The Arnos Vale Stadium is a cricket ground in Arnos Vale, near Kingstown, St. Vincent. The multi-use ground – part of Arnos Vale Sports Complex – is situated next to and to the west of the Arnos Vale Playing Field.
The stadium holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.
History The stadium hosted its first ever international game on 4 February 1981. The match was an ODI between West Indies and England and was a close encounter which the hosts won by two runs.
The ground's maiden Test match came in 1997, when the West Indies played Sri Lanka to a draw, with Sri Lanka finishing on 233–8 chasing a target of 269 runs. The second Test held at the ground, in 2009, saw Bangladesh record their maiden Test victory over the West Indies by 95 runs. At the time the West Indies were without many of their leading players due to a dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board, so seven Test debutantes featured in the West Indian team.
Ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, hosted by the West Indies, Arnos Vale Sports Complex was renovated over a period of 18 months. The ground's playing area was enlarged, and on the eastern side of the ground a new stand, media centre, operations centre, and pavilion were constructed.
International centuries There have been four Test and two ODI centuries scored at the venue.
Test centuries Score Player Team Opposing team Date 115 Brian Lara 128 Tamim Iqbal 212 Kraigg Brathwaite 116 Mushfiqur Rahim
ODI centuries
Score Player Team Opposing team Date 104 Brian Lara 103 not out Phil Simmons
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup matches
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List of five-wicket hauls There have been 12 five-wicket hauls in international cricket on the ground.
Test matches + Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Arnos Vale Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Figures ResultRavindra Pushpakumara 5/41 Drawn2nd Test, Sri Lanka tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Jun 20–24 1997, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020.Carl Hooper 5/26Muttiah Muralitharan 5/113Darren Sammy 5/70 Bangladesh won1st Test, Bangladesh tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Jul 9–13 2009, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020.Mahmudullah 5/51Taijul Islam 5/135 West Indies won1st Test, Bangladesh tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Sep 5–9 2014, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020. Sulieman Benn 5/39
One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in Men's ODI matches at Arnos Vale Bowler Date Team Opposing team Figures Result Colin Croft 6/15 West Indies won1st ODI, England tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Feb 4 1981, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020. Franklyn Rose 5/23 West Indies won4th Match, Cable & Wireless One Day International Series at Kingstown, Apr 12 2000, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
+ Five-wicket hauls in Women's ODI matches at Arnos Vale Bowler Date Team Opposing team Figures Result Sandamali Dolawatte 5/16 Sri Lanka won5th ODI, Sri Lanka Women tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Mar 22 2003, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020. Anisa Mohammed 5/5 West Indies won1st ODI, Pakistan Women tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Aug 28 2011, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020. Anisa Mohammed 5/7 West Indies won2nd ODI, Pakistan Women tour of West Indies at Kingstown, Aug 28 2011, CricInfo. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
See also List of Test cricket grounds
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