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, now in a smaller format. 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. In contrast there are under-threat
cricket pitches in North Yorkshire, such as Spout House, where
Prince Harry played twice, scored 16, and then got bowled by a
12-year-old. 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 Raby Castle in County Durham. 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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