The Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground is a

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ground located in the city of

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. The ground is known as the VCA Ground and belongs to the

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. The first match was played here in October 1969. As of 19 August 2017, it has hosted nine Tests and 14 ODIs. It has been replaced by a new stadium called Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium as an international cricket stadium. It continues to be used by the

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and

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scored his only one day century here against New Zealand in the 1987 Reliance World Cup. In 1995, during the 5th ODI between India and New Zealand, a wall in the East Stand collapsed, killing 9 people and injuring 70 others.

History

The tenth Test venue in the country, the

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-managed ground, probably the only international venue where you can walk straight into the ground from the road, has always made headlines for various reasons.

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takes the first

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in history, with the wickets of Ken Rutherford,

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and

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got his only one-day, and World Cup, century here when India won by a huge margin against New Zealand in their final league encounter of the 1987 Reliance World Cup. This is the second best ground for

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when it comes to centuries.

has three here after four in

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. It was a dark hour when in 1995, during the fifth game of the India-New Zealand ODI series, the brickwall at the East stand collapsed and nine people died. As for the pitch, previously, it was just like any other docile pitch, till the BCCI-appointed pitch committee recommended the re-laying of the wicket in 1999. It took a while for the wicket to assume the true shape that it was designed to. Also the unique thing about this wicket is the 30-inch deep double-brick layer normally there is a 15-inch brick layer – that facilitates in the extra pace and bounce. Surely, that was the a case when Australia conquered the 'final frontier' as they beat India handsomely in the third Test to win the Border-Gavaskar Trophy. The local critics were up-in-arms at how the curator ignored the home team's cause and prepared a fast wicket that helped the opposition fast bowlers. But the curator insisted that he had simply followed the instructions of the pitch panel. Today

is one of the only grounds to assist genuine fast bowlers in pace and movement and several first-class games in the 2004/05 season ended within three days as the medium-pacers reaped rich rewards.

Records

Test

Batting

* Highest team total: 609/6 dec, by

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against

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in 2000/01, then 570/7 and 546/9, all by India. * Lowest team total: 109, by

against

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in 1969/70. * Highest individual score: 232*, by

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against

in 2000/01. * Most runs scored by

(659 runs),

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(423 runs) and Andy Flower (298 runs).

Bowling

* Best bowling in an innings: 7/51, by Maninder Singh against

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in 1986/87. * Leading wicket takers

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(20 wickets),

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(12 wickets) and Maninder Singh (10 wickets).

One Day International

Batting

* Highest team total: 350, by

against

in 2005/06, New Zealand 348/3 and India 338/3. * Lowest team total: 154, by

against

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in 1995/96. * Highest individual score: 149, by

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against

in 2006/07. * Most runs scored by

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(398 runs), Rahul Dravid (392 runs) and Sachin Tendulkar (390 runs).

Bowling

* Best bowling in an innings: 6/29, by Patrick Patterson against

in 1987/88. * Leading wicket takers were

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(8 wickets), Patrick Patterson (6 wickets) and

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(6 wickets).

List of Centuries

Key

* * denotes that the batsman was

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. * 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

Test Centuries

One Day Internationals

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Tests

One Day Internationals

References

External links

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History

Records

Test

Batting

Bowling

One Day International

Batting

Bowling

List of Centuries

Key

Test Centuries

One Day Internationals

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Tests

One Day Internationals

See also

References

External links