Across six of the seven continents on which cricket is played,
there are some remarkable cricket grounds. From a tidal strip of
sand outside the Ship Inn at Elie, in Fife, to the monumental
Melbourne Cricket Ground with its 100,000 capacity, this book
features the extraordinary places and venues in which cricket is
played. Many grounds have remarkably beautiful settings. There is
the rugged Devonian charm of Lynton and Lynmouth Cricket Club set
in the Valley of the Rocks, not far from the North Devon coast.
Then there is the vividly-coloured, almost Lego-like structure of
Dharamshala pavilion in Northern India where local resident the
Dalai Lama has watched a match. Many of England's greatest players
have come from public schools, and there are some wonderful
examples of their cricket grounds such as Sedbergh and Milton
Abbey. Country houses such as Audley End and Blenheim Palace form
the backdrop to many cricket pitches, or castles, such as Bamburgh
Castle in Northumberland, or even Portchester Castle, where there
is a cricket ground inside the castle walls. Sri Lanka's test
ground, Galle, has a fort looming above it, while Newlands Stadium
in Cape Town, has the unmistakeable Table Mountain as the backdrop.
Some of the stunning imagery has a modern feel. Queenstown cricket
ground has international jets taking off just yards from the
playing action, while Singapore Cricket Club is an oasis of lush
green set against a 21st century array of high-rise towers. Then
there are cricket grounds in unusual places; Hawaii, Corfu, Berlin,
Slovenia and St Moritz to name but a few.
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