Sabina Park Sabina Park is a cricket ground and the home of the Kingston Cricket Club, and is the only Test cricket ground in Kingston, Jamaica. History Sabina Park was originally a Pen (urban residence and adjoining land of a wealthy merchant, shopkeep ...

is a 20,000 capacity

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ground in Kingston,

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. It is one of the grounds used as by the

West Indies cricket team The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West I ...

and is owned by Kingston Cricket Club and the Jamaica Cricket Association.Shekhar S (2016
Sabina Park, a ground steeped in history
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'', 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2020-01-12. The ground was first used in the 1880s and hosted its first

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in 1930 when the West Indies played

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in a

timeless Test A timeless Test is a match of Test cricket played under no limitation of time, which means the match is played until one side wins or the match is tied, with theoretically no possibility of a draw. The format means that it is not possible to play d ...

.Sabina Park, Kingston
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. Retrieved 2020-01-12. A single women's Test match was held at the ground in 1976.

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s (ODIs) have been played at the ground since 1984 and

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s (T20Is) since 2014. In

, a

five-wicket haul In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five–for" or "fifer") occurs when a bowler takes five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded by critics as a notable achievement, equivalent to a century from a batsman. Takin ...

(also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more

wicket In cricket, the term wicket has several meanings: * It is one of the two sets of three stumps and two bails at either end of the pitch. The fielding team's players can hit the wicket with the ball in a number of ways to get a batsman out. ...

s in a single

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. This is regarded as a notable achievement.Pervez MA (2001) ''A Dictionary of Cricket'', p.31. Hyderabad: Sangam Books (India). This article details the five-wicket hauls taken on the ground in official international matches. The first five-wicket haul to be taken on the ground in an international match was taken by West Indian Tommy Scott in the grounds first Test match in 1930. Scott took five wickets for 266 runs (5/266), bowling 80 overs in the game's first innings.4th Test, England tour of West Indies at Kingston, Apr 3-12 1930

. Retrieved 2020-01-12. Australian Marie Cornish took a five-wicket haul in the only women's Test match on the ground in 1976 and is the only woman to take an international five-wicket haul on the ground.2nd Test, Australia Women tour of West Indies at Kingston, May 14-16 1976

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. Retrieved 2020-01-10. no five-wicket hauls have been taken in an ODI or T20I match on the ground.

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Test Match five-wicket hauls

A total of 70 five-wicket hauls have been taken in Test matches on the ground, 69 in men's Tests and one in the only women's Test match played at Sabina Park.

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Test Match five-wicket hauls

Men's matches

Women's matches

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