Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club Ground
Ground information
Location Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo
Coordinates 6°54′12″N 79°51′48″E / 6.90333°N 79.86333°E / 6.90333; 79.86333Coordinates: 6°54′12″N 79°51′48″E / 6.90333°N 79.86333°E / 6.90333; 79.86333
Tenants Bloomfield 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

The ground is on Reid Avenue, in the Cinnamon Gardens district of Colombo, next to the Colombo Racecourse football ground.

History

Bloomfield Cricket and Athletic Club made the ground their home in the 1970s.[1] The first first-class match was in December 1991 between Antonians Sports Club and Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club.[2] Bloomfield played their first first-class match there in 1994-95 and have played there ever since.[2] Up to the end of the 2015-16 season 166 first-class matches have been played at the ground.[2] Since the first List A match at the ground in July 1994, 85 List A matches have been played there.[3]

The highest first-class score is 231 by Harsha Cooray for Chilaw Marians in 2011-12.[4] The best bowling figures are 9 for 15 by Mario Villavarayan for Bloomfield in 1996-97.[5]

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