Mannofield Park
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Mannofield Park is a cricket
ground Mannofield
district of Aberdeen
, Scotland
. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club
. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures.
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The ground has also played host to six One Day Internationals, the first of which came in the 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Scotland
when Ireland played New Zealand. The last One Day International to date came in August 2009 when Scotland played Ireland.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground Mannofield
Mannofield
Mannofield is an affluent, middle class area of the City of Aberdeen, Scotland. The population of Mannofield is 17,987 . It is situated in the west end of the city and is accessible by travelling through the A93 Aberdeen - Perth road, the A90 Edinburgh to Fraserburgh road and the A96...
district of Aberdeen
Aberdeen
Aberdeen is Scotland's third most populous city, one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas and the United Kingdom's 25th most populous city, with an official population estimate of ....
, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. The cricket ground is the regular home of the Scotland national cricket team and Aberdeenshire Cricket Club
Aberdeenshire Cricket Club
Aberdeenshire CC is the largest cricket club based in Aberdeen, Scotland. Their ground, Mannofield Park, is located in the Mannofield area of Aberdeen, and was granted One Day International status for the first time in 2008...
. It is also known as Citylets Mannofield for international fixtures.
Cricket
The first recorded match on the ground dates back to 1879 when Aberdeen University played Edinburgh University. The first first-class match to be held on the ground came in 1930 when Scotland played Ireland. The ground has since played host to nine first-class matches, the last of which came in August 2009 when Scotland played Ireland in the 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup
The 2009–10 ICC Intercontinental Cup is the fifth edition of the ICC Intercontinental Cup tournament, an international first-class cricket tournament between nations who have not been awarded Test status by the International Cricket Council. The first fixtures will be played in July 2009. The...
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The ground has also played host to six One Day Internationals, the first of which came in the 2008 Associates Tri-Series in Scotland
2008 Associates Tri-Series in Scotland
-2nd Match-Ireland vs Scotland:-3rd Match-New Zealand vs Scotland:...
when Ireland played New Zealand. The last One Day International to date came in August 2009 when Scotland played Ireland.
External links
- Mannofield Park at CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...
- Mannofield Park at CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...