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 ...
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
with two cricket fields, in a picturesque setting beside the River Lark. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1976, when
Suffolk
Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
played
Huntingdonshire
Huntingdonshire (; abbreviated Hunts) is a non-metropolitan district of Cambridgeshire and a historic county of England. The district council is based in Huntingdon. Other towns include St Ives, Godmanchester, St Neots and Ramsey. The popul ...
. The ground hosted its first
Minor Counties Championship
The NCCA 3 Day Championship (previously the Minor Counties Cricket Championship) is a season-long competition in England and Wales that is contested by the members of the National Counties Cricket Association (NCCA), the so-called national cou ...
match in the same year when Suffolk played
Norfolk
Norfolk () is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in East Anglia in England. It borders Lincolnshire to the north-west, Cambridgeshire to the west and south-west, and Suffolk to the south. Its northern and eastern boundaries are the No ...
. From 1977 to present, the ground has hosted 30 Minor Counties Championship matches and 2
MCCA Knockout Trophy
The National Counties Cricket Association Knockout Cup was started in 1983 as a knockout one-day competition for the National Counties in English cricket. At first it was known as the ''English Industrial Estates Cup'', before being called the ...
matches.
The ground has also hosted
List-A
List A cricket is a classification of the limited-overs (one-day) form of the sport of cricket, with games lasting up to eight hours. List A cricket includes One Day International (ODI) matches and various domestic competitions in which the numbe ...
matches. The first List-A match played on the ground was between Suffolk and the
Lancashire Cricket Board
The Lancashire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Lancashire
Lancashire ( , ; abbreviated Lancs) is the name of a historic county, ceremonial county, and non-metropolitan county in ...
in the
2000 NatWest Trophy
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. The ground has hosted 2 further List-A matches involving Suffolk, against the
Essex Cricket Board
The Essex Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Essex.
From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.2001 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy
The 2001 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 1 May and 1 September 2001. It was the first Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy following its change of name from the NatWest Tro ...
and against
Nottinghamshire
Nottinghamshire (; abbreviated Notts.) is a landlocked county in the East Midlands region of England, bordering South Yorkshire to the north-west, Lincolnshire to the east, Leicestershire to the south, and Derbyshire to the west. The traditi ...
in the 3rd round of the same competition.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of
Mildenhall Cricket Club
Mildenhall Cricket Club in Suffolk was established in 1876 and plays at Wamil Way, a picturesque riverside setting with two cricket fields, where the club also grows its own willow trees for bat making.
In 2016 the club's 1XI won the Two Counties ...
who play in the
East Anglian Premier Cricket League
The East Anglian Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in the English region of East Anglia. Since it was formed in 1999 the league has been a designated ECB Premier League.Mildenhall Cricket Club /ref>
References
External links
on CricketArchive on
Cricinfo
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