Tanteen Recreation Ground is a

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and

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ground in

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History

The area in which the ground is located was formerly swamp land, which was drained in 1905. The ground has played host to public events, including a speech delivered by then

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in August 1998. Representative cricket was first played there in 1997, when the

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played

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in a

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in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup. A further first-class match was played there in 1998, before a gap of seven years before the next. The ground hosted the Windward Islands in one first-class match in 2005, two in 2006, and one in 2007. In a 2005 match against the

Leeward Islands french: Îles-Sous-le-Vent , image_name = , image_caption = ''Political'' Leeward Islands. Clockwise: Antigua and Barbuda, Guadeloupe, Saint kitts and Nevis. , image_alt = , locator_map = , location = Caribbean SeaNorth Atlantic Ocean , coor ...

, the Windward Islands Deighton Butler took a

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in the Leeward Islands second innings. The ground has hosted a single List A one-day match in the

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between the Windward Islands and Guyana, which the Windward Islands won by 6 wickets despite a

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by Guyana's Royston Crandon (101). Numerous women's representative matches have also been hosted at the ground. As a

venue, Tanteen Recreation Ground is the home ground of Grenada Boys' Secondary School FC. It has played host to four international friendly matches for the

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Records

First-class

*Highest team total: 446 all out by

, 1996–97 *Lowest team total: 177 for 9 declared by Windward Islands v Guyana, as above *Highest individual innings: 218 by

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for Windward Islands v Guyana, as above *Best bowling in an innings: 6-105 by

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for Windward Islands v

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, 2005–06 *Best bowling in a match: 8-102 by Deighton Butler, for Windward Islands v

, 2004–05

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