Warner Park Sporting Complex

Warner Park Sporting Complex is an athletic facility in Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis. It includes the Warner Park Stadium, which was one of the hosts for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is named after Sir Thomas Warner, the explorer who established the first English colony on St. Kitts.

Warner Park

Warner Park Cricket Stadium
Ground information
Location	Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis
Coordinates	17°17′55″N 62°43′19″W
Establishment	2006
Capacity	8,000
Tenants	Leeward Islands cricket team St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots
End names
Pavilion End Lozack Road End
International information
First Test	21 June 2006:  West Indies v  India
Last Test	20 May 2011:  West Indies v  Pakistan
First ODI	23 May 2006:  West Indies v  India
Last ODI	28 July 2018:  West Indies v  Bangladesh
First T20I	2 August 2009:  West Indies v  Bangladesh
Last T20I	1 August 2022:  West Indies v  India
First WODI	4 November 2009:  West Indies v  England
Last WODI	19 September 2014:  West Indies v  New Zealand
First WT20I	9 November 2009:  West Indies v  England
Last WT20I	27 February 2012:  West Indies v  India
Team information
Leeward Islands (1962 – present) St. Kitts and Nevis Patriots (2015 – present)
As of 1 August 2022 Source: ESPNcricinfo

The eastern segment contains the cricket pitch, pavilion, media centre and seating for 4,000 which can be increased with temporary stands to 10,000 for major events. The stadium was largely financed by Taiwan with donations totalling $2.74 million. The total project cost US$12 million, half for the cricket stadium and half for the football facilities.

The western segment contains the football stadium, with seating for 3,500. In the northern section of the park, there are three tennis courts, three netball / volleyball courts, the Len Harris Cricket Academy, and a small open savannah, Carnival City, used primarily for hosting Carnival events.

T20 cricket and the CPL

The West Indies have generally used Warner Park Stadium to host lower ranked international teams in T20 cricket including matches against Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Ireland.^[1] While the West Indies remain unbeaten at this venue against those teams they suffered a couple of crushing defeats against the only other international side to have played T20 cricket here, England, being bowled out for 45 and 71 respectively.^[2]

In the CPL, Warner Park plays host to St Kitts and Nevis Patriots but the stadium has also been used for several of the knockout games as well and in 2021 it due to be used as the single venue for all CPL matches^[3]

The pitch at Warner Park Stadium has a history of favouring teams that bat second in T20 with a strong preference of sides who win the toss to field first.^[4]

List of Five Wicket Hauls

As of 7 January 2020

A total of seven five-wicket hauls have been taken at Warner Park, one in a Test match and six in ODIs.

Test matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Warner Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Harbhajan Singh	22 June 2006	India	West Indies	1	44	147	5	Drawn[5]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Warner Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Mitchell Johnson	6 July 2008	Australia	West Indies	2	7.5	29	5	Australia won[6]
2	Sunil Narine	16 July 2012	West Indies	New Zealand	2	10	27	5	West Indies won[7]
3	Imran Tahir	15 June 2016	South Africa	West Indies	2	9	45	7	South Africa won[8]

Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Warner Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Dane van Niekerk	7 November 2013	South Africa	West Indies	2	7	28	5	South Africa won[9]
2	Tremayne Smartt	12 September 2014	West Indies	New Zealand	1	10	24	5	West Indies won[10]
3	Shakera Selman	17 September 2014	West Indies	New Zealand	1	10	15	5	West Indies won[11]

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds