Community Centre, Skeldon
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| Location | Skeldon, Guyana | ||
| Coordinates | 5°53′09″N 57°08′34″W / 5.8857°N 57.1429°W / 5.8857; -57.1429 | ||
| Establishment | c. 1964 | ||
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| As of 22 April 2022 Source: Ground profile | |||
The Community Centre is a cricket ground in Skeldon, Guyana.
History
The Community Centre is located in the town of Skeldon close to the Guyana–Suriname border. The ground held its first major representative match in March 1972, when Guyana played a first-class match against a combined Combined Leeward and Windward Islands cricket team in the 1971–72 Shell Shield, and played host to a further match between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago the following season.[1] In 1992, the Community Centre was recommissioned, with the pavilion being renamed in honour of Dennis D'Ornellas, who had secured the necessary equipment for the Centres recommissioning.[2] The following year, after a 20 year gap, Guyana played a third first-class match there against Windward Islands in the 1992–93 Red Stripe Cup,[1] which saw Guyana's Clayton Lambert score a double-century.[3] A single List A one-day match also been played at the ground, between Guyana and the Windward Islands in the 1994–95 Shell/Sandals Trophy,[4] which Guyana won by 8 wickets.[5]
Records
First-class
- Highest team total: 474 for 4 declared by Guyana v Trinidad and Tobago, 1972–73[6]
- Lowest team total: 117 all out by Windward Islands v Guyana, 1992–93[7]
- Highest individual innings: 263 by Clayton Lambert for Guyana v Windward Islands, 1992–93[8]
- Best bowling in an innings: 6-31 by Clyde Butts for Guyana v Windward Islands, 1992–93[7]
- Best bowling in a match: 9-74 by Clyde Butts, as above[7]
See also
References
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played on Community Centre, Skeldon (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Skeldon's Community Development Centre". www.guysuco.gy. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Guyana v Windward Islands, Red Stripe Cup 1992/93". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "List A Matches played on Community Centre, Skeldon (1)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Guyana v Windward Islands, Shell/Sandals Trophy 1994/95 (Zone A)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Guyana v Trinidad and Tobago, Shell Shield 1972/73". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ a b c "Windward Islands, Red Stripe Cup 1992/93". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
- ^ "Community Centre, Skeldon - Centuries in first-class cricket". Retrieved 22 April 2022.
External links
- Community Centre, Skeldon at ESPNcricinfo
5°53′09″N 57°08′34″W / 5.8857°N 57.1429°W / 5.8857; -57.1429