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 | ||
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
First-class[edit]
- 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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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.