Asgiriya Stadium
Cricket stadium in Sri Lanka / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asgiriya Stadium, (Sinhala: අස්ගිරිය ක්රීඩාංගනය, Tamil: அஸ்கிரிய மைதானம்) is a cricket stadium situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Asgiriya Stadium is the private property of Trinity College, Kandy. It is around a 10-minute walk from the centre of the city. The venue would usually be used when an international team toured Sri Lanka for a Test Match. Asgiriya became Sri Lanka's the second Test venue, after the Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu Stadium, when it hosted Greg Chappell’s Australian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 1982–83.[1]
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Ground information | |||
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Location | Asgiriya, Kandy | ||
Coordinates | 7°17′59″N 80°38′02″E | ||
Establishment | 15 January 1915 (Broke ground 1909) | ||
Capacity | 10,300 | ||
Owner | Trinity College | ||
Operator | Trinity College | ||
Tenants | Sri Lanka Cricket Kandy Cricket Club | ||
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Hunnasgiriya End Hanthana End | |||
International information | |||
First Test | 22–26 April 1983: Sri Lanka v Australia | ||
Last Test | 1–5 December 2007: Sri Lanka v England | ||
First ODI | 2 March 1986: Sri Lanka v Pakistan | ||
Last ODI | 16 December 2001: West Indies v Zimbabwe | ||
First WODI | 29 November 1997: Sri Lanka v Netherlands | ||
Last WODI | 25 April 2004: Sri Lanka v India | ||
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As of 2 September 2020 Source: CricketArchive ESPNcricinfo |
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