Oakham School Ground
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Oakham School Ground
| nickname =
| country = England
| image = County cricket at Oakham School (geograph 5794267).jpg
| establishment = 1821
| seating_capacity =
| end1 = Nursery End
| end2 = Sports Hall End
| year1 = 1935–2018
| club1 = Leicestershire
| date = 26 October
| year = 2020
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/ground/57226.html Ground profile
}}
Oakham School is a cricket ground in Oakham, Rutland. Forming part of sports facilities of Oakham School, the ground dates from around 1821.{{cite web|url=https://www.oakham.rutland.sch.uk/sport/major-sports/cricket |title=Cricket |publisher=www.oakham.rutland.sch.uk |accessdate=2020-10-26}} First-class cricket was first played at Oakham School in the 1935 County Championship, with Leicestershire playing against Kent. Leicestershire used the ground as an outground on three more occasions prior to the Second World War.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667_f.html |title=First-Class Matches played on Doncaster Close, Oakham School |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-26 |url-access=subscription}} Following a gap of 62 years, first-class cricket returned to Oakham School in 2000, when Leicestershire played the 1999 County Champions Surrey. The ground has since been used intermittently as an outground for first-class matches by Leicestershire, with five matches played there since 2000. During the first decade of the 2000s, Leicestershire played nine List A one-day matches at the ground between 2001–08, before returning after a ten year gap when they played Lancashire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup.{{cite web |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667_a.html |title=List A Matches played on Doncaster Close, Oakham School |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=21 March 2024 |url-access=subscription}} In 2020, Leicestershire announced plans to revive the Oakham Cricket Festival and make it a permanent part of Leicestershire's county schedule.{{cite web|url=https://www.thecricketer.com/Topics/news/leicestershire_keen_bring_back_oakham__school_cricket_festival.html |title=Leicestershire keen to bring back Oakham Festival when county cricket returns to normality |publisher=www.thecricketer.com |accessdate=2020-10-26}}
Records
First-class
- Highest team total: 534 all out by Leicestershire v Derbyshire, 2004{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667/f_Highest_Team_Totals.html |title=Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Highest Team Totals in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-26 |url-access=subscription}}
- Lowest team total: 56 all out by Kent v Leicestershire, 1935{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667/f_Lowest_Team_Totals.html |title=Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-26 |url-access=subscription}}
- Highest individual innings: 295* by Ali Brown for Surrey v Leicestershire, 2000{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667/f_Centuries.html |title=Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Centuries in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-26 |url-access=subscription}}
- Best bowling in an innings: 8–123 by Tich Freeman for Kent v Leicestershire, 1935{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667/f_Most_Wickets_in_Innings.html |title=Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-26 |url-access=subscription}}
- Best bowling in a match: 11–106 by Frank Woolley, for Kent v Leicestershire, 1938{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/16/16786.html |title=Leicestershire v Kent, 1938 County Championship |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-26 |url-access=subscription}}
List A
- Highest team total: 299 for 5 by Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, 2007{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667/a_Highest_Team_Totals.html |title=Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Highest Team Totals in List A matches |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-28 |url-access=subscription}}
- Lowest team total: 137 all out by Leicestershire v Worcestershire, 2004{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/79/79643.html |title=Leicestershire v Worcestershire, 2004 totesport League |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-28 |url-access=subscription}}
- Highest individual innings: 107 by Stephen Fleming for Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, 2007{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667/a_Centuries.html |title=Doncaster Close, Oakham School - Centuries in List A matches |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-28 |url-access=subscription}}
- Best bowling in an innings: 4–12 by Dinesh Mongia for Leicestershire v Somerset, 2005{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/11/667_a.html |title=Leicestershire v Somerset, 2005 totesport League |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-10-28 |url-access=subscription}}
See also
References
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