List of cricket grounds in the Netherlands

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This is a list of cricket grounds in the Netherlands . The grounds included in this list have held first-class and List-A matches. Additionally, some of the List-A matches have come in the form of One Day Internationals. Some grounds have hosted Women's One Day Internationals and Women's Twenty20 Internationals.

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List of grounds

Official name (known as)City or townCapacityNotesRef
Donkerelaan Bloemendaal UnknownHas held a single Women's One Day International between the Scotland Women and Pakistan Women on 22 July at the 2003 IWCC Trophy. [1] [2]
Hazelaarweg Stadion Rotterdam 3,500Has held ten One Day Internationals, a Women's Test match between Netherlands Women and Pakistan Women in 2007, two first-class matches and fourteen List A matches [3]
Sportpark Duivesteijn † Voorburg UnknownHeld a Women's One Day International in 2003 between Pakistan Women and West Indies Women. Now defunct. [4] Last used for cricket in 2005 by Voorburg Cricket Club until they moved to Sportpark Westvliet. [5]
Sportpark Harga Schiedam UnknownHas held a single Women's One Day International between Netherlands Women and Japan Women in 2003 [6]
Sportpark Het Loopveld Amstelveen UnknownHas held a single Women's One Day International between Ireland Women and West Indies Women in 2003 [7]
Sportpark Hofbrouckerlaan Oegstgeest UnknownHas held a single Women's One Day International between Netherlands Women and Scotland Women in 2003 [8]
Sportpark Het Schootsveld Deventer UnknownHas held four Women's One Day Internationals, three first-class matches and three List A matches [9]
Sportpark Klein Zwitserland The Hague UnknownHas held a single Women's One Day International between Japan Women and Scotland Women in 2003 [10]
Sportpark Koninklijke HFC Haarlem UnknownHas held ten Women's One Day Internationals [11]
Sportpark Laag Zestienhoven RotterdamUnknownHas held a single Women's One Day International between Ireland Women and Pakistan Women in 2003 [12]
Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd Utrecht UnknownHas held six Women's One Day Internationals, five Women's Twenty20 Internationals and a single first-class match [13]
Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg The HagueUnknownHas held a single Women's One Day International between Netherlands Women and Ireland Women in 2003 [14]
Sportpark Thurlede SchiedamUnknownHas held two One Day Internationals, Women's One Day International and four List A matches [15]
Sportpark Westvliet VoorburgUnknownHas held four One Day Internationals, which includes the four List A matches held there [16]
VRA Cricket Ground AmstelveenUnknownHas held sixteen One Day Internationals, five Women's One Day Internationals, four first-class matches and 25 List A matches [17]
† = Defunct venue for internationals.

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References

  1. ↑ "Women's One-Day International Matches played on Donkere Laan". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ↑ "Bloemendaal Cricket Club" . Retrieved 2020-10-01.
  3. ↑ Hazelaarweg Stadion, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  4. ↑ Sportpark Duivesteijn, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  5. ↑ "Voorburg Cricket Club" (in Dutch). www.voorburgcc.nl. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
  6. ↑ Sportpark Harga, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  7. ↑ Sportpark Het Loopveld, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  8. ↑ Sportpark Hofbrouckerlaan, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  9. ↑ Sportpark Het Schootsveld, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  10. ↑ Sportpark Klein Zwitserland, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  11. ↑ Sportpark Koninklijke HFC, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  12. ↑ Sportpark Laag Zestienhoven, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  13. ↑ Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  14. ↑ Sportpark Nieuw Hanenburg, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  15. ↑ Sportpark Thurlede, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  16. ↑ Sportpark Westvliet, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
  17. ↑ VRA Ground, CricketArchive.com Retrieved on 30 July 2010.
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