Penrhyn Avenue is a

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

ground in

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, Wales. The ground was first used by the

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1st XI in 1966, although

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matches have only been an annual fixture since 1990 (with the exception of 1991 and 1996). In 2015, the ground hosted a County Championship match against

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, during which Lancashire batsmen

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and

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put on a ground record partnership of 501 for the third wicket. The ground was most recently used by Glamorgan in 2019 for a County Championship match, against

. A proposed game in 2022 was moved to Cardiff, although Glamorgan hope to return to the ground for a match in 2023. The ground has hosted 32 first-class matches and 28

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matches, as well as several matches in the

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, both for

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and the Wales Minor Counties.

Records

First-class

*Highest team score – 718/3 dec

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, 22–25 August 2000 *Lowest team score – no team has ever been bowled out for less than 100 on this ground *Best batting performance – 309

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Steve James for

, 22–25 August 2000 *Best bowling performance – 9/49

Tony Cordle Elton Anthony Cordle (born September 21, 1940 in Bridgetown) is a former Barbadian first-class cricketer who played in Wales for Glamorgan. Cordle moved to the United Kingdom during the 1960s and found a job working for London Transport. He the ...

for

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, 21–24 June 1969

List A

*Highest team score – 292/6 – Glamorgan Dragons v. Leicestershire Foxes, 10 August 2008 *Lowest team score – no team has ever been bowled out for less than 100 on this ground *Best batting performance – 144 Jacques Du Toit for Leicestershire Foxes v. Glamorgan Dragons, 10 August 2008 *Best bowling performance – 6/22

Adrian Dale Adrian Dale (born 24 October 1968) is a former South African cricketer, right-handed batsman, and right-arm medium-pace bowler who scored over 12,500 first-class runs and took over 200 first-class wickets. He played exclusively for Glamorgan, pl ...

for

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, 20 June 1993

References

External links

Colwyn Bay Cricket Club

{{Glamorgan CCC Cricket grounds in Glamorgan Glamorgan County Cricket Club Stadiums in Wales Rhos-on-Sea Colwyn Bay