Ray Mitchell Oval
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| Location | Mackay, Australia | ||
| Establishment | 1968 (first recorded match) | ||
| Capacity | 10,000 | ||
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| First ODI | 28 February 1992: India v Sri Lanka | ||
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As of 21 October 2011 Source: Ground profile | |||
Ray Mitchell Oval (also known as Harrup Park) is a cricket ground in the city of Mackay, Queensland, Australia.
The first recorded match on the ground occurred when Queensland Country XI played against the touring West Indians in 1968.[1] In 1978, the ground staged a single World Series Cricket "Country Cavaliers" match.[1]
The ground held its first two List A one day matches in 1988, when Queensland played the touring Pakistanis on 3rd and 4th of December 1988.[2]
The ground was selected to hold a single One Day International match during the 1992 Cricket World Cup, with India and Sri Lanka playing a match against each other on the 28th of February.[3] The match was abandoned after only playing two balls, due to rain, despite the best efforts of the groundstaff to dry the outfield.[4]
Sri Lankan fast bowler Champaka Ramanayake holds the unusual distinction of being the only international bowler to have ever bowled in this match, and the match was washed out after Champaka's first two deliveries.[5]
The only first-class match to be played there to date came in 1995 when Queensland played against the touring Sri Lankans,[6] with the match ending in a 273 run victory for Queensland.[7] A further List A match was played there in October 2011 between Queensland and Tasmania in the 2011/12 Ryobi One Day Cup.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Other matches played on Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 October 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "List A Matches played on Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ↑ "One-Day International Matches played on Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ↑ "India v Sri Lanka, 1992 Cricket World Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ↑ "India vs Sri Lanka". Cricket Archive. Retrieved 11 Dec 2011.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
- ↑ "Queensland v Sri Lankans, 1995/96". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 October 2011.
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Coordinates: 21°09′34.03″S 149°11′10.58″E / 21.1594528°S 149.1862722°E