Salem Oval

The ground was completed by the year 2000, with the first match held at the ground seeing Montserrat play a minor match against Antigua and Barbuda.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1921_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Salem Oval, Salem|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 October 2012}} The following year, the touring South Africans played at the ground against the University of West Indies Vice-Chancellor's XI, with half the islands population reportedly attending.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/95184.html|title=South Africa dismiss Vice-Chancellor' XI cheaply at Montserrat|last=Prior|first=Marcus|date=12 April 2001|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 October 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/southafrica/content/story/95191.html|title=South Africans keep heads in Montserrat|last=Prior|first=Marcus|date=12 April 2001|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|accessdate=7 October 2012}} This match did not hold first-class status, and it was not until 2003 that first-class cricket returned to MontserratSturge Park previously held six first-class and five List A matches. when the Leeward Islands played West Indies B in the 2002/03 Carib Beer Cup. The ground has held two more first-class matches for the Leeward Islands, one in the 2004/05 Carib Beer Cup against Trinidad and Tobago and another in the 2007/08 Carib Beer Cup against Barbados.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1921_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Salem Oval, Salem|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 October 2012}} Seven first-class centuries have been scored there,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1921/f_Centuries.html|title=Salem Oval, Salem - Centuries in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 October 2012}} while five five wicket hauls have been taken. Montserrat continue to play minor matches there, with the ground serving as their main home ground.

Salem Oval was also home of association football clubs Volcano Observatory and Ideal from the Montserrat Championship for the 2000 and 2001 seasons.

• Highest team total: 579 all out by Trinidad and Tobago v Leeward Islands, 2004/05{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1921/f_Highest_Team_Totals.html|title=Salem Oval, Salem - Highest Team Totals in first-class cricket |publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 October 2012}}
• Lowest team total: 191 all out by West Indies B v Leeward Islands, 2002/03{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/76/76670.html|title=Leeward Islands v West Indies B, 2002/03|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 October 2012}}
• Highest individual innings: 265 by Daren Ganga for Trinidad and Tobago v Leeward Islands, 2004/05
• Best bowling in an innings: 6/153 by Omari Banks for Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago, 2004/05{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/81/81754.html|title=Leeward Islands v Trinidad and Tobago, 2004/05|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=7 October 2012}}

• List of cricket grounds in the West Indies

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• [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/30/1921_f.html Salem Oval] at CricketArchive
• [http://www.espncricinfo.com/westindies/content/ground/59528.html Salem Oval] at ESPNcricinfo

Category:Cricket grounds in Montserrat

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