Arnos Vale Stadium

Arnos Vale Stadium

Ground information
Location	Kingstown, St Vincent
Capacity	18,000
Owner	Windward Islands Cricket Board
End names
Airport End Bequia End
International information
First Test	20-24 June 1997: West Indies v Sri Lanka
Last Test	5-9 September 2014: West Indies v Bangladesh
First ODI	4 February 1981: West Indies v England
Last ODI	20 March 2012: West Indies v Australia
First T20I	27 July 2013: West Indies v Pakistan
Last T20I	28 July 2013: West Indies v Pakistan
Team information
Windward Islands (1972–present)
As of 1 April 2015 Source: ESPNcricinfo

The Arnos Vale Ground is a cricket stadium situated in Kingstown, St Vincent. It is a multi-use ground and is also better known as the Playing Fields. The stadium hosted its first ever international game on February 4, 1981. The match was an ODI between West Indies and England and was a close encounter which the hosts won by two runs. It is the home ground of the Windward Islands. Its maiden Test match came in 1997, when the West Indies played Sri Lanka to a draw, with Sri Lanka finishing on 233–8 chasing a target of 269 runs. The second Test held at the ground, in 2009, saw Bangladesh record their maiden Test victory over the West Indies by 95 runs. At the time the West Indies were without many of their leading players due to a dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board, so seven Test debutantes featured in the West Indian team.

The names of the two ends of The Playing Fields are Air Port End and Bequia End. The stadium holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds

External links

• Arnos Vale Ground page on Cricinfo