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| Location | Georgetown, Guyana | ||
| Coordinates | 6°49′25″N58°09′22″W / 6.8235°N 58.1561°W | ||
| Establishment | 1928 | ||
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| As of 16 February 2022 Source: Ground profile | |||
Everest Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana.
The ground was established in 1928, when the Everest Cricket Club relocated from their original Queenstown ground and acquired a lease on what was swampy land located a short distance from the ocean. The swampy land was quickly transformed into a cricket ground with a sizeable pavilion, with the ground being formally opened on 30 April 1928 by the Governor of British Guiana Cecil Hunter-Rodwell [1] The ground was due to host its inaugural first-class match in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup between Guyana and Jamaica, but the match was abandoned. [2] Therefore, the inaugural first-class match played there was between Guyana and a touring England XI in February 1998; since that match, a further four first-class matches were played at the ground, three of which hosted the touring South Africans, Indians and Australians. [3] In addition to hosting first-class matches, the ground also hosted nine List A one-day matches between 1998 and 2011, mostly in the capacity of a neutral venue in the West Indian domestic one-day tournament. [4] During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the ground was one of two practice venues in Guyana. [1] The ground was one of the venues for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, hosting two matches. [5]
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