Queen's Park Oval

Queen's Park Oval

Infobox cricket ground
ground_name = Queen's Park Oval
nickname = The Oval


country = West Indies
location = Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
establishment = 1896
seating_capacity = 25,000
owner = Queen's Park Cricket Club
end1 = Pavilion End
end2 = Media Centre End
international = true
firsttestdate = 1 February
firsttestyear = 1930
firsttesthome = West Indies
firsttestaway = England
lasttestdate = 3 April
lasttestyear = 2008
lasttesthome = West Indies
lasttestaway = Sri Lanka
firstodidate = 9 March
firstodiyear = 1983
firstodihome = West Indies
firstodiaway = India
lastodidate = 12 April
lastodiyear = 2008
lastodihome = West Indies
lastodiaway = Sri Lanka
year1 = 1896 – present
club1 = Queen's Park Cricket Club
date = 23 April
year = 2008
source = http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/ground/59475.html Cricinfo

Queen's Park Oval, in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, is one of the largest cricket grounds in the West Indies and has hosted more Test matches than any other ground in the Caribbean. It also hosted a number of matches in the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is privately owned by the Queen's Park Cricket Club and has seating for about 25,000. The Trinidad and Tobago cricket team play most of their home matches at the ground. The cricket field has also been used to host several domestic and international football matches.

Besides the main cricket stadium, the facility includes a Gym, indoor and outdoor cricket practice nets, two squash courts and two outdoor tennis courts.

ee also

*Cricket
*2007 Cricket World Cup
*List of Test cricket grounds

External links

* [http://www.qpcc.com/ Queen's Park Cricket Club Offical Website]
* [http://content-www.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/ground/59475.html Queen's Park Oval Entry at Cricinfo]


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