Everest Cricket Club Ground Explained

Everest Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana.

History

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]

See also

• List of cricket grounds in the West Indies

External links

• Everest Cricket Club Ground at ESPNcricinfo

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Notes and References

1. Web site: History about Everest. www.ccgy.com. 2022-02-16.
2. Web site: Guyana v Jamaica, Red Stripe Cup 1996/97. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
3. Web site: First-Class Matches played on Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown (5). CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
4. Web site: List A Matches played on Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown (9). CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
5. Web site: Under-19 World Cup Matches played on Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown (2). CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
6. Web site: Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002/03. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
7. Web site: Guyana Board President's XI v Indians, 2001/02. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
8. Web site: Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Centuries in first-class cricket. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
9. Web site: Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
10. Web site: Guyana v England XI, 1997/98. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
11. Web site: Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Highest Team Totals in List A matches. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
12. Web site: Combined Campuses and Colleges v United States of America, West Indies Cricket Board Cup 2008/09. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
13. Web site: Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Centuries in List A matches. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.
14. Web site: Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches. CricketArchive. 2022-02-16. subscription.