Maple Leaf Cricket Club

Maple Leaf Cricket Club
Ground information
LocationKing City, Ontario
Establishment1954
Capacity7,000
End names
Northern End
Southern End
International information
First ODI28 June 2008:
 Canada v  Bermuda
Last ODI29 August 2013:
 Canada v  Netherlands
First T20I10 October 2008:
 Sri Lanka v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I13 October 2008:
 Pakistan v  Sri Lanka
As of 11 July 2022
Source: Maple Leaf (North-West Ground)
Maple Leaf Cricket Club
LocationKing City, Ontario
End names
Northern End
Southern End
As of 11 July 2022
Source: Maple Leaf (North-East Ground)

The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket club in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario. It was established in 1954[1] and operates a turf wicket facility. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals (ODI) by the International Cricket Council.[2][3]

The facility has 5 cricket grounds. The North-West ground is the most important, and ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals have been played at this ground since the 2008 season.[4] The Maple Leaf Cricket Club has become the primary cricket venue in Canada, assuming the role from the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.[citation needed]

The facility has hosted major events including games in the 2001 ICC Trophy, two first-class matches in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup, several games in the ICC Americas Championship tournaments of 2000 and 2006, and the 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series.

It was the venue for all the matches in the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[5]

International record

One Day International centuries

Three ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.[6]

No. Score Player Team Balls Opposing team Innings Date Result
1 130 Abdool Samad  Canada 125  Bermuda 1 1 July 2008 Won
2 157* Xavier Marshall  West Indies 118  Canada 1 22 August 2008 Won
3 110* Chris Gayle  West Indies 77  Canada 2 24 August 2008 Won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

Two ODI five-wicket hauls have been taken at this venue.[7]

# Figures Player Country Innings Opponent Date Result
1 5/32 Sunil Dhaniram  Canada 1  Bermuda 29 June 2008 Lost
2 5/24 Timm van der Gugten  Netherlands 1  Canada 29 August 2013 Won

See also

Notes

  1. ^ "Maple Leaf Cricket Club – 50 years later". Toronto and District Cricket Association.
  2. ^ "Maple Leaf ground now ODI venue". Canada Cricket Online. 20 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006.
  3. ^ "New ground: Five unusual cricket venues". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Maple Leaf (North-West Ground)". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Cricket Canada's inaugural T20 league to begin in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
  7. ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Bowling records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 October 2021.

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