Castle Avenue cricket ground

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template other Castle Avenue Cricket Ground, also known as Clontarf Cricket Club Ground,[1] is a cricket facility in the suburb of Clontarf, Dublin, 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.[2] 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".[3]

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.[1] 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 in Belfast, Malahide in Dublin and Bready in County Tyrone), hosting its first ODI match on 21 May 1999 as part of the 1999 Cricket World Cup when Bangladesh played the West Indies. Ireland played their first ODI at that venue in July 2007 against the West Indies as part of a quadrangular series.

It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[4]

In May 2017, the venue hosted its first match between two Full Member teams when Bangladesh played New Zealand in the 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.[5]

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.[6]

No. Score Player Team Balls Opposing team Date Result
1 116* Gary Wilson File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Ntsh 113 File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Template:Dts Won
2 122* Mohammad Hafeez File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Template:Ntsh 113 File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Dts Tied
3 103 Paul Stirling (1/2) File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Ntsh 107 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Template:Dts Tied
4 116* Ed Joyce File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Ntsh 132 File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan Template:Dts Lost
5 179 John Campbell File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies Template:Ntsh 137 File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Dts Won
6 170 Shai Hope (1/2) File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies Template:Ntsh 152 File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Dts Won
7 109 Shai Hope (2/2) File:WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies Template:Ntsh 132 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Template:Dts Lost
8 130 Paul Stirling (2/2) File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Ntsh 141 File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh Template:Dts Lost

International five-wicket hauls

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Five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground on four occasions, all of them in ODIs.

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day International matches at Castle Avenue
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 John Blain Template:DtsTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Scotland won[7]
2 James Hopes Template:Dts File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Australia won[8]
3 Abu Jayed Template:DtsTemplate:Efn File:Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh File:Cricket Ireland flag.svg Ireland Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Bangladesh won[9]
Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day International matches at Castle Avenue
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1 Amelia KerrTemplate:Efn-ua Template:Dts Template:Crw Template:Crw Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts Template:Nts New Zealand won[10]

Notes

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References

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  10. ↑ 3rd ODI, New Zealand Women tour of Ireland and England at Dublin, Jun 13 2018, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-11.

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External links

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