Beausejour Stadium
Encyclopedia
Beausejour Stadium is a cricket
ground located near Gros Islet
, Saint Lucia
. It was completed in 2002 and currently accommodates 13,000 spectators. It hosted the first day-night cricket match to be held in the West Indies between West Indies A
and England A
on 10 March 2006 and the first One Day International day-night cricket match in the West Indies between Zimbabwe and the West Indies on May 10, 2006. It is named after the nearby Beausejour hills and was statistically chosen as the driest area of St. Lucia; making it most suitable for hosting cricket.
.
, including the 1 vs 4 semifinal match between Australia and South Africa on the 25th April 2007. The grounds and stadium were in excellent condition for the entire tournament. Official attendance at the semi-final was 13,875.
The stadium also hosted league matches between New Zealand
, England
, Kenya
and Canada
.
along with two other stadiums in Caribbean. It is one of the venues for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20
, and is set to host 10 matches. 4 group stages matches (two matches from each of Groups A and C), 4 super eight matches (the final two matches from Group E and Group F) and both semi-finals were played here. The final of the ICC world Twenty 20 was played in Kensington Oval
, Bridgetown
, Barbados
Stadium.
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 located near Gros Islet
Gros Islet
Gros Islet is a community located near the northern tip of the island country of Saint Lucia. Originally a quiet fishing village, it has gone on to become one of the more popular tourist destinations in the country....
, Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia is an island country in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean. Part of the Lesser Antilles, it is located north/northeast of the island of Saint Vincent, northwest of Barbados and south of Martinique. It covers a land area of 620 km2 and has an...
. It was completed in 2002 and currently accommodates 13,000 spectators. It hosted the first day-night cricket match to be held in the West Indies between West Indies A
West Indies A cricket team
The West Indies A cricket team is a cricket team representing a sporting confederation of the Caribbean countries: Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago...
and England A
England A cricket team
The England Lions cricket team is a cricket team representing England and Wales. It is the "second-tier" of international English cricket below the full England cricket team, and is largely intended as a way for promising young cricketers to gain experience of playing international cricket...
on 10 March 2006 and the first One Day International day-night cricket match in the West Indies between Zimbabwe and the West Indies on May 10, 2006. It is named after the nearby Beausejour hills and was statistically chosen as the driest area of St. Lucia; making it most suitable for hosting cricket.
International Cricket
Beausejour Stadium is a home venue for the West IndiesWest Indian cricket team
The West Indian cricket team, also known colloquially as the West Indies or the Windies, is a multi-national cricket team representing a sporting confederation of 15 mainly English-speaking Caribbean countries, British dependencies and non-British dependencies.From the mid 1970s to the early 1990s,...
.
- First One Day International: West Indies vs New ZealandNew Zealand cricket teamThe New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
on June 8, 2002. - First Test matchTest cricketTest cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
: West Indies vs Sri LankaSri Lankan cricket teamThe Sri Lankan cricket team is the national cricket team of Sri Lanka. The team first played international cricket in 1926–27, and were later awarded Test status in 1981, which made Sri Lanka the eighth Test cricket playing nation...
on 20–24 June 2003.
2007 Cricket World Cup
Beausejour Stadium was a venue of the 2007 Cricket World Cup2007 Cricket World Cup
The 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
, including the 1 vs 4 semifinal match between Australia and South Africa on the 25th April 2007. The grounds and stadium were in excellent condition for the entire tournament. Official attendance at the semi-final was 13,875.
The stadium also hosted league matches between New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
, England
English cricket team
The England and Wales cricket team is a cricket team which represents England and Wales. Until 1992 it also represented Scotland. Since 1 January 1997 it has been governed by the England and Wales Cricket Board , having been previously governed by Marylebone Cricket Club from 1903 until the end...
, Kenya
Kenyan cricket team
The Kenya national cricket team is the team that represents the country of Kenya in international cricket matches. They are considered one of the strongest of the associate member nations of the International Cricket Council, especially since reaching the semi-final of the 2003 Cricket World Cup...
and Canada
Canadian cricket team
The Canada cricket team is the national cricket team representing Canada in men's international competition. It is run by Cricket Canada.While Canada is not sanctioned to play Test matches, the team does take part in One Day International matches and also in first-class games against other...
.
2010 World Twenty20
In 2010, the stadium hosted 10 matches of 2010 ICC World Twenty202010 ICC World Twenty20
-------------------------------------------------Group A:---------Group B:---------Group C:---------Group D:---------Super 8s:...
along with two other stadiums in Caribbean. It is one of the venues for the 2010 ICC World Twenty20
2010 ICC World Twenty20
-------------------------------------------------Group A:---------Group B:---------Group C:---------Group D:---------Super 8s:...
, and is set to host 10 matches. 4 group stages matches (two matches from each of Groups A and C), 4 super eight matches (the final two matches from Group E and Group F) and both semi-finals were played here. The final of the ICC world Twenty 20 was played in Kensington Oval
Kensington Oval
The Kensington Oval is located to the west of the capital-city Bridgetown on the island of Barbados. "The Oval" is one of the major sporting facilities on the island and is primarily used for cricket...
, Bridgetown
Bridgetown
The city of Bridgetown , metropolitan pop 96,578 , is the capital and largest city of the nation of Barbados. Formerly, the Town of Saint Michael, the Greater Bridgetown area is located within the parish of Saint Michael...
, Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
Stadium.
See also
- 2007 Cricket World Cup2007 Cricket World CupThe 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament that took place in the West Indies from 13 March to 28 April 2007, using the sport's One Day International format...
- Windward Islands cricket teamWindward Islands cricket teamThe Windward Islands cricket team is a cricket team representing the member countries of the Windward Islands Cricket Board of Control. The team plays in the West Indies regional tournament....
- List of Test cricket grounds
- Twenty 20 Cricket World Cup Fixture List