St Mary's Park is a

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ground and former

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ground in

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Located at

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on the island of

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, the ground has played host to the

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for two major cricket matches in January 2007. The first of these was a

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against

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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

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(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

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s between West Indies women and Sri Lanka women. The ground was previously the home of

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