Cambusdoon New Ground

Cambusdoon New Ground
Cambusdoon
Ground information
Location Alloway, Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
Establishment 1997
Capacity n/a
Owner Ayr Council
Operator Ayr Cricket Club
Tenants Scotland cricket team
End names
n/a
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International information
First ODI August 05, 2006:
 Scotland v  Ireland
Last ODI July 12, 2012:
 Scotland v  Canada
As of August 11 2015
Source: Cricinfo.com

Cambusdoon New Ground is a cricket ground located in Ayr, Scotland. It is the home of Ayr Cricket Club[1] and hosted nine One Day International in August 2006 as part of the European Cricket Championship tournament.

History

In 2006, Cambusdoon along with Mannofield where the two new grounds in Scotland which have been formally approved by the ICC to host one-day international matches.

Cambusdoon is the home of Ayr Cricket Club who hosted three ECC European Cricket Championship matches between three World Cup qualifiers with including Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands in August. It also hosted two one day matches in 2010 for the Scottish Team against Afghanistan. [2]

In July 2012, Scotland's two ICC World Cricket League (WCL) fixtures against Canada were moved to Ayr Cricket Club after the Citylets Grange in Edinburgh was declared unplayable.

In February 2017, Cricket Scotland confirmed that the ground would host the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup match between Scotland and Namibia, scheduled to take place in June.[3]

International centuries

There are two ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.[4]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1114*Karim Sadiq Afghanistan 108 Scotland16 August 2010Won
2100*Mohammad Shahzad Afghanistan 72 Scotland16 August 2010Won

References

  1. ↑ "Ayr Cricket Club". www.ayrcc.co.uk. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  2. ↑ http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/450498.html
  3. ↑ "Namibia Series - Dates and Venues Announced". Cricket Scotland. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 27 December 2016.

Coordinates: 55°25′50.64″N 4°38′05.14″W / 55.4307333°N 4.6347611°W / 55.4307333; -4.6347611

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