The Arnos Vale Stadium is a cricket ground in Arnos Vale, near

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. The multi-use ground – part of Arnos Vale Sports Complex – is situated next to and to the west of the Arnos Vale Playing Field. The stadium holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.

History

The stadium hosted its first ever international game on 4 February 1981. The match was an ODI between West Indies and

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and was a close encounter which the hosts won by two runs. The ground's maiden

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match came in 1997, when the

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played

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to a draw, with Sri Lanka finishing on 233–8 chasing a target of 269 runs. The second Test held at the ground, in 2009, saw

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record their maiden Test victory over the West Indies by 95 runs. At the time the West Indies were without many of their leading players due to a dispute with the

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, so seven Test debutantes featured in the West Indian team. Ahead of the

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, hosted by the West Indies, Arnos Vale Sports Complex was renovated over a period of 18 months. The ground's playing area was enlarged, and on the eastern side of the ground a new stand, media centre, operations centre, and pavilion were constructed.

International centuries

There have been four Test and two ODI centuries scored at the venue.

Test centuries

ODI centuries

List of five-wicket hauls

There have been 12

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s in international cricket on the ground.

Test matches

One Day Internationals

Notes

References

External links

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