Your 5 favourite cricket grounds (for what ever reason)

[Zinzan]

Mine...


1 MCG........Sheer size and Bay 13
2 Lords........History and tradition
3 Pukekura Park.......Cricketing heaven
4 Headingley......The Dodgy wicket and NZ's first victory in Eng
5 WACA................Pace




Worth a mention.......Adelaide Oval, The Oval, Trent Bridge, Gabba, SCG, Basin Reserve, Ellis Park, Sabina Park

 

[shaka]

1 Newlands - close to where I used to live, great atmosphere
2 WACA - love the pace and scores, Vettori for some reason does well here
3 Eden Park - lots of sixes, small ground, home of the Blues rugby team
4 Lords - the history of it all, I think Mark Rigor Richardson scored a century here.
5 Ellis Park - home of 95 Springboks winning the Rugby world Cup

 

[King_Ponting]

WACA- My home ground and the place where Pontings talent was first portrayed on the international scene
Lords- For the aformentioned reasons
SCG- Place where Steve waughs career ended- Always enjoy the 4 and 5 day wickets there
MCG- Boxing day test, home to some of the great matches played worldwide
Colonial Stadium - Just cause it has a roof

 

[honestbharani]

MAC stadium at Chennai
Lords
MCG
Colonial Stadium
Queenstown in New Zealand

 

[FaaipDeOiad]

MCG - The Australian home of cricket, Boxing Day test matches, and for many years some quite good, helpful wickets for the bowlers.
Headingley - Utterly unpredictable wicket, often bowler friendly, and the venue for many great matches over the years.
SCG - A lovely looking ground that is great to attend cricket at, and a scene for many great moments in cricket.
WACA - A great wicket to watch quality fast bowling on, and close to unique among grounds in the world. Curtley Ambrose and Glenn McGrath.
Eden Gardens - Huge atmosphere, massive, vocal crowds, and a huge home ground advantage for India.

 

[Jamee999]

Grace Road- GO FOXES!
Oakham School- GO RUTLAND!
Trent Bridge- GO MIDLANDS!
Lords'- GO ENGLAND
CW Oval- GO CWXI.

 

[aussie]

Old Trafford - My Home ground and i just love everything about it.

MCG - Huge ground with a superb atmosphere.

Eden Gardens - Another ground huge ground with a superb atmosphere, for me its the best ground in the sub-continent.

Lord's - The home of cricket & has produced some great matches over the years.

Sabina Park - Was thier when Harmison wrecked the windies, the caribbean crowd where fantastic and i will never forget those carib girls

worthwhile mentions: SCG, New lands, Chennai, Queenstwon in NZ (Superb looking venue)

 

[Chubb]

Upottery Cricket Ground - home ground, with a legendary sloping pitch
Hutton Polo Fields- my 2nd home in Essex
Clyst Hydon CG- favourite "other" Devon ground
Bulawayo- What an outfield!
Harare- Lovely pavilion

Little bit different...

 

[vic_orthdox]

1. MCG - Boxing Day
2. Lords - esteem
3. WACA - sitting under shades on a hot day
4. Adelaide Oval - manages to feel like a small local ground, despite holding 20,000
5. Eden Gardens - gotta love a place with an atmosphere like that.

I've been to watch an ODI at Telstra Stadium (as it's now called ) and its really not that good a venue to watch cricket at. Outfield terrible, pitch low and slow - its test tube cricket.

 

[cricket player]

Sharjah,Great ground,Some of the best odis between Pakistan and India

Harare,Love the ground great pavillion lovely crowd

permadasa,Beautifull atmosphere and srroundings

 

[Pratters]

Eden Gardens - Another ground huge ground with a superb atmosphere, for me its the best ground in the sub-continent.

Its not actually a huge ground. Just a huge crowd and brilliant atmosphere (except ofcourse when the crowd gets cross)

 

[C_C]

#1 : Eden Gardens - the best cricket ground i've ever been to in terms of atmosphere
#2 : Maracana- the largest ground in the world, it has that sizzle and mystique...whenever brazil plays there, my pulse races
#3 : Cape Town - really beautiful and a very nice lil ground
#4 : WACA- the WACA mystique lives on
#5 : Christchurch- dunno why, but i've always liked that ground.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Its not actually a huge ground. Just a huge ground

Interesting...

I'm guessing that the second time you meant "crowd"?

 

[Pratters]

Interesting...

I'm guessing that the second time you meant "crowd"?

Right

 

[aliG]

i like the honolulu, hawaii cricket ground....because the backdrop is soooo beautiful, and the weather ALWAYS perfect.

by the way the pictures old. they actual stadium is built with stands and all now.

 

[vic_orthdox]

aliG, has that Houston cricket game happened yet? If so, how did it go and did you enjoy it?

 

[aliG]

no sir. it got delayed untill mid august.

and I WILL enjoy it though (thats the plan anyway). pictures will be posted on here too.

 

[Sanz]

Eden Gardens - Amazing Ground, great history and greatest fans

WACA - I love the fast pitch on this ground

Lords - History, Tradition, culture, you name it and this ground has it. I guess it is the best place to watch, play and learn cricket and its history, not to forget the Image of KapilDev lifting the World Cup was taken at Lords .

Keenan Stadium - My Home ground, its just amazing.

Galle - Murali's most successful ground and it is here SKW took his 500th wicke. This was a beautiful stadium until tsunami destroyed it.

 

[vic_orthdox]

Galle - Murali's most successful ground and it is here SKW took his 500th wicke. This was a beautiful stadium until tsunami destroyed it.

I was thinking about putting this at 5. Terrible, what happened to it. Let's hope it can eventually be restored and regain that aesthetic appeal.

 

[social]

Gabba - since its redevelopment, it must be the best ground in Aus
SCG - history, aesthetic appeal
Lords - ditto
Oval - great wicket to play on
Hong Kong & Kowloon - great bars, better city