Progress Park

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Progress Park
Ground information
Location Grenville, Grenada
Coordinates 12°07′58″N61°37′13″W / 12.1328°N 61.6202°W / 12.1328; -61.6202
Capacity1,000 [1]
International information
First WT20I6 September 2011:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Last WT20I7 September 2011:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Team information
Windward Islands (2008/09)
As of 21 April 2022
Source: Ground profile

Progress Park is a cricket and football ground in Grenville, Grenada.

Contents

History

The Park hosted its first representative first-class cricket match in the 2008–09 Regional Four Day Competition when the Windward Islands played Barbados. The following season the Park hosted a neutral first-class fixture between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. [2] The West Indies A cricket team played two List A one-day matches there in November 2010, against a touring Pakistan A side, [3] while in the same year West Indies A also hosted the touring Zimbabweans at the Park for a Twenty20 match, [4] which West Indies A won by 4 wickets due to an unbeaten 60 from Imran Khan. [5] In September 2011, the Park played host to two Women's Twenty20 Internationals between West Indies women and Pakistan women. [6] Prior to 2009, there were discussions from the Grenadan Government to rename Progress Park in honour of the late politician Ben Jones. [7]

As a football venue, Progress Park has played host to two international friendly matches for the Grenada national football team, one in 2010 against Bermuda and another in 2017 against Martinique; both matches ended 2–2. [1] The Park is the home ground of Paradise FC International, who play in the GFA Premier League.

Records

First-class

List A

See also

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References

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  2. "First-Class Matches played on Progress Park, Grenville (2)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  3. "List A Matches played on Progress Park, Grenville (2)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  4. "Twenty20 Matches played on Progress Park, Grenville (1)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  5. "West Indies A v Zimbabweans, 2010" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  6. "Women's International Twenty20 Matches played on Progress Park, Grenville (2)" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  7. Puri, Shalini (2014). The Grenada Revolution in the Caribbean Present. Palgrave Macmillan. p. 151. ISBN   9781137066909.
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  9. "Progress Park, Grenville - Centuries in first-class cricket" . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  10. "Progress Park, Grenville - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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  12. 1 2 "West Indies A v Pakistan A, 2010/11" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
  13. "West Indies A v Pakistan A, 2010/11" . Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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12°07′58″N61°37′13″W / 12.1328°N 61.6202°W / 12.1328; -61.6202

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