Antigua Recreation Ground

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Antigua Recreation Ground is the national stadium of Antigua and Barbuda it is located in St. John's, on the Island of Antigua. The ground has been used by the West Indies cricket team and Antigua and Barbuda national football team. It has Test cricket status.

It has produced a number of great cricketers, including Andy Roberts and Richie Richardson.

One of Antigua's most famous sons, Viv Richards scored the fastest test match century off 56 balls v England in the "Blackwash" series of 1986 at the Recreation Ground.

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