Colombo Cricket Club Ground, Cricket stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Colombo Cricket Club Ground is a cricket stadium in Colombo with a well-maintained grass field and tiered spectator seating. The venue includes training pitches and practice areas for players to develop their skills.
The ground's first cricket match was played in the 1911–12 season, and its maiden first-class match came in 1927, when the Europeans (Ceylon) hosted the Marylebone Cricket Club. An MCC side captained by Douglas Jardine played here in 1933–34. The first of three Test matches at the ground took place in March 1984, when New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by an innings and 61 runs.
The ground is the home of Colombo Cricket Club, the oldest first-class cricket club in Sri Lanka. It hosts domestic first-class and List A matches and warm-up games for touring teams, and was one of five venues for the 2006 under-19 Cricket World Cup.
The ground sits on Maitland Crescent, alongside the Sinhalese Sports Club and Nondescripts Cricket Club grounds. Seating is limited to narrow strips along each side, with a concrete stand and press box at the Press Box End and the main pavilion at the Pavilion End. Capacity is 6,000, so check which end your ticket covers.
The ground was formerly called Maitland Crescent Ground, and it sits on Maitland Crescent alongside two other cricket venues, the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground and the Nondescripts Cricket Club Ground. Its playing area fills most of the site, leaving only narrow spectator strips on each side.
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