Antigua Recreation Ground
- Antigua Recreation Ground
Antigua Recreation Ground is the national stadium of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in St. John's, on the Island of Antigua. The ground has been used by the West Indies cricket team and Antigua and Barbuda national football team. It has Test cricket status [http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/westindies/content/ground/59495.html] .
It has produced a number of great cricketers, including Andy Roberts and Richie Richardson.
One of Antigua's most famous sons, Viv Richards, scored the fastest Test match century off 56 balls [Cite web
url = http://www.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/FASTEST_TEST_100S_50S.html
title = Fastest Tests Centuries and 50s
accessdate = 2007-03-22
publisher = Cricinfo] v England in the "Blackwash" series of 1986 at the Recreation Ground. It was also where Brian Lara scored the highest Test individual innings of 400 not out, also against England, in 2004. [Cite web
url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/3620145.stm
title = Lara sets Test record
date = 2004-04-12
accessdate = 2007-03-22
publisher = BBC Sport]
Antigua is considered to be a good wicket on which to bat - hard and dry whilst not offering much bounce or movement to bowlers. This is colloquially known as a featherbed. [Cite web
url = http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/ci/content/story/239756.html
title = A glossary of cricket terms
accessdate = 2007-01-03
publisher = Cricinfo]
The Antigua Recreation Ground has also been the place noted for hosting Cricket carnival which was popularized by DJ such as Chicke of Chickie's HiFi.
ee also
*Cricket
*2007 Cricket World Cup
*List of Test cricket grounds
References
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Recreation Ground — ist im Englischen die Bezeichnung für ein Freizeitgelände. Darüber hinaus ist es der Name mehrerer Stadien: Recreation Ground (Aldershot) (Aldershot Town) Recreation Ground (Bath) (Bath Rugby) Recreation Ground (Chesterfield) (FC Chesterfield)… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Antigua — This article is about the island. For more detailed information on Antigua as a political entity, see Antigua and Barbuda. For other places named Antigua, see Antigua (disambiguation). For British Royal Navy ships, see HMS Antigua. Antigua Native … Wikipedia
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Antigua and Barbuda national football team — Infobox National football team Name = Antigua and Barbuda Badge = Antigua and Barbuda FA.gif FIFA Trigramme = ATG FIFA Rank = 122 FIFA max = 109 FIFA max date = October 2006 FIFA min = 170 FIFA min date = December 2003 Elo Rank = T159 Nickname =… … Wikipedia
Antigua and Barbuda Football Association — National football association | Founded = 1928 FIFA affiliation = 1970 Region = CONCACAF Region affiliation = 1972 President = Mervyn Richards Coach = Derrick Edwards The Antigua and Barbuda Football Association is the governing body of football… … Wikipedia
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St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda — Infobox Settlement official name = St. John s other name = native name = nickname = settlement type = motto = imagesize = image caption = Newgate Street in St. John s flag size = image seal size = image shield = shield size = city logo = citylogo … Wikipedia
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