Everest Cricket Club Ground
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| Location | Georgetown, Guyana | ||
| Coordinates | 6°49′25″N 58°09′22″W / 6.8235°N 58.1561°W | ||
| Establishment | 1928 | ||
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| As of 16 February 2022 Source: Ground profile | |||
Everest Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana.
The ground was established in 1928, when the Everest Cricket Club relocated from their original Queenstown ground and acquired a lease on what was swampy land located a short distance from the ocean. The swampy land was quickly transformed into a cricket ground with a sizeable pavilion, with the ground being formally opened on 30 April 1928 by the Governor of British Guiana Cecil Hunter-Rodwell[1] The ground was due to host its inaugural first-class match in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup between Guyana and Jamaica, but the match was abandoned.[2] Therefore, the inaugural first-class match played there was between Guyana and a touring England XI in February 1998; since that match, a further four first-class matches were played at the ground, three of which hosted the touring South Africans, Indians and Australians.[3] In addition to hosting first-class matches, the ground also hosted nine List A one-day matches between 1998 and 2011, mostly in the capacity of a neutral venue in the West Indian domestic one-day tournament.[4] During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the ground was one of two practice venues in Guyana.[1] The ground was one of the venues for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, hosting two matches.[5]
Records
First-class
- Highest team total: 402 for 6 by Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03[6]
- Lowest team total: 118 all out by Guyana Board President's XI v Indians, 2001–02[7]
- Highest individual innings: 141 not out by Narsingh Deonarine for Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03[8]
- Best bowling in an innings: 7-71 by Neil McGarrell for Guyana v England XI, 1997–98[9]
- Best bowling in a match: 11-101 by Robert Croft for England XI v Guyana, as above[10]
List A
- Highest team total: 367 for 4 by Leeward Islands v Canada, 2008–09[11]
- Lowest team total: 127 all out by United States v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2008–09[12]
- Highest individual innings: 147 by Chris Gayle for Jamaica v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2011–12[13]
- Best bowling in an innings: 6-26 by Kavesh Kantasingh for Combined Campuses and Colleges v Leeward Islands, 2011–12[14]