Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground

{{short description|Cricket ground in United States Virgin Islands.}}

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| ground_name = Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground

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| country = West Indies

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| location = Charlotte Amalie, United States Virgin Islands

| establishment = {{circa|1992}}

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| year1 = 2003–2016

| club1 = Leeward Island

| year2 = 1993–present

| club2 = United States Virgin Islands

| date = 12 January

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59594.html Cricinfo

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The Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground was a cricket ground located in Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the United States Virgin Islands. The ground belongs to the Addelita Cancryn Junior High School.

History

The first recorded cricket match played on the ground saw a United States Virgin Islands President's XI play a friendly match against Trinidad and Tobago in 1992.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1924_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2013}} The United States Virgin Islands cricket team is first recorded as playing there in 1993 against Anguilla in the 1993 Leeward Islands One-Day Championship. First-class cricket was first played in 2003 when the Leeward Islands cricket team played Trinidad and Tobago in the 2002/03 Carib Beer Cup.{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1924_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground, Charlotte Amalie|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2013}} The ground has since held five first-class matches for the Leeward Islands, the last of which saw the team play the Windward Islands in the 2008/09 Regional Four Day Competition. Eight first-class centuries have been scored there,{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1924/f_Centuries.html|title=Addelita Cancryn Junior High School Ground, Charlotte Amalie - Centuries in first-class cricket|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2013}} while five five wicket hauls have also been taken.

Records

=First-class=

  • Highest team total: 432 all out by Barbados v Leeward Islands, 2003/04{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/79/79052.html|title=Leeward Islands v Barbados, 2003/04 Carib Beer Cup 2003/04|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2013}}
  • Lowest team total: 158 all out by Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago, 2002/03{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/76/76758.html|title=Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago, 2002/03 Carib Beer Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2013}}
  • Highest individual innings: 211 not out by Sherwin Campbell for Barbados v Leeward Islands, 2003/04
  • Best bowling in an innings: 6/50 by Darren Sammy for Windward Islands v Leeward Islands, 2004/05{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/81/81583.html|title=Leeward Islands v Windward Islands, 2004/05 Carib Beer Cup|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=12 January 2013}}

See also

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