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{{Short description|Clontarf cricket club's primary ground, Dublin, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
{{use Hiberno-English|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
|       ground_name = Castle Avenue Cricket Ground
|          nickname = Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
|           country = Ireland
|          location = [[Clontarf, Dublin|Clontarf]], [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]]
|             image = File:Ireland compete against Essex at Castle Avenue, Dublin, 13 May 2007, Friends Provident Trophy - 100 1795 (2).jpg
|           caption = Ireland compete against Essex at Castle Avenue in May 2007
|       coordinates = {{coord|53|22|04.97|N|6|12|25.75|W|display=it}}
|     establishment = 1958
|  seating_capacity = 3,200
|              end1 = City End
|              end2 = L.P Hughes End
|     international = true
|      firstodidate = 21 May
|      firstodiyear = 1999
|      firstodihome = Bangladesh
|      firstodiaway = West Indies
|       lastodidate = 15 May
|       lastodiyear = 2019
|       lastodihome = Ireland
|       lastodiaway = Bangladesh
|      firstt20idate = 25 July
|      firstt20iyear = 2015
|      firstt20ihome = Afghanistan
|      firstt20iaway = Oman
|      lastt20idate = 14 May
|      lastt20iyear = 2024
|      lastt20ihome = Ireland
|      lastt20iaway = Pakistan

|     firstwodidate = 16 August
|     firstwodiyear = 1990
|     firstwodihome = Ireland
|     firstwodiaway = England
|      lastwodidate = 28 July
|      lastwodiyear = 2023
|      lastwodihome = Ireland
|      lastwodiaway = Australia 
|    firstwt20idate = 28 August
|    firstwt20iyear = 2012
|    firstwt20ihome = Ireland
|    firstwt20iaway = Bangladesh
|     lastwt20idate = 15 September
|     lastwt20iyear = 2024
|     lastwt20ihome = Ireland
|     lastwt20iaway = England
|             year1 = 1896 &ndash; present
|             club1 = [[Clontarf Cricket Club]]
|              date = 14 May
|              year = 2024
|            source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58604.html Cricinfo
}}
'''Castle Avenue Cricket Ground''', also known as '''Clontarf Cricket Club Ground''',<ref name="CrktL_CCC">{{Cite web |last=Cricket Leinster |title=Clontarf Cricket Club |url=https://www.cricketleinster.ie/clubs/clontarf |website=Cricket Leinster |quote=Clontarf Cricket Club is a premier ground and cricket club}}</ref> is a [[cricket]] facility in the suburb of [[Clontarf, Dublin|Clontarf]], [[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]].  It is the primary of the two grounds of [[Clontarf Cricket Club]], the secondary being at [[Mount Temple Comprehensive School]], and the lands on which it lies are also home to two rugby union pitches belonging to [[Clontarf FC]].  The ground is one of only four [[One Day International]] grounds on the island of Ireland.

==Location and capacity==
The ground lies on a lane off Castle Avenue in central Clontarf, near [[Clontarf Castle]], and have been home to Clontarf Cricket Club since 1896.<ref>[http://clontarfcricket.com Clontarf Cricket Club]</ref>  The 50th anniversary of the first game played on the current cricket field was celebrated in 2008. It has a capacity of 3,200 spectators. The playing field's ends are named "Killester" and "City".<ref name="CrktEur_CCC">{{Cite web |title=Castle Avenue, Clontarf, Dublin |url=http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/GROUNDS/IRELAND/clontarf.shtml |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090520190449/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/GROUNDS/IRELAND/clontarf.shtml |archive-date=20 May 2009 |access-date=25 January 2023 |website=Cricket Europe}}</ref>

==History==
Clontarf Cricket Club began operations on a site on Vernon Avenue in 1876.  They moved to a site near the end of Howth Road in 1892, which they started to share with rugby union side [[Clontarf Football Club]].  The two clubs moved to the site off Castle Avenue in 1896.<ref name="CrktL_CCC"/>  Operations were suspended from 1914 to 1918, and during World War II, the site was used for allotments.  Fully separate playing areas were set out from 1947, and the two clubs swapped fields in 1958, from which time the current playing areas date.

==International cricket==
Clontarf is one of four [[One Day International]] (ODI) grounds in Ireland (the others being [[Stormont (cricket ground)|Stormont]] in [[Belfast]], [[Malahide Cricket Club|Malahide]] in Dublin and [[Bready Cricket Club Ground|Bready]] in [[County Tyrone]]),  hosting its first ODI match on 21 May 1999 as part of the [[1999 Cricket World Cup]] when [[Bangladesh cricket team|Bangladesh]] played the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]]. [[Ireland cricket team|Ireland]] played their first ODI at that venue in July 2007 against the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]] as part of a [[Quadrangular Series in Ireland in 2007|quadrangular series]].

It was selected as a venue to host matches in the [[2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier]] tournament.<ref name="2015Fixtures">{{cite web |url=http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/87946/icc-announces-schedule-of-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2015 |title=ICC announces schedule of ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2015 |access-date=14 May 2015 |work=International Cricket Council |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518100208/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2015/media-releases/87946/icc-announces-schedule-of-icc-world-twenty20-qualifier-2015# |archive-date=18 May 2015 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref>

In May 2017, the venue hosted its first match between two [[List of International Cricket Council members#Full members|Full Member teams]] when Bangladesh played New Zealand in the [[2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series]].<ref name="full">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland-tri-series-2017/content/story/1098058.html |title=Bangladesh seek maiden away win against New Zealand |publisher=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=17 May 2017}}</ref>

==Other sports==
There are also two [[rugby union]] pitches within the complex, which is home to both cricket and rugby, with Clontarf FC, since 1896.  The clubs swapped sides of the complex (fields) in 1958.

