Warner Park Sporting Complex

Cricket stadium
17°17′55″N 62°43′19″W / 17.29861°N 62.72194°W / 17.29861; -62.72194Establishment2006Capacity8,000TenantsLeeward Islands cricket team
St. Kitts and Nevis PatriotsEnd namesPavilion End
Lozack Road EndInternational informationFirst Test21 June 2006:
 West Indies v  IndiaLast Test20 May 2011:
 West Indies v  PakistanFirst ODI23 May 2006:
 West Indies v  IndiaLast ODI28 July 2018:
 West Indies v  BangladeshFirst T20I2 August 2009:
 West Indies v  BangladeshLast T20I1 August 2022:
 West Indies v  IndiaFirst WODI4 November 2009:
 West Indies v  EnglandLast WODI19 September 2014:
 West Indies v  New ZealandFirst WT20I9 November 2009:
 West Indies v  EnglandLast WT20I27 February 2012:
 West Indies v  IndiaTeam information
Leeward Islands (1962 – present)
St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots (2015 – present)
As of 1 August 2022
Source: ESPNcricinfo

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

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Warner Park
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

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Warner Park
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]
Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Warner Park
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

  1. ^ "Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre T20 Records". T20 Head to Head. 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  2. ^ "England tour of West Indies, England tour of WI 2018/19 score, Match schedules, fixtures, points table, results, news". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  3. ^ Dixon, Loshaun (2021-07-17). "CPL promises riveting show at Warner Park". The St Kitts Nevis Observer. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  4. ^ "Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre T20 Records". T20 Head to Head. 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-08-24.
  5. ^ 3rd Test, India tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jun 22-26 2006, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  6. ^ 5th ODI, Australia tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jul 6 2008, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  7. ^ 5th ODI, New Zealand tour of United States of America and West Indies at Basseterre, Jul 16 2012, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  8. ^ 6th Match (D/N), West Indies Tri-Nation Series at Basseterre, Jun 15 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-07.
  9. ^ 1st ODI, South Africa Women tour of West Indies at Basseterre, Jan 7 2013, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  10. ^ 1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Basseterre, Sep 12 2014, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  11. ^ 3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Basseterre, Sep 17 2014, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-01-06.

External links

  • Warner Park Cricket Stadium Video and Photos
  • CricketArchive