Everest Cricket Club Ground

Cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana

Everest Cricket Club GroundGround information

Location| Georgetown, Guyana
Coordinates| 6°49′25″N 58°09′22″W﻿ / ﻿6.8235°N 58.1561°W﻿ / 6.8235; -58.1561
Establishment| 1928
Team information
| Guyana | (1996/97-2005/06)

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As of 16 February 2022
Source: Ground profile

Everest Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana.

## History

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The ground was established in 1928, when the Everest Cricket Club relocated from their original Queenstown ground and acquired a lease on what was swampy land located a short distance from the ocean. The swampy land was quickly transformed into a cricket ground with a sizeable pavilion, with the ground being formally opened on 30 April 1928 by the Governor of British Guiana Cecil Hunter-Rodwell[1] The ground was due to host its inaugural first-class match in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup between Guyana and Jamaica, but the match was abandoned.[2] Therefore, the inaugural first-class match played there was between Guyana and a touring England XI in February 1998; since that match, a further four first-class matches were played at the ground, three of which hosted the touring South Africans, Indians and Australians.[3] In addition to hosting first-class matches, the ground also hosted nine List A one-day matches between 1998 and 2011, mostly in the capacity of a neutral venue in the West Indian domestic one-day tournament.[4] During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the ground was one of two practice venues in Guyana.[1] The ground was one of the venues for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, hosting two matches.[5]

## Records

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### First-class

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* Highest team total: 402 for 6 by Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03[6]
* Lowest team total: 118 all out by Guyana Board President's XI v Indians, 2001–02[7]
* Highest individual innings: 141 not out by Narsingh Deonarine for Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03[8]
* Best bowling in an innings: 7-71 by Neil McGarrell for Guyana v England XI, 1997–98[9]
* Best bowling in a match: 11-101 by Robert Croft for England XI v Guyana, as above[10]

### List A

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* Highest team total: 367 for 4 by Leeward Islands v Canada, 2008–09[11]
* Lowest team total: 127 all out by United States v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2008–09[12]
* Highest individual innings: 147 by Chris Gayle for Jamaica v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2011–12[13]
* Best bowling in an innings: 6-26 by Kavesh Kantasingh for Combined Campuses and Colleges v Leeward Islands, 2011–12[14]

## See also

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* List of cricket grounds in the West Indies

## References

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1. ^ a b "History about Everest". www.ccgy.com. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
2. ^ "Guyana v Jamaica, Red Stripe Cup 1996/97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
3. ^ "First-Class Matches played on Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown (5)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
4. ^ "List A Matches played on Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
5. ^ "Under-19 World Cup Matches played on Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown (2)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
6. ^ "Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002/03". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
7. ^ "Guyana Board President's XI v Indians, 2001/02". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
8. ^ "Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Centuries in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
9. ^ "Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
10. ^ "Guyana v England XI, 1997/98". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
11. ^ "Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Highest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
12. ^ "Combined Campuses and Colleges v United States of America, West Indies Cricket Board Cup 2008/09". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
13. ^ "Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Centuries in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
14. ^ "Everest Cricket Club Ground, Georgetown - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2022.

## External links

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* Everest Cricket Club Ground at ESPNcricinfo

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