The Lawn is a

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ground in Waringstown,

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, Northern Ireland.

History

The ground was established in 1851 on land donated by Thomas Waring, with

Waringstown Cricket Club Waringstown Cricket Club is a cricket club in Waringstown, County Down County Down () is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the traditional thirty-two counties of Ireland. It covers a ...

being founded in the same year. The ground is thought to be the second oldest in Ulster and is considered the ''Home of Ulster Cricket''. The Lawn is known for its famous slanting outfield. Major cricket was first played at the ground in 2005, when Bermuda played the United States in a

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match as part of the

2005 ICC Trophy The 2005 ICC Trophy was a cricket tournament held in Ireland between 1 July and 13 July 2005. It was an international one-day tournament played over 50 overs per side between 12 Associate Members of the International Cricket Council. It served a ...

.A List A between Ireland and the United States was scheduled two days before this match, however adverse weather let to its cancellation. A second List A match was held at the ground between Northern Knights and North West Warriors in the

2017 Inter-Provincial Cup The 2017 Inter-Provincial Cup was the fifth edition of the Inter-Provincial Cup, a List A cricket competition played in Ireland. It was held from 1 May to 10 September 2017. It was the first edition of the competition to be played with List A st ...

Records

List A

* Highest team total: 311/8 by Bermuda v United States, 2005 * Lowest team total: 167 by Northern Knights v North West Warriors, 2017 * Highest individual innings: 132 by Janeiro Tucker for Bermuda v United States, 2005 * Best bowling in an innings: 4-39 by

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, as above

Notes and references

External links

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History

Records

List A

See also

Notes and references

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