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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground

Coordinates: 6°54′12″N 79°51′48″E / 6.90333°N 79.86333°E / 6.90333; 79.86333
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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground
Ground information
LocationCinnamon Gardens, Colombo
Coordinates6°54′12″N 79°51′48″E / 6.90333°N 79.86333°E / 6.90333; 79.86333
TenantsBloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
End names
University End
Hockey Ground End
Team information
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
As of 3 December 2016
Source: Cricinfo

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has staged first-class and List A cricket matches since 1991. It is the home ground of the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricket team.

Location

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The ground is on Reid Avenue, in the Cinnamon Gardens district of Colombo, next to the Colombo Racecourse football ground.

History

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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club made the ground their home in the 1970s.[1] The first first-class match was in December 1991 between Antonians Sports Club and Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club.[2] Bloomfield played their first first-class match there in 1994-95 and have played there ever since.[2] Up to the end of the 2018–19 season 187 first-class matches have been played at the ground.[2] Since the first List A match at the ground in July 1994, 95 List A matches have been played there.[3]

The highest first-class score is 237 by Shehan Jayasuriya for Chilaw Marians in 2016–17.[4] The best bowling figures are 9 for 15 by Mario Villavarayan for Bloomfield in 1996–97.[5][6]

References

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  1. ^ "Other matches played on Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "First-class matches played on Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. ^ "List A matches played on Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Double Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Seven Wickets in an Innings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club 1996-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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