St Mary's Park is a
cricket
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ground and former
football
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ground in
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Kitts and Nevis, officially the Federation of Saint Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis, is an island country consisting of the two islands of Saint Kitts and Nevis, both located in the West Indies, in the Leeward Islands chain of the Less ...
.
History
Located at
Cayon
Cayon is a town on the northeast coast of Saint Kitts in the Caribbean. It is the capital of Saint Mary Cayon Parish. The estimated population in 2010 was 2,500.
Cayon is home to the campus of Windsor University School of Medicine. St Mary's P ...
on the island of
Saint Kitts
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, the ground has played host to the
Leeward Islands cricket team
The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first-class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, an associate of the West Indies Cricket Board. Antigua and Barbuda, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Anguilla, Mon ...
for two major cricket matches in January 2007. The first of these was a
first-class match
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against
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 ...
in the
2006–07 Carib Beer Cup. The match ended in a draw, with notable contributions from
Sylvester Joseph
Sylvester Cleofoster Joseph (born 5 September 1978) is a West Indian cricketer who has played in five Test cricket, Test matches and 13 One Day Internationals from 2000 to 2005. He captained the West Indies in one of those ODI games due to the mo ...
(97) and
Omari Banks
Omari Ahmed Clement Banks (born 17 July 1982) is an Anguillan musician and former cricketer, who appeared in 10 Test cricket, Test matches for the West Indies cricket team, West Indies, as well as domestic matches for the Leeward Islands cricket ...
(100) for the Leeward Islands, and
Wavell Hinds
Wavell Wayne Hinds (born 7 September 1976) is a Jamaican politician and former West Indian international cricketer. He was a left-handed batsman and occasional right-arm medium-pace bowler.
Hinds played 45 Test matches for the West Indies bet ...
(100) for Jamaica. Following the conclusion of this match, the two sides played a
List A one-day match in the
KFC Cup. Jamaica won the match by 5 wickets, despite a century from Sylvester Joseph. The ground later played host to three
Women's Twenty20 International
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s between
West Indies women and
Sri Lanka women.
The ground was previously the home of
Cayon Rockets
Cayon Rockets are a professional football club based in Cayon, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
History
They won their country's football championship in 2001/02, thus becoming the first club from outside Basseterre to do so.SKNFA Premier League
The SKNFA Premier League, known for sponsorship reasons as the SKNFA National Bank Premier League (previously SKNFA Digicel Super League), is the Saint Kitts top division, created in 1932 and organized by the St. Kitts and Nevis Football Associat ...
.
See also
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List of cricket grounds in the West Indies
This is a list of cricket grounds in the West Indies that have been used for first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket matches.
Structure of cricket in the West Indies
The West Indies Cricket Board and the West Indies cricket team are made up o ...
References
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External links
St Mary's Parkat
ESPNcricinfo
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Cricket grounds in Saint Kitts and Nevis
Sports venues in Saint Kitts and Nevis