Community Centre, Skeldon

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Community Centre
Ground information
Location Skeldon, Guyana
Coordinates 5°53′09″N57°08′34″W / 5.8857°N 57.1429°W / 5.8857; -57.1429
Establishmentc.1964
Team information
Guyana (1971/721992/93)
As of 22 April 2022
Source: Ground profile

The Community Centre is a cricket ground in Skeldon, Guyana.

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History

The Community Centre is located in the town of Skeldon close to the Guyana–Suriname border. The ground held its first major representative match in March 1972, when Guyana played a first-class match against a combined Combined Leeward and Windward Islands cricket team in the 1971–72 Shell Shield, and played host to a further match between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago the following season. [1] In 1992, the Community Centre was recommissioned, with the pavilion being renamed in honour of Dennis D'Ornellas, who had secured the necessary equipment for the Centres recommissioning. [2] The following year, after a 20 year gap, Guyana played a third first-class match there against Windward Islands in the 1992–93 Red Stripe Cup, [1] which saw Guyana's Clayton Lambert score a double-century. [3] A single List A one-day match also been played at the ground, between Guyana and the Windward Islands in the 1994–95 Shell/Sandals Trophy, [4] which Guyana won by 8 wickets. [5]

Records

First-class

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References

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  2. "Skeldon's Community Development Centre". www.guysuco.gy. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  3. "Guyana v Windward Islands, Red Stripe Cup 1992/93" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  4. "List A Matches played on Community Centre, Skeldon (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  5. "Guyana v Windward Islands, Shell/Sandals Trophy 1994/95 (Zone A)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
  6. "Guyana v Trinidad and Tobago, Shell Shield 1972/73" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
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Coordinates: 5°53′09″N57°08′34″W / 5.8857°N 57.1429°W / 5.8857; -57.1429