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.
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
- As of 7 January 2020
A total of seven five-wicket hauls have been taken at Warner Park, one in a Test match and six 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] |
See also
References
- ^ "Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre T20 Records". T20 Head to Head. 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ "England tour of West Indies, England tour of WI 2018/19 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ Dixon, Loshaun (2021-07-17). "CPL promises riveting show at Warner Park". The St Kitts Nevis Observer. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ "Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre T20 Records". T20 Head to Head. 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
- ^ 3rd Test, India tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jun 22-26 2006, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ 5th ODI, Australia tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jul 6 2008, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ 5th ODI, New Zealand tour of United States of America and West Indies at Basseterre, Jul 16 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ 6th Match (D/N), West Indies Tri-Nation Series at Basseterre, Jun 15 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
- ^ 1st ODI, South Africa Women tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jan 7 2013, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ 1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Basseterre, Sep 12 2014, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
- ^ 3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Basseterre, Sep 17 2014, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
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