Shaw Park is a

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and

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ground in Scarborough, Trinidad and Tobago.

History

Shaw Park is located on the island of

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, adjacent to the ocean. Development as a cricket venue began in 1958, with the construction of a

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. The Park first played host to the Tinidad and Tobago cricket team in a List A one-day match against

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in the 1983–84 Geddes Grant/Harrison Line Trophy. Trinidad played two further one-day matches there in competition in the proceeding two years. Following these matches, there was a gap of sixteen years before Trinidad and Tobago returned to the ground to play a first-class fixture against a touring Bangladesh A side, who were guests in the 2001-02 Busta Cup. They played a further three first-class matches at the Park, against

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, Jamaica, and the

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in 2004, 2005 and 2006 respectively; a first-class match scheduled to be played there between West Indies A and the touring

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in 2008 was cancelled due to flight problems. One-day cricket returned to the Park in the

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, with Trinidad and Tobago playing the Leeward Islands, before hosting four matches in the 2013–14, 2014–15, and 2015–16 Regional Super50 tournaments. As a

venue, Shaw Park played host to an international friendly between

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and

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in 2005, which the visitors won 1–0.

Records

First-class

* Highest team total: 392 for 9 declared by

, 2004–05 * Lowest team total: 88 all out by Trinidad and Tobago v

, 2005–06 * Highest individual innings: 200 by

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for Trinidad and Tobago v Jamaica, 2004–05 * Best bowling in an innings: 6-72 by Dave Mohammed for Trinidad and Tobago v Windward Islands, 2005–06 * Best bowling in a match: 11-46 by Dave Mohammed, as above

List A

* Highest team total: 374 for 6 (50 overs) by Windward Islands v

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, 2014–15 * Lowest team total: 97 for 7 (21 overs) by West Indies under-19's v Trinidad and Tobago, 2014–15 * Highest individual innings: 177 by

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for Windward Islands v Barbados, 2014–15 * Best bowling in an innings: 4 for 19 by

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for Trinidad and Tobago v Leeward Islands, 2013–14

Notes

References

External links

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