Asgiriya Stadium

Asgiriya Stadium
The Hunnasgiriya-end of Asgiriya Stadium
Sri Lanka
Ground information
Location	Asgiriya, Kandy
Coordinates	Coordinates: 7°17′59.72″N 80°38′02.21″E / 7.2999222°N 80.6339472°E / 7.2999222; 80.6339472
Establishment	1915 (Broke ground 1911)
Owner	Trinity College
Operator	Trinity College
Tenants	Sri Lanka Cricket (Cricket) Kandy Cricket Club (Cricket)
End names	Hunnasgiriya End Hanthana End
International information
First Test	22 April 1983: Sri Lanka v Australia
Last Test	1 December 2007: Sri Lanka v England
First ODI	2 March 1986: Sri Lanka v Pakistan
Last ODI	16 December 2001: West Indies v Zimbabwe
Domestic team information
Years	Team
? – present	Kandy Cricket Club
As of 28 April 2009 Source: [CricketArchive Cricinfo]

Asgiriya International Stadium, is a Cricket stadium situated in Kandy, Sri Lanka. Stadium used as a Test Cricket venue when Sri Lankan Cricket Team play in outstation other than Colombo.

Distinction of the stadium

The Stadium has the unique distinction of being the only Test class cricket stadium in the world to be maintained by a secondary school, Trinity College, Kandy, an elite school in Sri Lanka, founded in the 19th century in the British Public School tradition.

Surrounded by mountains in the ancient hill capital of Kandy, Asgiriya is considered to be one of the most picturesque cricket grounds in the world. Ranjan Madugalle, Ravi Ratnayeke, Kumar Sangakkara, and Kaushalya Weeraratne, all of whom represented Sri Lanka at the highest level at cricket, are but a few who honed their budding cricketing talents at Asgiriya whilst schoolboys at Trinity College.

Key milestones

Asgiriya Stadium Score Board

• 1892 - Cricket is introduced at Trinity College

• 1911 - Work on Trinity's Asgiriya grounds begins

• 1915 - His Excellency Sir Robert Chalmers, G.C.B., declares open the new Asgiriya Playing field with its pavilion and gymnasium.

• 1915 - The first inter-school cricket match to be played at Asgiriya takes place, between Trinity College, Kandy, and St Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia. Trinity beat St Thomas' by an innings and 18 runs. His Excellency Sir Robert Chalmers graces the occasion.

• 1969 - Marylebone Cricket Club vs the Central Province in a 50 over match.

• 1982 - Asgiriya becomes a Test Cricket Stadium

• 1983 - First Test match takes place, between Sri Lanka and Australia

• 1986 - First ODI takes place, between Sri Lanka and Pakistan

See also

• Radella Cricket Grounds
• List of Test cricket grounds

References

External links

• Cricinfo

Coordinates: 7°17′59.72″N 80°38′02.21″E / 7.2999222°N 80.6339472°E / 7.2999222; 80.6339472

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