:

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Cricinfo link: http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58056.html
Wij\kipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharamshal ... et_Stadium , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_P ... ssociation
Wikimapia link: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=32.197695 ... =0&m=b&v=8
Website link/s: (e.g.) http://himachal.us/2007/11/15/cricket-g ... news/rsood , http://himachaltourism.gov.in/

:stupid PS: Of course I should have realised Borges would be on the case while I was fiddling about. (Nice style with the piccies, B.) :clap I should have finished my article on Litte Durnton and the Earl of Chichester, since there's camels in the outfield as well as oaks! (ans alas, a tennis court, I think). Still, you can't have too many photos of a nice place.
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Dimi » Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:37 pm

Lynton & Lynmouth Cricket Ground, Lynton/Lynmouth, Devon, England

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http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.2327346&lo ... 17&l=0&m=b
http://lyntonlynmouthcc.play-cricket.com/home/home.asp

Dimi: I've been past this ground a couple of times. Some of you may remember it from when Sky Sports followed the club in 2008 for the summer season
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby PardonWonTheCup » Mon Nov 23, 2009 11:48 pm

neutralindy1 wrote:Dharamshala Cricket Stadium , Himachal Pradesh , India


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Dharamshala is probably more well known as the abode of the Dalai Lama .They have an international cricket stadium there as well.An IPL match will be played there next year and ODIs to follow.

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Bloody spectacular that is. I 'd never catch anything if I was fielding there. I'd be too busy staring gormlessly at the mountains.

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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Stroller95 » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:33 am

Craighouse Sports Field, Santiago, Chile.


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http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59597.html


OR's comment about mountains made me think of this. This ground is up in the hills in the affluent eastern suburbs of Santiago, above the smog level mostly. Sometimes the cordillera is obscured by fog, but when clear it is lovely.
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby gollygosh » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:24 am

What a beautiful place, Stroller! Have you been there or just seen pics of it before?
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Stroller95 » Tue Nov 24, 2009 7:14 am

Visited on a look-see for a possible posting - all the cricket is driven by expats, of course. I lived in Chile for 2 years and visited Santiago fairly frequently, but I was based in the deserty north.
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Keepashes » Tue Nov 24, 2009 3:53 pm

Albondiga's Cricket Ground, maybe Little Durnford Manor, Little Durnford, Wiltshire, England
Albondiga wrote: ... There was a place called Little Durnford which sadly no longer stages cricket but besides being an excellent wicket had a backdrop which is impossible to forget. ..


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Cricinfo: None
Wikipedia:
Wikipamia: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.1072489&lo ... 17&l=0&m=h
Website/s:

Keepashes: You will have to look at the map to see why it seems most likely to me that Albondiga's cricket ground was somewhere near the Manor, and possibly ruined by a tennis court, since there's not much else in Little Durnford,and there's hardly room for a cricket pitch between one village and the next (eg Lower Woodford). There are other photos in and around Little Durnford and Lower Woodford at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9269365, and some ramblers report on the camels at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9269365 . Note that the camel in the outfield is a Bactrian camel, which is must rarer than the single-humped dromedary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel . Note that about 5% of the world population of dromedaries is running wild in Central Australia and eating everything http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_feral_camel in between being shampooed as a tourist attraction. The Manor is the property of the current Earl of Chichester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Chichester , who presumably prefers camels to cricketers.
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Keepashes » Tue Nov 24, 2009 4:40 pm

Another Bulletin Board with a photo thread on Indian Stadiums.

http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthrea ... 89&page=21
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Albondiga » Tue Nov 24, 2009 8:56 pm

Keepashes wrote: Albondiga's Cricket Ground, maybe Little Durnford Manor, Little Durnford, Wiltshire, England
Albondiga wrote: ... There was a place called Little Durnford which sadly no longer stages cricket but besides being an excellent wicket had a backdrop which is impossible to forget. ..


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Cricinfo: None
Wikipedia:
Wikipamia: http://wikimapia.org/#lat=51.1072489&lo ... 17&l=0&m=h
Website/s:

Keepashes: You will have to look at the map to see why it seems most likely to me that Albondiga's cricket ground was somewhere near the Manor, and possibly ruined by a tennis court, since there's not much else in Little Durnford,and there's hardly room for a cricket pitch between one village and the next (eg Lower Woodford). There are other photos in and around Little Durnford and Lower Woodford at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9269365, and some ramblers report on the camels at http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=9269365 . Note that the camel in the outfield is a Bactrian camel, which is must rarer than the single-humped dromedary. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camel . Note that about 5% of the world population of dromedaries is running wild in Central Australia and eating everything http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_feral_camel in between being shampooed as a tourist attraction. The Manor is the property of the current Earl of Chichester http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Chichester , who presumably prefers camels to cricketers.
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Well done - you found it. The magnificent house was at extra cover or square leg (for a right handed bat) depending which end you were batting and the field adjoining was full of a rare breed of horse (light brown with virtually white flowing manes. Sunset was magnificent. The cricket team paid peppercorn rent to the Earl who enjoyed the odd half hour watching but his wife was not keen and wanted to turn the area into a horse jumping arena. A tragic accident to one of the Earl's dogs (a red setter I believe) finally decided matters.


Thanks for bringing back a lot of memories. :horse
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Keepashes » Thu Nov 26, 2009 12:07 pm

Richmond Green Cricket Ground, Richmond, Surrey, England
Albondiga wrote: ... There was a place called Little Durnford which sadly no longer stages cricket but besides being an excellent wicket had a backdrop which is impossible to forget. .. The cricket team paid peppercorn rent to the Earl who enjoyed the odd half hour watching but his wife was not keen ...

