Maple Leaf Cricket Club

Maple Leaf Cricket Club
Ground information
Location King City, Ontario
Establishment 1954
End names
Northern End
Southern End
International information
First ODI 29 June 2008: Canada v Bermuda
Last ODI 7 August 2013: Canada v Netherlands
First T20I 10 October 2008: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe
Last T20I 13 October 2008: Pakistan v Sri Lanka
As of 26 October 2011
Source: Cricinfo.com

The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket club in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto. It was established in 1954[1] and operates a turf wicket facility. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals (ODI) by the International Cricket Council.[2]

The facility has 5 cricket grounds. The North-West ground is the most important, and ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals have been played at this ground since the 2008 season.[3] The Maple Leaf Cricket Club has become the primary cricket venue in Canada, assuming the role from the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.

The facility has hosted major events in the past, including games in the 2001 ICC Trophy, two first-class matches in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup, several games in the ICC Americas Championship tournaments of 2000 and 2006, and the 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series.

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Maple Leaf Cricket Club – 50 years later". Toronto and District Cricket Association.
  2. ↑ "Maple Leaf ground now ODI venue". Canada Cricket Online. 20 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006.
  3. ↑ "Maple Leaf (North-West Ground)". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 February 2012.

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Coordinates: 43°57′15.98″N 79°30′30.93″W / 43.9544389°N 79.5085917°W / 43.9544389; -79.5085917

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