Progress Park is a

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and football ground in

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History

The Park hosted its first representative

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match in the 2008–09 Regional Four Day Competition when the

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played

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. The following season the Park hosted a neutral first-class fixture between

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and

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. The

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played two List A one-day matches there in November 2010, against a touring

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side, while in the same year West Indies A also hosted the touring

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at the Park for a

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match, which West Indies A won by 4 wickets due to an unbeaten 60 from

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. In September 2011, the Park played host to two

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s between West Indies women and Pakistan women. Prior to 2009, there were discussions from the Grenadan Government to rename Progress Park in honour of the late politician Ben Jones. As a football venue, Progress Park has played host to two international friendly matches for the

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, one in 2010 against

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and another in 2017 against

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; both matches ended 2–2. The Park is the home ground of

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, who play in the

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Records

First-class

*Highest team total: 395 for 8 declared by

, 2008–09 *Lowest team total: 137 all out by Windward Islands v Barbados, as above *Highest individual innings: 109 by

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for Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, as above *Best bowling in an innings: 7-124 by

for Trinidad and Tobago v Jamaica, as above *Best bowling in a match: 7-91 by

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, for Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, as above

List A

*Highest team total: 172 all out (44.1 overs) by

v West Indies A, 2010–11 (match 1) *Lowest team total: 101 all out (31.4 overs) by West Indies A v Pakistan A, 2010–11 (match 1) *Highest individual innings: 70

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Aamer Sajjad Aamer Sajjad (born 5 February 1981) is a Pakistani former first-class cricketer. A right-handed batsman and right-arm off-spin bowler, he played first-class cricket from 2002 to 2018. In 2009–10 he scored more runs than anybody else in the Pak ...

for West Indies A v Pakistan A, 2010–11 (match 2) *Best bowling in an innings: 4-22 by

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for Pakistan A v West Indies A, 2010–11 (match 1)

References

External links

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