Arnos Vale Stadium

The Arnos Vale Stadium is a cricket ground in Arnos Vale, near Kingstown, St. Vincent. The multi-use ground – part of Arnos Vale Sports Complex – is situated next to and to the west of the Arnos Vale Playing Field.^[a]

Arnos Vale Stadium

Ground information
Location	Arnos Vale, St. Vincent
Capacity	18,000
Owner	Windward Islands Cricket Board
End names
Airport End Bequia End
International information
First Test	20–24 June 1997:  West Indies v  Sri Lanka
Last Test	5–9 September 2014:  West Indies v  Bangladesh
First ODI	4 February 1981:  West Indies v  England
Last ODI	20 March 2012:  West Indies v  Australia
First T20I	27 July 2013:  West Indies v  Pakistan
Last T20I	19 December 2024:  West Indies v  Bangladesh
First WODI	13 March 2003:  West Indies v  Sri Lanka
Last WODI	3 September 2011:  West Indies v  Pakistan
First WT20I	27 July 2013:  West Indies v  Pakistan
Last WT20I	28 July 2013:  West Indies v  Pakistan
Team information
Windward Islands (1972–present)
As of 1 September 2020 Source: Cricinfo

The stadium holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.

History

The stadium hosted its first ever international game on 4 February 1981. The match was an ODI between West Indies and England and was a close encounter which the hosts won by two runs.

The ground's maiden Test match came in 1997, when the West Indies played Sri Lanka to a draw, with Sri Lanka finishing on 233–8 chasing a target of 269 runs. The second Test held at the ground, in 2009, saw Bangladesh record their maiden Test victory over the West Indies by 95 runs. At the time the West Indies were without many of their leading players due to a dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board, so seven Test debutantes featured in the West Indian team.^[1][2]

Ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, hosted by the West Indies, Arnos Vale Sports Complex was renovated over a period of 18 months. The ground's playing area was enlarged, and on the eastern side of the ground a new stand, media centre, operations centre, and pavilion were constructed.^[3]

International centuries

There have been four Test and two ODI centuries scored at the venue.^[4][5]

Test centuries

Score	Player	Team	Opposing team	Date
115	Brian Lara	West Indies	Sri Lanka	20 June 1997
128	Tamim Iqbal	Bangladesh	West Indies	9 July 2009
212	Kraigg Brathwaite	West Indies	Bangladesh	5 September 2014
116	Mushfiqur Rahim	Bangladesh	West Indies

ODI centuries

Score	Player	Team	Opposing team	Date
104	Brian Lara	West Indies	New Zealand	6 April 1996
103 not out	Phil Simmons

2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup matches

Main article: 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup

13 June 2024 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard

Bangladesh  159/5 (20 overs)	v	Netherlands 134/8 (20 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 64* (46) Paul van Meekeren 2/15 (4 overs)		Sybrand Engelbrecht 33 (22) Rishad Hossain 3/33 (4 overs)

Bangladesh won by 25 runs Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) Player of the match: Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)

• Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
• Sri Lanka were eliminated as a result of this match.

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14 June 2024 19:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard

South Africa  115/7 (20 overs)	v	Nepal 114/7 (20 overs)
Reeza Hendricks 43 (49) Kushal Bhurtel 4/19 (4 overs)		Aasif Sheikh 42 (49) Tabraiz Shamsi 4/19 (4 overs)

South Africa won by 1 run Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Umpires: Jayaraman Madanagopal (Ind) and Joel Wilson (WI) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (SA)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• Nepal were eliminated as a result of this match.^[6]

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16 June 2024 19:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  106 (19.3 overs)	v	Nepal 85 (19.2 overs)
Shakib Al Hasan 17 (22) Sompal Kami 2/10 (3 overs)		Kushal Malla 27 (40) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 4/7 (4 overs)

Bangladesh won by 21 runs Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Umpires: Sam Nogajski (Aus) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Tanzim Hasan Sakib (Ban)

• Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
• Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.^[7]
• Bangladesh qualified for the Super 8 while Netherlands were eliminated as a result of this match.

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Super 8s

22 June 2024 20:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard

Afghanistan  148/6 (20 overs)	v	Australia 127 (19.2 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 60 (49) Pat Cummins 3/28 (4 overs)		Glenn Maxwell 59 (41) Gulbadin Naib 4/20 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 21 runs Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Umpires: Kumar Dharmasena (SL) and Ahsan Raza (Pak) Player of the match: Gulbadin Naib (Afg)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Pat Cummins (Aus) took his second consecutive hat-trick in T20Is and became the only player to take more than one hat-tricks in T20 World Cup. This was the second hat-trick of the tournament overall and the eighth in the history of the T20 World Cup.
• This was Afganistan's first win against Australia in T20Is.

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24 June 2024 20:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard

Afghanistan  115/5 (20 overs)	v	Bangladesh 105 (17.5 overs)
Rahmanullah Gurbaz 43 (55) Rishad Hossain 3/26 (4 overs)		Liton Das 54* (49) Rashid Khan 4/23 (4 overs)

Afghanistan won by 8 runs (DLS method) Arnos Vale Stadium, Kingstown Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Naveen-ul-Haq (Afg)

• Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Bangladesh were set a revised target of 114 runs off 19 overs due to rain.
• Rashid Khan (Afg) took his 150th wicket in T20Is.
• Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals while Australia and Bangladesh were eliminated as a result of this match.
• This was Afghanistan's first win against Bangladesh in T20 World Cup.
• Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals of any major ICC Tournament for the first time in their cricketing history.

List of five-wicket hauls

There have been 12 five-wicket hauls in international cricket on the ground.

Test matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Arnos Vale

Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Figures	Result
Ravindra Pushpakumara[b]	20 June 1997	Sri Lanka	West Indies	5/41	Drawn[8]
Carl Hooper[b]		West Indies	Sri Lanka	5/26
Muttiah Muralitharan[b]		Sri Lanka	West Indies	5/113
Darren Sammy[c]	9 July 2009	West Indies	Bangladesh	5/70	Bangladesh won[9]
Mahmudullah[c]		Bangladesh	West Indies	5/51
Taijul Islam[d]	5 September 2014	Bangladesh	West Indies	5/135	West Indies won[10]
Sulieman Benn[d]		West Indies	Bangladesh	5/39

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's ODI matches at Arnos Vale

Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Figures	Result
Colin Croft	4 February 1981	West Indies	England	6/15	West Indies won[11]
Franklyn Rose	12 April 2000	West Indies	Pakistan	5/23	West Indies won[12]

Five-wicket hauls in Women's ODI matches at Arnos Vale

Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Figures	Result
Sandamali Dolawatte	22 March 2003	Sri Lanka	West Indies	5/16	Sri Lanka won[13]
Anisa Mohammed	28 August 2011	West Indies	Pakistan	5/5	West Indies won[14]
Anisa Mohammed	30 August 2011	West Indies	Pakistan	5/7	West Indies won[15]

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds

Notes

1. The sports complex itself is located just south of the site of the former E. T. Joshua Airport.
2. Pushpakumara, Hooper and Muralitharan took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
3. Sammy and Mahmudullah took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.
4. Taijul Islam and Benn took their five-wicket hauls in the same match.