Antigua Recreation Ground
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Antigua Recreation Ground is the national stadium of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in St. John's, on the Island of Antigua. The ground has been used by the West Indies cricket team and Antigua and Barbuda national football team. It has Test cricket status [1].
It has produced a number of great cricketers, including Andy Roberts and Richie Richardson.
One of Antigua's most famous sons, Viv Richards, scored the fastest Test match century off 56 balls[1] v England in the "Blackwash" series of 1986 at the Recreation Ground. It was also where Brian Lara scored the highest Test individual innings of 400 not out, also against England, in 2004.[2]
Antigua is considered to be a good wicket on which to bat - hard and dry whilst not offering much bounce or movement to bowlers. This is colloquially known as a featherbed.[3]
The Antigua Recreation Ground has also been the place noted for hosting Cricket carnival which was popularized by DJ such as Chicke of Chickie's HiFi.
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- ^ Fastest Tests Centuries and 50s. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
- ^ Lara sets Test record. BBC Sport (2004-04-12). Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
- ^ A glossary of cricket terms. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-01-03.
