Guanggong International Cricket Stadium
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| Location | Guangzhou, Guangdong, China | ||||
| Establishment | 2010 | ||||
| Capacity | 12, 000 | ||||
| Owner | Chinese Cricket Association | ||||
| Tenants | China | ||||
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| Source: Cricinfo | |||||
The Guanggong International Cricket Stadium (Chinese: 广工板球场) is an international cricket stadium in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
Stadium is located in the Guangdong University of Technology in the Higher Education Mega Centre and encompassing an area of 6355 sq m, with seating for 12,000 spectators. The stadium is host of the first international level cricket ever played in China.
It has been granted by the International Cricket Council to host One Day International and Twenty20 cricket matches.[1] It was established in 2010. It hosted the cricket matches played in the 2010 Asian Games.[2] It also hosted the 2012 Women's Asia Cup Cricket tournament.
Work on the stadium started in May 2008 and even in August 2009, the ground was little more than a flattened patch of mud. The ground now has a full-time Bangladeshi curator in Jasimuddin came in from the Kinrara Oval in Malaysia.
Stadium completed with just a heavy roller needed to season the seven playing strips (the women played on a mat) as well as the placing of sight screens and an electronic scoreboard.
The ground was designed by Chinese architects with materials sourced from Guangdong Province, the wicket square using clay from Shaanxi Province in central China, the certified seed turf being imported by the Chinese Cricket Association from America.
References
- ↑ "Guanggong Cricket Stadium". Cricinfo.
- ↑ "Asian Games Cricket 2010".
Coordinates: 23°2′29″N 113°22′51″E / 23.04139°N 113.38083°E