Castle Avenue, also known as Clontarf Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in the suburb of Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland.
Video Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
Dimensions
It sits in the shadow of Clontarf Castle, and is home to Clontarf Cricket Club. The 50th anniversary of the first game played on the current cricket field was celebrated in 2008. It has a capacity of 3,200 spectators.
Maps Clontarf Cricket Club Ground
Other sports
There are also two rugby union pitches on the complex, which are home to Clontarf FC since 1876.
International cricket
Clontarf is one of three One Day International (ODI) grounds in Ireland (the others being Stormont in Belfast and Malahide in Dublin), hosting its first ODI match on May 21st, 1999 as part of the 1999 Cricket World Cup when Bangladesh played the West Indies. Ireland played their first ODI at that venue in July 2007 against the West Indies as part of a quadrangular series.
It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.
In May 2017, the venue hosted its first match between two Full Member teams when Bangladesh played New Zealand in the 2017 Ireland Tri-Nation Series.
International centuries
There are four ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.
References
External links
- Ground profile from Cricinfo
- Cricket Europe profile
- Clontarf RFC profile
- Clontarf C.C. website
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