Carib Lumber Ball Park (also known as Charles Vlaun Cricket Field) is a

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ground located in

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. It is the principal cricket ground in Sint Marteen and has hosted both first-class and

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in West Indian domestic cricket.

History

The ground was completed prior to the year 2003, with the first match held at the ground seeing

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play a minor match against

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. The ground held its inaugural first-class fixture in February 2004 when the Leeward Islands played the

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in the 2003–04 Carib Beer Cup. Five further first-class matches have been played at the ground, the last coming in the

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between the Leeward Islands and

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. Nine first-class

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have been scored here, with

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' 240 the highest score. One List A match was played at the ground in the 2006–07 KFC Cup between the Leeward Islands and the Windward Islands, in a match which saw the Windward's Dennis George take a

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. This remains the only List A match to be played at the ground. In April 2014, the

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at the ground was seriously damaged by fire, leading to its demolition. It was speculated that the fire was a deliberate act of arson.

Records

First-class

* Highest team total: 547/8 by Guyana v Leeward Islands, 2005/06 * Lowest team total: 202 all out by Leeward Islands v

, 2006/07 * Highest individual innings: 240 by

for

v Leeward Islands, 2008/09 * Best bowling in an innings: 5/31 by

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, as above

List A

* Highest team total: 206/4 (42.4 overs) by Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, 2006/07 * Lowest team total: 203 all out (48.3 overs) by Leeward Islands v Windward Islands, as above * Highest individual innings: 85 by

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for Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, as above * Best bowling in an innings: 5/39 by Dennis George, as above

Notes and references

External links

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