Warner Park Sporting Complex
Cricket stadium in St. Kitts and Nevis
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Warner Park Sporting Complex is an athletic facility in Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis. It includes the Warner Park Stadium, which was one of the hosts for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is named after Sir Thomas Warner, the explorer who established the first English colony on St. Kitts.
Warner Park Cricket Stadium | |||||
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| Ground information | |||||
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| Location | Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis | ||||
| Country | West Indies | ||||
| Coordinates | 17°17′55″N 62°43′19″W | ||||
| Establishment | 2006 | ||||
| Capacity | 8,000 | ||||
| Tenants | Leeward Islands cricket team St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots | ||||
| End names | |||||
| Pavilion End Lozack Road End | |||||
| International information | |||||
| First men's Test | 21 June 2006: West Indies v  India | ||||
| Last men's Test | 20 May 2011: West Indies v  Pakistan | ||||
| First men's ODI | 23 May 2006: West Indies v India | ||||
| Last men's ODI | 28 July 2018: West Indies v  Bangladesh | ||||
| First men's T20I | 2 August 2009: West Indies v Bangladesh | ||||
| Last men's T20I | 1 August 2022: West Indies v India | ||||
| First women's ODI | 4 November 2009: West Indies v  England | ||||
| Last women's ODI | 19 September 2014: West Indies v  New Zealand | ||||
| First women's T20I | 9 November 2009: West Indies v England | ||||
| Last women's T20I | 27 February 2012: West Indies v India | ||||
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| As of 1 August 2022 Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||
The eastern segment contains the cricket pitch, pavilion, media centre and seating for 4,000 which can be increased with temporary stands to 10,000 for major events. The stadium was largely financed by Taiwan with donations totalling $2.74 million. The total project cost US$12 million, half for the cricket stadium and half for the football facilities.
The western segment contains the football stadium, with seating for 3,500. In the northern section of the park, there are three tennis courts, three netball / volleyball courts, the Len Harris Cricket Academy, and a small open savannah, Carnival City, used primarily for hosting Carnival events.
T20 cricket and the CPL
The West Indies have generally used Warner Park Stadium to host lower ranked international teams in T20 cricket including matches against Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Ireland.[1] While the West Indies remain unbeaten at this venue against those teams they suffered a couple of crushing defeats against the only other international side to have played T20 cricket here, England, being bowled out for 45 and 71 respectively.[2]
In the CPL, Warner Park plays host to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots but the stadium has also been used for several of the knockout games as well and in 2021 it due to be used as the single venue for all CPL matches[3]
The pitch at Warner Park Stadium has a history of favouring teams that bat second in T20 with a strong preference of sides who win the toss to field first.[4]
List of Five Wicket Hauls
A total of 8 five-wicket hauls have been taken at Warner Park, one in a Test match and seven in ODIs.
Test matches
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harbhajan Singh | 22 June 2006 | India | West Indies | 1 | 44 | 147 | 5 | Drawn[5] |
One Day Internationals
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mitchell Johnson | 6 July 2008 |  Australia | West Indies | 2 | 7.5 | 29 | 5 | Australia won[6] |
| 2 | Sunil Narine | 16 July 2012 | West Indies | New Zealand | 2 | 10 | 27 | 5 | West Indies won[7] |
| 3 | Imran Tahir | 15 June 2016 |  South Africa | West Indies | 2 | 9 | 45 | 7 | South Africa won[8] |
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dane van Niekerk | 7 November 2013 | South Africa | West Indies | 2 | 7 | 28 | 5 | South Africa won[9] |
| 2 | Tremayne Smartt | 12 September 2014 | West Indies | New Zealand | 1 | 10 | 24 | 5 | West Indies won[10] |
| 3 | Shakera Selman | 17 September 2014 | West Indies | New Zealand | 1 | 10 | 15 | 5 | West Indies won[11] |
| 4 | Alana King | 2 April 2024 | Australia | West Indies | 1 | 10 | 19 | 5 | Australia won[12] |