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Yeonhui Cricket Ground is a cricket stadium in
Incheon Incheon (; ; or Inch'ŏn; literally "kind river"), formerly Jemulpo or Chemulp'o (제물포) until the period after 1910, officially the Incheon Metropolitan City (인천광역시, 仁川廣域市), is a city located in northwestern South Kore ...
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South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
built for Cricket at the 2014 Asian Games. The
2014 Asian Games The 2014 Asian Games ( ko, 2014년 아시아 경기대회/2014년 아시안 게임, Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asia gyeonggi daehoe/Icheon sip-sa nyeon Asian Geim), officially known as the 17th Asian Games ( ko, 제17회 아시아 경기대회/제17회 ...
featured cricket for both the men's and the women's event and this ground was used for the
cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by st ...
matches that were played in the games. It has been reported that the crowd capacity of this ground is 3000. This was the first cricket stadium in
South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
. In 2018, it hosted first ever T20I match between South Korea and China. In September 2019, it hosted Women's T20 East Asia Cup between South Korea, China, Hong Kong and Japan.


Women's Twenty20 International cricket

The stadium has hosted 11 Women's T20I matches to date.


See also

* South Korea men's national cricket team *
South Korea women's national cricket team The South Korea national women's cricket team is the team that represents the country of South Korea in international women's cricket. They made their international debut in the 2014 Asian Games in South Korea in September 2014. In 2017, th ...
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Korea Cricket Association Korea Cricket Association (Korean: 대한크리켓협회) is the official governing body of the sport of cricket in South Korea. The KCA operates Korean national team and Korean women's national team. Its current headquarters is located in Seoul ...
* ICC East Asia-Pacific


References

Cricket grounds in South Korea Venues of the 2014 Asian Games Sport in Incheon {{cricket-ground-stub