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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground

Coordinates: 6°54′12″N 79°51′48″E / 6.90333°N 79.86333°E / 6.90333; 79.86333
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Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground
Ground information
LocationCinnamon Gardens, Colombo
Coordinates6°54′12″N 79°51′48″E / 6.90333°N 79.86333°E / 6.90333; 79.86333
TenantsBloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
End names
University End
Hockey Ground End
Team information
Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club
As of 3 December 2016
Source: Cricinfo

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, has staged first-class and List A cricket matches since 1991. It is the home ground of the Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club cricket team.

Location

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The ground is on Reid Avenue, in the Cinnamon Gardens district of Colombo, next to the Colombo Racecourse football ground, and across Reid Avenue from Royal College.

History

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When it was founded in the 1890s, Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club's ground was in the Colombo suburb of Pettah. The club moved to a ground at Campbell Park, Borella, in 1923. Finally, it moved to the present ground in the 1970s.[1][2] The first first-class match was in December 1991 between Antonians Sports Club and Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club.[3]

Bloomfield played their first first-class match at the ground in 1994–95.[3] As of mid-February 2025, 207 first-class matches have been played at the ground.[3] Since the first List A match at the ground in July 1994, 128 List A matches have been played there.[4]

The highest first-class score is 237 by Shehan Jayasuriya for Chilaw Marians in 2016–17.[5] The best bowling figures are 9 for 15 by Mario Villavarayan for Bloomfield in 1996–97.[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Pathiravithana, S. R. (5 December 2010). "Bloomfield – the cricketing treasure two feet under". Sunday Times. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  2. ^ "Other matches played on Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  3. ^ a b c "First-class matches played on Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  4. ^ "List A matches played on Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground". CricketArchive. Retrieved 16 February 2025.
  5. ^ "Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Double Centuries". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  6. ^ "Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground, Seven Wickets in an Innings". CricketArchive. Retrieved 3 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club v Police Sports Club 1996-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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