Coolidge Cricket Ground

The Coolidge Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken over by American businessman and cricket enthusiast Allen Stanford, rebuilt in 2004 and named the Stanford Cricket Ground. It was used as one of the many home grounds of the Leeward Islands and also hosted many Twenty20 matches, including both the 2006 & 2008 Stanford 20/20 tournaments and the 2008 Stanford Super Series. Stanford was convicted of fraud and multiple violations of US securities laws on 6 March 2012 and sentenced to 110 years in prison, and the stadium's name was changed to the Coolidge Cricket Ground in 2016-17 and it resumed staging cricket matches after an eight-year hiatus.

Coolidge Cricket Ground
Ground information
LocationCoolidge, Saint George, Antigua
Establishment2004
Capacity5,000
OperatorGovernment of Antigua and Barbuda
End names
Pavilion End
Airport Road End
International information
First T20I3 March 2021:
 West Indies v  Sri Lanka
Last T20I14 November 2021:
 Argentina v  Bermuda
First WODI5 September 2019:
 West Indies v  Australia
Last WODI7 September 2021:
 West Indies v  South Africa
First WT20I19 October 2017:
 West Indies v  Sri Lanka
Last WT20I2 July 2021:
 West Indies v  Pakistan
Team information
Guyana (2001/02–2008/09)
Antigua Barracuda FC (2011–2012)
As of 14 November 2021
Source: Cricinfo

The stadium also hosted football matches for Antigua Barracuda FC of USL Pro from 2011 to 2012.

In February 2021, it was selected to host its first official International matches to be played by the West Indies Men's team during Sri Lanka tour of the West Indies.[1] On 3 March 2021, Kieron Pollard became only the third player to hit six sixes in an over in international cricket, off the bowling of Akila Dananjaya.[2]

This ground has hosted many matches of 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

References
  1. "International Cricket to return to the Caribbean, as CWI confirm Sri Lanka Tour". Cricket West Indies. Retrieved 18 February 2021.
  2. "Kieran Pollard's six sixes in an over trumps Akila Dananjaya hat-rick in dramatic chase". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021.

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