Progress Park is a

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and

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ground in

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History

The Park hosted its first representative

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match in the 2008–09 Regional Four Day Competition when the

Windward Islands The Windward Islands are the southern, generally larger islands of the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean islands or the West Indies. Located approximately between latitudes 10° and 16° N and longitudes 60° and 62° W, they extend from D ...

played

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. The following season the Park hosted a neutral first-class fixture between

Jamaica Jamaica is an island country in the Caribbean Sea and the West Indies. At , it is the third-largest island—after Cuba and Hispaniola—of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean. Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, west of Hispaniola (the is ...

and

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago, officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean, comprising the main islands of Trinidad and Tobago, along with several List of islands of Trinidad and Tobago, smaller i ...

. The

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played two List A one-day matches there in November 2010, against a touring

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side, while in the same year West Indies A also hosted the touring Zimbabweans at the Park for a

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match, which West Indies A won by 4 wickets due to an unbeaten 60 from

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. In September 2011, the Park played host to two

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s between West Indies women and Pakistan women. Prior to 2009, there were discussions from the Grenadan Government to rename Progress Park in honour of the late politician Ben Jones. As a

venue, Progress Park has played host to two international friendly matches for the

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, one in 2010 against

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and another in 2017 against

Martinique Martinique ( ; or ; Kalinago language, Kalinago: or ) is an island in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the eastern Caribbean Sea. It was previously known as Iguanacaera which translates to iguana island in Carib language, Kariʼn ...

; both matches ended 2–2. The Park is the home ground of

Paradise FC International Paradise F.C. International is a Grenadian professional football club from Paradise, Saint Andrew Parish that plays in the Grenada Premier Division. They have won the league championship on five occasions. Current squad 2024 2024 CF ...

, who play in the

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Records

First-class

*Highest team total: 395 for 8 declared by

, 2008–09 *Lowest team total: 137 all out by Windward Islands v Barbados, as above *Highest individual innings: 109 by

Brenton Parchment Brenton Anthony Parchment (born 24 June 1982) is a Jamaican former professional cricketer. Born in St Elizabeth, he was the West Indies under-19 captain on the side's tour of England in 2001. This team was the only West Indies Under-19 team to ...

for Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, as above *Best bowling in an innings: 7-124 by

for Trinidad and Tobago v Jamaica, as above *Best bowling in a match: 7-91 by Odean Brown, for Jamaica v Trinidad and Tobago, as above

List A

*Highest team total: 172 all out (44.1 overs) by

v West Indies A, 2010–11 (match 1) *Lowest team total: 101 all out (31.4 overs) by West Indies A v Pakistan A, 2010–11 (match 1) *Highest individual innings: 70

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by Aamer Sajjad for West Indies A v Pakistan A, 2010–11 (match 2) *Best bowling in an innings: 4-22 by

Zulfiqar Babar Zulfiqar Babar (born 10 December 1978) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team between 2013 and 2016. Domestic career The lack of top-class facilities, though, didn't diminish his hunger or ambition. ...

for Pakistan A v West Indies A, 2010–11 (match 1)

References

External links

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