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Cricket Club of India (CCI) is a cricket club in India. It is located on Dinsha Wacha Road, in Churchgate of Mumbai, India. It was conceived as India's counterpart to the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). It is considered one of the most prestigious clubs in the nation. The CCI uses the Brabourne Stadium for cricket games. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India.
Durham MCC University is a cricket coaching centre based at Durham University in Durham, County Durham, England, and the name under which the university's cricket team plays.
Colombo Cricket Club Ground is a multi-purpose stadium in Colombo, Sri Lanka. It is currently used mostly for domestic first-class cricket matches and for hosting warm up matches for touring teams. The stadium can hold 6,000 people and hosted its first Test match in 1984. It is one of the smallest test grounds in the world. Three Test matches have been held at the Colombo Cricket Club Ground.
Pindi Club Ground, also known as the Army Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium has the capacity to hold 15,000 people and hosted its first and only international Test match in 1965. It also hosted one match as part of the 1987 Cricket World Cup.
Cricket was introduced to Sri Lanka in the first quarter of the 19th century, following colonisation of the island by the British. The earliest known match was recorded in 1832 and the earliest first-class one in 1926. The national team has played Test cricket from 1982. The national team has achieved international success by winning the 1996 Cricket World Cup and the 2014 ICC World Twenty20. Cricket is played nationwide with Test venues in Colombo, Galle, Kandy and Moratuwa. The country's most notable players include Aravinda de Silva, Arjuna Ranatunga, Rangana Herath, Sanath Jayasuriya, Mahela Jayawardene, Muttiah Muralitharan, Kumar Sangakkara and Chaminda Vaas. Administration and governance are performed by Sri Lanka Cricket, which was founded in July 1922 as the Ceylon Cricket Association (CCA). The main domestic competition is the Premier Trophy which attained first-class status in 1988.
International cricket teams raised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) have visited Sri Lanka, formerly Ceylon, on 23 occasions from 1911-12 until the most recent tour in the winter of 2000-01. Eleven of the teams were England national cricket teams raised by MCC during the period when it held responsibility for Test cricket played by England. The other twelve were MCC teams per se which did not take part in Test cricket.
This article describes the history of cricket in British India from the 1918–19 season until the end of the Second World War in 1945.
This article describes the history of cricket in Pakistan from 1947 to 1970.
William Territt Greswell was an English first-class cricketer who played for Somerset from 1908 to 1930. But his career as a tea-planter with the family company in Ceylon meant that he appeared in only 115 first-class matches for the county in that period, and was a regular player in only five seasons, dotted over almost 20 years.
Guy Fife Earle was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket for Surrey and Somerset for 20 years before and after the First World War. He also played in India, Sri Lanka, Australia and New Zealand as a member of official Marylebone Cricket Club touring teams, though he did not play Test cricket.
Frederic Alexander Waldock played first-class cricket for Oxford University and Somerset between 1919 and 1924, and then for representative sides in his native Sri Lanka between 1927 and 1934. He was born at Colombo, Sri Lanka and died at Galmington, Taunton, Somerset.
Loris Bernard Napoleon Tarrant was an Australian cricketer who both played and umpired first-class matches in India during the 1930s. Unusually, he made his debut as a first-class umpire before making his debut as a first-class player.
Ajitsinhji Ground is cricket ground in Jamnagar, Saurashtra.The ground was established in 1933. It hosted its first match in 1933 when Marylebone Cricket Club toured India and Ceylon in 1933/34. The match was played between Jamnagar cricket team and Marylebone Cricket Club which was drawn. In the match international player like England captain Douglas Jardine, Cyril Walters and Indian fast-bowler Amar Singh were included.
Kamla Club Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of cricket matches and is home of Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association Academy which was established in 1999/00. The stadium has hosted nine first-class matches in 1987 when North Zone cricket team played against South Zone cricket team. The ground hosted eight more first-class matches from 1988 to 2007. The stadium also hosted nine List A matches when Railways cricket team played against Madhya Pradesh cricket team but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.
Port Trust Diamond Jubilee Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Visakhapatnam, India. This picturesque stadium of Visakhapatnam is situated amidst scenic hills and has hosted 18 under-19s matches. The stadium has a two-tier architecture and designed in such a way that view of the match in action is not obstructed regardless of the seating location. It is currently used mainly for cricket matches. The stadium was built in 2003 and has a capacity of 5,000 seats.
Poona Gymkhana Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Pune, Maharashtra. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The ground has the India's second first-class match played in 1892.
Tamil Nadu Agricultural Research Institute Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The stadium has hosted three Ranji Trophy match in 1965 when Madras cricket team played against Andhra cricket team. The ground hosted two more Ranji Trophy matches in 1976 when Tamil Nadu cricket team played against Andhra cricket team and again in 1990 when Tamil Nadu cricket team played against Karnataka cricket team but since then the stadium has hosted non-first-class matches.
Pachaiyappa College Ground or MRF Pachyappas Ground is a multi purpose stadium in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. The ground was established in 1971 when Annamalai University played against Nagpur University
Nowgong Sports Club Ground is a multipurpose stadium in Nagaon, Assam. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports. It hosts the prestigious Independence Day Cup Football tournament every year in August and September, in which most of the teams of national repute participate.
Bharat Heavy Electrical Ltd Sports Complex or BHEL Stadium is a multi purpose stadium in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India. The ground is mainly used for organizing matches of football, cricket and other sports.
