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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 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. 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. 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. During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the ground was one of two practice venues in Guyana. The ground was one of the venues for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, hosting two matches.

Records

First-class

• Highest team total: 402 for 6 by Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03
• Lowest team total: 118 all out by Guyana Board President's XI v Indians, 2001–02
• Highest individual innings: 141 not out by Narsingh Deonarine for Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-71 by Neil McGarrell for Guyana v England XI, 1997–98
• Best bowling in a match: 11-101 by Robert Croft for England XI v Guyana, as above

List A

• Highest team total: 367 for 4 by Leeward Islands v Canada, 2008–09
• Lowest team total: 127 all out by United States v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2008–09
• Highest individual innings: 147 by Chris Gayle for Jamaica v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2011–12
• Best bowling in an innings: 6-26 by Kavesh Kantasingh for Combined Campuses and Colleges v Leeward Islands, 2011–12

See also

• List of cricket grounds in the West Indies

References

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

External links

• Everest Cricket Club Ground at ESPNcricinfo

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• Cricket grounds in Guyana
• 1928 establishments in British Guiana
• Georgetown, Guyana