Ballygomartin Road
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Ballygomartin Road is a cricket
ground in the Greater Shankill area of Belfast
, Northern Ireland
. The first recorded major match on the ground was in 1966, when Ulster Town played North West. The ground has hosted a single List-A match which saw Canada play Namibia
in the 2005 ICC Trophy
.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Woodvale Cricket Club
.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in the Greater Shankill area of Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
. The first recorded major match on the ground was in 1966, when Ulster Town played North West. The ground has hosted a single List-A match which saw Canada play Namibia
Namibia national cricket team
The Namibia cricket team is the team that represents the country of Namibia in international cricket matches. It is governed by Cricket Namibia, an associate member of the International Cricket Council since 1992 and became part of the High Performance Program in 2007. They took part in the 2003...
in the 2005 ICC Trophy
2005 ICC Trophy
Ireland beat Bermuda easily as Ed Joyce made 103 for the hosts in Stormont.----Denmark beat Uganda by 28 runs as Thomas Munkholt Hansen took 6 for 30 to carry Denmark to a 28-run win over Uganda in Muckamore. Denmark made 197 with Henrik Saxe Hansen making 71...
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In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home of Woodvale Cricket Club
Woodvale Cricket Club
Woodvale Cricket Club is a cricket club in Belfast, Northern Ireland, playing in Section 1 of the NCU Senior League.The club was formed in 1887.-Honours:*NCU Senior League: 6 **1935, 1943, 1948, 1955, 1958 , 1966*NCU Challenge Cup: 9...
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External links
- Ballygomartin Road on CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Ballygomartin Road on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...