Stormont (cricket ground)

Stormont

Ground information
Location	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Establishment	1949
Capacity	6,000
End names
Dundonald End City End
International information
First ODI	13 June 2006: Ireland v England
Last ODI	16 July 2010: Ireland v Bangladesh
Domestic team information
Civil Service North of Ireland (2005)
As of 25 January 2010 Source: CricketArchive

Stormont is a first-class cricket ground in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the grounds of the Stormont Estate, the seat of government in Northern Ireland, and is the home of Civil Service North of Ireland Cricket Club.

It is one of two ODI grounds in Ireland (the other being the Clontarf Cricket Club Ground at Dublin). The ground was established in 1949 and saw its first ODI in June 2006: the inaugural ODI match for the Irish cricket team, against England. In 2007, a three-match ODI series between India and South Africa was played at this ground, and in 2008 it hosted the qualifying tournament for the ICC World Twenty20.

External links

• Ground profile from Cricinfo

Coordinates: 54°35′49″N 5°50′04″W / 54.59694°N 5.83444°W / 54.59694; -5.83444