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Blairmont Sports Club Ground is a cricket and football ground in Blairmont, Guyana.

History

Located next to the Blairmont Estate sugar plantation, the ground was opened in 1959 and first played host to first-class cricket when Berbice played Demerara in the 1989–90 Kenneth Sookram Memorial Trophy. Guyana later played two first-class matches there in the 1992–93 Red Stripe Cup 1992-93 and 1992–93 Red Stripe Cup, playing against Trinidad and Tobago and the Leeward Islands respectively. List A one-day cricket was first played there in February 1994, when Guyana played the Leeward Islands in the Geddes Grant Shield. Guyana played a further three one-day matches there in 1995 and 1996, before the ground played host to three neutral one-day matches in 2004 and 2007; one of these saw Barbados dismiss West Indies under-19s for 18 runs, the lowest total in the history of List A one-day cricket, with Pedro Collins taking figures of 7 for 11. Guyana returned to the ground in 2008 and 2011, playing two further one-day matches there.

As a football venue, the ground has played host to three international matches. The first of these came in 2004 and saw Guyana lose 3–1 to Grenada in a preliminary qualifying match for the 2006 World Cup. The next two came in 2008, with Guyana playing Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in a friendly, and Suriname and Dominica playing one another in a qualifying match for the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Records

First-class

• Highest team total: 410 all out by Demerara v Berbice, 1989–90
• Lowest team total: 85 all out by Trinidad and Tobago v Guyana, 1992–93
• Highest individual innings: 114 by Ravindranauth Seeram for Demerara v Berbice, 1989–90
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-40 by Clyde Butts for Guyana v Trinidad and Tobago, 1992–93
• Best bowling in a match: 10-99 by Roger Harper for Guyana v Leeward Islands, 1993–94

List A

• Highest team total: 296 for 5 (50 overs) by Guyana v Leeward Islands, 1995–96
• Lowest team total: 18 all out (14.3 overs) by West Indies under-19s v Barbados, 2007–08
• Highest individual innings: 104 by Carl Hooper for Guyana v Leeward Islands, 1995–96
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-11 by Pedro Collins for Barbados v West Indies under-19s

See also

• List of cricket grounds in the West Indies

References

1. "Blairmont Estate – Community Development". www.guysuco.gy. Retrieved 22 April 2022.
2. ^ "Blairmont Sports Club Ground". www.national-football-teams.com. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
3. "First-Class Matches played on Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont (3)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
4. "Collins wrecks Under-19s for 18". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
5. "List A Matches played on Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont (9)". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
6. "Berbice v Demerara, Kenneth Sookram Memorial Trophy 1989/90". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
7. "Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Lowest Team Totals in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
8. "Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Centuries in first-class cricket". Retrieved 21 April 2022.
9. "Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
10. "Guyana v Leeward Islands, Red Stripe Cup 1993/94". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
11. "Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Highest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
12. "Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Lowest Team Totals in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
13. "Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Centuries in List A matches". Retrieved 21 April 2022.
14. "Blairmont Sports Club Ground, Blairmont - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches". CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 April 2022.

External links

• Blairmont Sports Club Ground at ESPNcricinfo

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• Cricket grounds in Guyana
• Football venues in Guyana