Rangiora Recreation Ground (also known as the MainPower Oval through a sponsorship deal with local company

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) is a

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ground in

Rangiora Rangiora is the largest town and seat of the Waimakariri District, in Canterbury Region, Canterbury, New Zealand. It is north of Christchurch, and is part of the Christchurch metropolitan area. With an estimated population of Rangiora is the ...

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, New Zealand. The Recreation Ground is recorded as being in existence since the early 1870s, and used for cricket since 1891. It first held a first-class match when

played Central Districts in the 2003/04 State Championship. Since the

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damaged

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beyond repair, Canterbury have played many of their first-class home matches in Rangiora. Canterbury first played a

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match there in the 2003/04 State Shield when they played

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, with eight matches in that format having been held there in the 2011-12 Ford Trophy as well as a handful of

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matches. By the end of the 2024–25 season, there had been 42 first-class matches at the ground, and 32 List A matches. Two Youth

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s have been played at Rangiora Recreation Ground, both in the 2010 Under-19 World Cup when England Under-19s played West Indies Under-19s and Australia Under-19s. The ground has also been used a home venue for Canterbury Women in the

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since the 2006/07 season. The Canterbury Country

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team use Rangiora Recreation Ground as their home ground. They successfully defended their title there against

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in 2014–15.

References

External links

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