Surrey Village Cricket Ground in Maggona,

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, has staged first-class,

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and other cricket matches since it was opened in 2011.

Location

The ground is in Surrey Village, Maggona, off St Vincent Road, about one kilometre from the sea and the Maggona railway station. Maggona is about 10 kilometres south of

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History

After the

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the

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in England and the Sri Lanka Cricket Board combined to raise money to build a village for some of the Sri Lankan survivors. A

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match played by international cricketers at Surrey's home ground,

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, on 20 June 2005, raised about a million pounds for the project. An area was cleared of forest, and a village, called Surrey Village, was laid out with streets named after Surrey cricketers. Then the cricket ground was constructed. The ground was officially opened in May 2011. Since then matches in various Sri Lankan domestic men's, women's and junior competitions have been played there, as well as matches by touring clubs from overseas. The first first-class match was between

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, who have made this their home ground, and

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in February 2012. The first List A match was between

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and Sri Lanka Air Force Sports Club in December 2013. The highest score at the ground is 342 by

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for

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against

in January 2016. The best bowling figures are 9 for 86 by

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for Nondescripts against

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in March 2020.

References

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