Cobham Oval
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The Cobham Oval is a cricket ground in Whangarei
, New Zealand
that stages daytime only first-class
matches. It is one of the home grounds for the Northern Districts Knights
. It is named after the former Governor General, Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
.
A new Cobham Oval was built in 2005.
A One Day International against Zimbabwe is to be held on Waitangi Day (6th February 2012) and a Test cricket
match against Sri Lanka is to be held in January 2015.
Whangarei
Whangarei, pronounced , is the northernmost city in New Zealand and the regional capital of Northland Region. Although commonly classified as a city, it is officially part of the Whangarei District, administered by the Whangarei District Council a local body created in 1989 to administer both the...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
that stages daytime only first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches. It is one of the home grounds for the Northern Districts Knights
Northern Districts Knights
The Yahoo!Xtra Northern Knights are one of six New Zealand first class cricket teams that make up New Zealand Cricket.It is based in the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand...
. It is named after the former Governor General, Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
Charles Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham
Charles John Lyttelton, 10th Viscount Cobham, KG, GCMG, GCVO, TD, PC was the ninth Governor-General of New Zealand and an English cricketer.-Early life and family:...
.
A new Cobham Oval was built in 2005.
A One Day International against Zimbabwe is to be held on Waitangi Day (6th February 2012) and a Test cricket
Test cricket
Test 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...
match against Sri Lanka is to be held in January 2015.