==Records==
===International centuries===
====ODI Centuries====
Eight ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;ground=613;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;size=200;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|title=Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records|access-date=28 December 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
! No. !! Score !! Player !! Team !! Balls !! Opposing team !! Date !! Result
|-
| 1 || 116* || [[Gary Wilson (cricketer)|Gary Wilson]] || {{cr|IRE}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 113 || {{cr|NED}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2010|August|16}} || Won
|-
| 2 || 122* || [[Mohammad Hafeez]] || {{cr|PAK}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 113 || {{cr|IRE}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2013|May|23}} || Tied
|-
| 3 || 103 || [[Paul Stirling]] (1/2) || {{cr|IRE}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 107 || {{cr|PAK}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2013|May|23}} || Tied
|-
| 4 || 116* || [[Ed Joyce]] || {{cr|IRE}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 132 || {{cr|PAK}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2013|May|26}} || Lost
|-
| 5 || 179 || [[John Campbell (cricketer)|John Campbell]] || {{cr|WIN}} || {{ntsh|1370}} 137 || {{cr|IRE}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|May|5}} || Won
|-
| 6 || 170 || [[Shai Hope]] <small>(1/2)</small> || {{cr|WIN}} || {{ntsh|1520}} 152 || {{cr|IRE}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|May|5}} || Won
|-
| 7 || 109 || [[Shai Hope]] <small>(2/2)</small> || {{cr|WIN}} || {{ntsh|1320}} 132 || {{cr|BAN}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|May|7}} || Lost
|-
| 8 || 130 || [[Paul Stirling]] (2/2)|| {{cr|IRE}} || {{ntsh|1410}} 141 || {{cr|BAN}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|May|15}} || Lost
|}

===International five-wicket hauls===
{{updated|11 January 2020}}
Five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground on four occasions, all of them in ODIs.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at Castle Avenue
|- align=center
! No.
! Bowler
! Date
! Team
! Opposing Team
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Inn
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|O
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|R
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|W
! Result
|- align=center
| 1 || [[John Blain (cricketer)|John Blain]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2008|7|29}}{{efn|This match took place during the 2008 [[European Cricket Championship]] Division One final competition which was held in Ireland.}} || {{cr|SCO}} || {{cr|NED}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|9}} || {{nts|22}} || {{nts|5}} || Scotland won<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8600/scorecard/325579/netherlands-vs-scotland--euro-championships-2008/|title=European Championship Division One at Dublin, Jul 29 2008|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
|- align=center
| 2 || [[James Hopes]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2010|6|17}} || {{cr|AUS}} || {{cr|IRE}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|9}} || {{nts|14}} || {{nts|5}} || Australia won<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/13240/scorecard/426384/ireland-vs-australia-only-odi-australia-tour-of-england-and-ireland-2010/|title=Only ODI, Australia tour of England and Ireland at Dublin, Jun 17 2010|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>
|- align=center
| 3 || [[Abu Jayed]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2019|5|15}}{{efn|This match was part of the [[2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series]] between Ireland, Bangladesh and New Zealand.}} || {{cr|BAN}} || {{cr|IRE}} || {{nts|1}} || {{nts|9}} || {{nts|58}} || {{nts|5}} || Bangladesh won<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/11122/game/1168513/ireland-vs-bangladesh-6th-match-ireland-tri-nation-series-2019|title=6th Match, Ireland Tri-Nation Series at Dublin, May 15 2019 |publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=15 May 2019}}</ref>
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day International matches at Castle Avenue
|- align=center
! No.
! Bowler
! Date
! Team
! Opposing Team
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Inn
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|O
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|R
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|W
! Result
|- align=center
| 1 || [[Amelia Kerr]]{{efn-ua|Kerr's five-wicket haul was her first in international cricket. She also scored 232 [[not out]] during the same match, a new record in women's ODI cricket. She was aged 17 when the match was played.<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18508/report/1145893/ireland-women-vs-new-zealand-women-3rd-odi-nz-women-ire-eng-2018 Kerr 232*, Kasperek 113, New Zealand 440 in another massive win], [[CricInfo]], 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2020-01-11.</ref>}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2018|06|13}} || {{crw|NZ}} || {{crw|IRE}} || {{nts|2}} || {{nts|7}} || {{nts|17}} || {{nts|5}} || New Zealand won<ref>[https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/18508/game/1145893/ireland-women-vs-new-zealand-women-3rd-odi-nz-women-in-ire-and-eng-2018 3rd ODI, New Zealand Women tour of Ireland and England at Dublin, Jun 13 2018], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2020-01-11.</ref>
|}

==Notes==
{{Notelist}}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricket-grounds/castle-avenue-dublin-58604 Castle Avenue] at [[ESPNcricinfo]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090520190449/http://www.cricketeurope4.net/CRICKETEUROPE/DATABASE/GROUNDS/IRELAND/clontarf.shtml Cricket Europe profile]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070209052352/http://www.clontarfrugby.com/info_clontarf-club-details.php Clontarf RFC profile]
* [http://clontarfcricket.com Clontarf C.C. website]

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