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The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, [2] [3] is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. [4] The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845.
The ground is named after Jimmy Powell (born 1940), a former president of the Cayman Islands Cricket Association. [1] In April 2022, the ground was the venue for the first Twenty20 International (T20I) matches to be held in the Cayman Islands, when the Cayman Islands team hosted a series against Bahamas . [ 2 ]
The oval in 2004. The first cricket pitch was laid on 6 December 1867, making it one of the oldest cricket grounds in Australia. A simple pavilion overlooking the cricket ground was the first structure at the oval, built in 1879 and replaced in 1909. [2]
Hagley Oval is a cricket ground in Hagley Park in the central city of Christchurch, New Zealand. [2] The first recorded match on the ground was in 1867, when Canterbury cricket team hosted Otago cricket team. Canterbury used the ground infrequently from then through until the 1920s, but hardly stopped during World War I. [clarification needed]
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The cricket oval was used as a base during the 2011 Rugby Union World Cup by the national teams of Italy and Australia. [7] Saxton Oval was one of the venues for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. [8] [needs update] On 4 January 2014, Nelson hosted its first men's one day international match when West Indies played New Zealand. [9]
A cricket field or cricket oval is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played. Although generally oval in shape, there is a wide variety within this: perfect circles, elongated ovals, rounded rectangles, or irregular shapes with little or no symmetry – but they will have smooth boundaries without sharp corners, almost without exception.
Alberton Oval was used as a cricket ground during summer between 1877 and 1996. [citation needed] Following the opening game between Tasmania and the Queen and Albert Cricket Association in 1877, the ground became the home of the new Port Adelaide Cricket Club in 1897 and remained so until the end of 1996. [citation needed]