The Coolidge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken over by American businessman and cricket enthusiast Allen Stanford, rebuilt in 2004 and named the Stanford Cricket Ground. It was used as one of the many home grounds of the Leeward Islands and also hosted many Twenty20 matches, including both the 2006 and 2008 Stanford 20/20 tournaments and the 2008 Stanford Super Series. Stanford was convicted of fraud and multiple violations of US securities laws on 6 March 2012 and sentenced to 110 years in prison, and the stadium's name was changed to the Coolidge Cricket Ground in 2016-17 and it resumed staging cricket matches after an eight-year hiatus.
| Ground information | |||||
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| Location | Coolidge, Saint George, Antigua | ||||
| Establishment | 2004 | ||||
| Capacity | 5,000 | ||||
| Operator | Government of Antigua and Barbuda | ||||
| End names | |||||
| Pavilion End Airport Road End | |||||
| International information | |||||
| First T20I | 3 March 2021: West Indies v  Sri Lanka | ||||
| Last T20I | 14 November 2021: Argentina v  Bermuda | ||||
| First WODI | 5 September 2019: West Indies v  Australia | ||||
| Last WODI | 7 September 2021: West Indies v  South Africa | ||||
| First WT20I | 19 October 2017: West Indies v Sri Lanka | ||||
| Last WT20I | 2 July 2021: West Indies v  Pakistan | ||||
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| As of 14 November 2021 Source: Cricinfo | |||||
The stadium also hosted football matches for Antigua Barracuda FC of USL Pro from 2011 to 2012.
In February 2021, it was selected to host its first official International matches to be played by the West Indies Men's team during Sri Lanka tour of the West Indies.[1] On 3 March 2021, Kieron Pollard became only the third player to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket, off the bowling of Akila Dananjaya.[2]
This ground has hosted many matches of 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.
References
edit- ^ "International Cricket to return to the Caribbean, as CWI confirm Sri Lanka Tour". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
- ^ "Kieran Pollard's six sixes in an over trumps Akila Dananjaya hat-rick in dramatic chase". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021.