Warner Park Sporting Complex

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Warner Park
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Warner Park Cricket Stadium
Ground information
Location Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Coordinates 17°17′55″N62°43′19″W / 17.29861°N 62.72194°W / 17.29861; -62.72194
Establishment2006
Capacity8,000
Tenants Leeward Islands cricket team
St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots
End names
Pavilion End
Lozack Road End
International information
First Test21 June 2006:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of India.svg  India
Last Test20 May 2011:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
First ODI23 May 2006:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of India.svg  India
Last ODI28 July 2018:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
First T20I2 August 2009:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Last T20I1 August 2022:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of India.svg  India
First WODI4 November 2009:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of England.svg  England
Last WODI19 September 2014:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
First WT20I9 November 2009:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of England.svg  England
Last WT20I27 February 2012:
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies v Flag of India.svg  India
Team information
Leeward Islands (1962 – present)
St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots (2015 – present)
As of 1 August 2022
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Warner Park Sporting Complex is an athletic facility in Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis. It includes the Warner Park Stadium, which was one of the hosts for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is named after Sir Thomas Warner, the explorer who established the first English colony on St. Kitts.

Contents

The eastern segment contains the cricket pitch, pavilion, media centre and seating for 4,000 which can be increased with temporary stands to 10,000 for major events. The stadium was largely financed by Taiwan with donations totalling $2.74 million. The total project cost US$12 million, half for the cricket stadium and half for the football facilities.

The western segment contains the football stadium, with seating for 3,500. In the northern section of the park, there are three tennis courts, three netball / volleyball courts, the Len Harris Cricket Academy, and a small open savannah, Carnival City, used primarily for hosting Carnival events.

T20 cricket and the CPL

The West Indies have generally used Warner Park Stadium to host lower ranked international teams in T20 cricket including matches against Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Ireland. [1] While the West Indies remain unbeaten at this venue against those teams they suffered a couple of crushing defeats against the only other international side to have played T20 cricket here, England, being bowled out for 45 and 71 respectively. [2]

In the CPL, Warner Park plays host to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots but the stadium has also been used for several of the knockout games as well and in 2021 it due to be used as the single venue for all CPL matches [3]

The pitch at Warner Park Stadium has a history of favouring teams that bat second in T20 with a strong preference of sides who win the toss to field first. [4]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

As of 7 January 2020

A total of seven five-wicket hauls have been taken at Warner Park, one in a Test match and six in ODIs.

Test matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Warner Park
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Harbhajan Singh 22 June 2006Flag of India.svg  India WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1441475Drawn [5]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Warner Park
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Mitchell Johnson 6 July 2008Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 27.5295Australia won [6]
2 Sunil Narine 16 July 2012WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 210275West Indies won [7]
3 Imran Tahir 15 June 2016Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 29457South Africa won [8]
Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Warner Park
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Dane van Niekerk 7 November 2013Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 27285South Africa won [9]
2 Tremayne Smartt 12 September 2014WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 110245West Indies won [10]
3 Shakera Selman 17 September 2014WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 110155West Indies won [11]

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