University Stadium (Thiruvananthapuram)

University Stadium
A view of University Stadium (right) and CSN Stadium (left)
Ground information
LocationThiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
Establishment1940; 85 years ago (1940)
Capacity20,000[1]
OwnerUniversity of Kerala, Trivandrum
End names
Church End
Hotel End
International information
First ODI1 October 1984; 41 years ago (1984):
 India v  Australia
Last ODI25 January 1988; 37 years ago (1988):
 India v  West Indies
As of 18 January 2019; 6 years ago (2019)
Source: University Stadium, Cricinfo

University Stadium or Kerala University Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in the city of Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. The stadium is used predominantly for football and athletics. It also hosted cricket matches.[2]

The stadium is owned by the University of Kerala and was opened in 1940. The stadium has a capacity of 20,000. It was used as the home ground of Kerala cricket team till the late 1980s. The stadium has hosted 2 ODI matches with the host India losing one match, and the other yielded no result.

The stadium was the home ground of Chirag United Club for their I-League season.[3]

One Day International cricket

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A) Team (B) Winner Margin Year Scorecard
 India  Australia No result 1984 2nd ODI, Australia tour of India
 India  West Indies  West Indies 9 wickets 1988 7th ODI, West Indies tour of India

List of centuries

Key

  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at Edgbaston.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to the player's team result

One Day Internationals

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 101 Krishnamachari Srikkanth  India 106 1  West Indies 25 January 1988 Lost[4]
2 104* Phil Simmons  West Indies 129 2  India 25 January 1988 Won[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.worldstadiums.com/asia/countries/india.shtml [dead link‍]
  2. ^ Rayan, Stan (8 July 2016). "Thiruvananthapuram's 28-year wait for an ODI could end next year". The Hindu. Retrieved 27 October 2018.
  3. ^ Chirag United - I-League
  4. ^ a b "7th ODI, West Indies tour of India at Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 25 1988". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 August 2019.


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