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Cricinfo: None
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond_Green
Wikipamia: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.461667 ... 16&l=0&m=b
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Keepashes: Alas, noblesse oblige is a thing of the past, Albodinga, especially amongst the lower ranks like Earls and such. But it was not always so. I read through some chapters of cricket history at http://www.jl.sl.btinternet.co.uk/stamp ... /1601.html until I encountered this cricket field and was led to the cricket-loving Duke of Richmond and his delightful wife Sarah. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Le ... f_Richmond .
Wikipedia: A feature of Richmond's career was the support he received from his wife Sarah, her interest being evident in surviving letters. ... On Monday 7 September 1741, Slindon played Surrey at Merrow Down, near Guildford. Richmond, in a letter to the Duke of Newcastle before the game, spoke of "poor little Slyndon against almost your whole county of Surrey". Next day he wrote again, saying that "wee (sic) have beat Surrey almost in one innings". Duchess Sarah wrote to him on Wednesday 9 September and said she "wish'd..... that the Sussex mobb (sic) had thrash'd the Surrey mob". She had "a grudge to those fellows ever since they mob'd you" (apparently a reference to the Richmond Green fiasco in August 1731).
From Lads to Lords: Richmond Green in Richmond, Surrey, was a popular venue for cricket matches during the 18th century and earlier. The earliest reference dates from 1666 ... The first reference to a "Richmond" team playing at Richmond Green is also the last reference to its use as a first class cricket venue. This was on 4 July 1743 when Richmond & Kingston were beaten by London. ... Although the Green is no longer home to a first class side, it still plays host to hotly contested cricket matches played by local pubs and clubs as part of the Len Smith Charity Shield. There is a very strong rivalry between two well-known pub teams, the ''Prince's Head'' and the ''Cricketers''.
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Re: Cricket Grounds of The World

Postby Keepashes » Thu Nov 26, 2009 1:43 pm

Old Deer Park Cricket Ground, Richmond, Surrey, England

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Old Deer Park sports grounds, view south from Kew Gardens pagoda. I have set up the map so you can see the pagoda on the top centre, and the cricket ground below. The cricinfo picture of the ground shows a reverse view, to the pagoda.

Cricinfo: http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content ... 57545.html
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Deer_Park
Wikipamia: http://www.wikimapia.org/#lat=51.470062 ... =0&m=b&v=8
Website/s: http://www.olddeerpark.co.uk/
Keepashes: This ground shares history with Richmond Green, since as wikipedia says: "The construction of the railway in the mid 19th century cut the Green off from Old Deer Park, and led to the building of Victorian villas for the more prosperous commuters to London. The A316 road, built in the early 20th century, worsened this separation." I was unable to track down the "... two well-known pub teams, the 'Prince's Head' and the 'Cricketers' ..." from the previous post, but I found the pub and two interesting clubs along the way. One is the Richmond Nomads (which might be the 'Prince's Head' team), and the other is the Richmond CC, which has a connection to Australia that makes a nice story in itself."
The Prince's Head, 28 The Green, Richmond-upon-Thames, TW9 1LX, UK: The big draw of the Princes Head is its location on Richmond Green; some people like to drink by the river because of its nice scenery, but you more often than not find yourself standing or sitting on concrete. Richmond Green has plenty of nice scenery to look at and lots of green bits to sit on. ... The Green is popular with those people who want to forget, for a while at least, that they're in London. Richmond Green has that picture postcard image of the village green, right down to the cricket game which drinkers can observe ... http://ultimatepubguide.com/pubs/info.phtml?pub_id=203
Richmond Nomads CC: A great moment for the Nomads came in 1976 when, after much lobbying of the council, we acquired use of Richmond Green, formerly the home ground of our now defunct arch-rivals the Oddfellows. We set up our HQ in the Prince's Head, forming working parties to convert part of the basement into dressing rooms. In true Nomadic style they were pretty basic - there was no plumming - but they were home. Playing on the green has its eccentricities. The pitch was reasonable - to start with anyway - and there were few hazards apart from the occasional old lady trundling her basket on wheels between batsman and square leg. There were also problems for a fielder circling under a skied catch and trying to keep his footing as his spikes slithered from grass to tarmac and back again. Another oddity in that scorching summer of '76 was the plague of ladybird that infested the area. One Nomad recalls seeing the stumps completely pink with the creatures. Gradually, though, the playing surface deteriorated and the drinking classes became more reluctant to keep off the outfield on sunny afternoons ... It wasn't until we left the Green that we discovered Richmond Town CC had to stop playing there some years before because of two deaths caused by flying cricket balls. http://www.richmondnomads.co.uk/history.html
Richmond CC: Adam Gilchrist http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/5390.html , voted Australia's finest ever one-day cricketer, the man who has hit more 6's in Test cricket that any other and Australia's most successful wicketkeeper, played for Richmond for the 1989 season. He has remained a great friend to the Club. His 1999 World Cup Shirt hangs in the bar and each year, he sponsors a young Australian to follow in his footsteps and come to Old Deer Park to develop as a cricketer and as a person. He is a Vice-President of the Club and oftens appears in our bar when in the UK. During his season with Richmond, Adam was a prolific run-scorer, scoring over 2700 runs in the season. He got off to a flying start, recording 996 runs before the end of May. As a result of this success and because 1989 also saw an Ashes series in the UK, one of our members, Robin Pearson, arranged for the BCC to interview this prodigy. This video and the story behind it, in Robin's own words, are shown here.
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