Keenan Stadium

Keenan Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium and an International Cricket Stadium in Jamshedpur, India. It is currently used mostly for cricket and football matches. It is also known as a venue for archery.

Keenan Stadium

View of Keenan Stadium
Interactive map of Keenan Stadium
Ground information
Location	Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
Country	India
Establishment	1939
Capacity	19,000[1]
Owner	Tata Steel
Operator	Jharkhand State Cricket Association
Tenants	Indian Cricket Team Jharkhand cricket team
End names
Dalma Hills End Naoroji Pavilion End
International information
First ODI	7 December, 1983:  India v  West Indies
Last ODI	12 April, 2006:  India v  England
Only women's Test	24–27 November 1995:  India v  England
First WODI	1 January 1978:  Australia v  New Zealand
Last WODI	29 February 2004:  India v  West Indies
As of 21 June 2014 Source: Keenan Stadium, ESPNcricinfo

The stadium is named after John Lawrence Keenan a former general manager of the Tata Steel. The stadium is situated in Northern Town area of Bistupur and is owned by Tata Steel. It has a capacity of 19,000 people.

History

Since being built in 1939 the ground has hosted Ranji Trophy matches for the Bihar now Jharkhand cricket team. The venue staged its first international match in December 1983 when West Indies beat India in a One Day International.

The ground has staged a further nine One Day Internationals, of which India won but one, the most recent in April 2006 when England beat India by five wickets.

Sourav Ganguly scored a 100 to help India win its only match here. Former Indian captain MS Dhoni has played many matches for Jharkhand in this stadium. He spent much time in this stadium in his early days when JSCA stadium was not built in Ranchi, and also featured in M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story, the biopic on Dhoni.^[2]

Episode

This stadium became infamous for the crowd turning violent and throwing crackers on field during India against West Indies match in 2002/03.

List of Centuries

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to the player's team result

One Day Internationals

Keenan Stadium aerial view (top right)

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	115	Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	134	1	India	7 December 1983	Won[3]
2	149	Viv Richards	West Indies	99	1	India	7 December 1983	Won[3]
3	106	Manoj Prabhakar	India	121	1	Pakistan	26 March 1987	Lost[4]
4	107*	Martin Crowe	New Zealand	129	2	India	15 November 1995	Won[5]
5	105*	Sourav Ganguly	India	139	2	South Africa	12 March 2000	Won[6]
6	101	Salman Butt	Pakistan	116	1	India	9 April 2005	Won[7]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Symbol	Meaning
†	The bowler was man of the match
‡	10 or more wickets taken in the match
§	One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match
Date	Day the Test started or ODI was held
Inn	Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken
Overs	Number of overs bowled.
Runs	Number of runs conceded
Wkts	Number of wickets taken
Econ	Runs conceded per over
Batsmen	Batsmen whose wickets were taken
Drawn	The match was drawn.

One Day Internationals

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Batsmen	Result
1	Rana Naved-ul-Hasan	9 April 2005	Pakistan	India	2	8.4	27	6	3.11	Virender Sehwag Sourav Ganguly MS Dhoni Yuvraj Singh Irfan Pathan Ashish Nehra	Won [7]