Arnos Vale Stadium

Arnos Vale Stadium

Ground information
Location	Arnos Vale, St. Vincent
Capacity	18,000
Owner	Windward Islands Cricket Board
End names
Airport End Bequia End
International information
First Test	20–24 June 1997:  West Indies v  Sri Lanka
Last Test	5–9 September 2014:  West Indies v  Bangladesh
First ODI	4 February 1981:  West Indies v  England
Last ODI	20 March 2012:  West Indies v  Australia
First T20I	27 July 2013:  West Indies v  Pakistan
Last T20I	28 July 2013:  West Indies v  Pakistan
Team information
Windward Islands (1972–present)
As of 1 April 2015 Source: Arnos Vale Ground at ESPNcricinfo

The Arnos Vale Stadium is a cricket ground in Arnos Vale, near Kingstown, St. Vincent. The multi-use ground – part of Arnos Vale Sports Complex – is situated next to and to the west of the Arnos Vale Playing Field.^{[lower-alpha 1]}

The stadium holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.

International venue

The stadium hosted its first ever international game on 4 February 1981. The match was an ODI between West Indies and England and was a close encounter which the hosts won by two runs. It is the home ground of the Windward Islands. Its maiden Test match came in 1997, when the West Indies played Sri Lanka to a draw, with Sri Lanka finishing on 233–8 chasing a target of 269 runs. The second Test held at the ground, in 2009, saw Bangladesh record their maiden Test victory over the West Indies by 95 runs. At the time the West Indies were without many of their leading players due to a dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board, so seven Test debutantes featured in the West Indian team.^[1][2]

International centuries

There have been four Test and two ODI centuries scored at the venue.^[3][4]

Test centuries

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	115	Brian Lara	West Indies	207	Sri Lanka	20 June 1997	Drawn
2	128	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	243	West Indies	9 July 2009	Won
3	212	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies	447	Bangladesh	5 September 2014	Won
4	116	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	243	West Indies	5 September 2014	Lost

ODI centuries

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	104	Brian Lara	West Indies	103	New Zealand	6 April 1996	Won
2	103*	Phil Simmons	West Indies	124	New Zealand	6 April 1996	Won

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds

References

Footnotes

Notes

External links

• Arnos Vale Ground at ESPNcricinfo

Coordinates: 13°8′30.7″N 61°12′42.5″W / 13.141861°N 61.211806°W / 13.141861; -61.211806