Green Park Stadium

Green Park
ग्रीन पार्क स्टेडियम
گرین پارک اسٹیڈیم

Green Park Stadium in 2002, River Ganges could be seen at the backyard
Ground information
Location	Kanpur, India
Coordinates	26°28′55″N 80°20′52″E / 26.48194°N 80.34778°E / 26.48194; 80.34778Coordinates: 26°28′55″N 80°20′52″E / 26.48194°N 80.34778°E / 26.48194; 80.34778
Establishment	1945
Capacity	33,000[1]
Owner	Government of Uttar Pradesh
Operator	Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Tenants	Indian Cricket TeamSachin mishra Gujarat Lions Uttar Pradesh cricket team
End names
Mill Pavilion End Hostel End
International information
First Test	12–14 January 1952:  India v  England
Last Test	22–26 September 2016:  India v  New Zealand
First ODI	24 December 1986:  India v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI	11 October 2015:  India v  South Africa
Team information
UPCA (2009 – present)
As of 22 September 2016 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Green Park Stadium is a 33,000 capacity floodlit multi-purpose stadium located in Kanpur, India, and the home of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team.^[2] The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It is the only international cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh that has hosted many international cricket matches of both Test and One Day format. It also organized 2 Vivo IPL matches in 2016 on 19th and 21st may respectively. It has the biggest physically worked scoreboard in the world. The stadium is situated near the river Ganges and is second largest cricket stadium in India. The stadium was named after British lady Madam Green who used to come here for horse riding.The stadium is nicknamed as 'Billiards Table'.^[3] The stadium is also nicknamed as 'Woolmer's Turf' in the memory of late cricket coach and player Bob Woolmer who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.

History

Mahendra Shukla At Green Park Stadium, Kanpur - going out to bat

The Green Park Stadium is named after Madam Green who used to practice Horse-Riding here in 1940's. It is located in Civil Lines area in the north east part of Kanpur city near the banks of the river Ganges, which flows just behind the stadium. This is the only stadium in India where Students Gallery is available. Green Park has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world. Besides it also has video screens which are used during international matches.

India's first Test win over Australia in December 1959 was at the Green Park ground. It was also the first match to be played on a turf wicket here.^[4] Off-spinner Jasubhai Patel's 14 wickets were instrumental in ensuring India's win.

In 1958/9 Subhash Gupte took nine West Indian wickets in an inning for 102 runs, and had Lance Gibbs – the only batsman he missed – dropped by wicket keeper Naren Tamhane.

Since 1957 India has lost only twice at Kanpur, to the West Indies on both occasions. When Subhash Gupte’s dream spell was overshadowed by Wes Hall’s 10 wickets in 1958 and later when India’s 1983 world cup euphoria was cut short by Malcolm Marshall’s fearsome bowling. The most runs scored were by Gundappa Vishwanath(776 runs), Sunil Gavaskar(629 runs) and Mohammed Azharuddin(543 runs). The most wickets taken were by Kapil Dev(25 wickets), Anil Kumble(21 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh(20 wickets). The most runs scored were Sachin Tendulkar(314 runs), Vinod kambli(217 runs) and Sourav Ganguly.(208 runs). The most wickets taken were by Javagal Srinath(9 wickets), Ajit Agarkar(8 wickets) and Sourav Ganguly(7 wickets).

Infrastructure

The Pitch at Green park Stadium

Ends

The ends are known as the Mill Pavilion End and the Hostel End. These are named after the Elgin Mill and DAV College which are close to the stadium.

Pitch

The pitch at Green Park has traditionally assisted the spinners and there have been some great performances by the likes of Jasubhai Patel and Subhash Gupte etc.

List of International Cricket Matches

Tests

The following is the list of all test matches played.^[5]

Date	Home Team	Opponent	Result	Margin	Full Scorecard
12–14 January 1952	India	England	Lost	By 8 wickets	Scorecard
12–17 December 1958	India	West Indies	Lost	By 203 runs	Scorecard
19–24 December 1959	India	Australia	Won	By 119 runs	Scorecard
16–21 December 1960	India	Pakistan	Drawn	-	Scorecard
1–6 December 1961	India	England	Drawn	-	Scorecard
15–20 February 1964	India	England	Drawn	-	Scorecard
15–20 November 1969	India	Australia	Drawn	-	Scorecard
25–30 January 1973	India	England	Drawn	-	Scorecard
18–23 November 1976	India	New Zealand	Drawn	-	Scorecard
2–8 February 1979	India	West Indies	Drawn	-	Scorecard
2–7 October 1979	India	Australia	Won	By 153 runs	Scorecard
25–30 December 1979	India	Pakistan	Drawn	-	Scorecard
30 January – 4 February 1982	India	England	Drawn	-	Scorecard
21–25 October 1983	India	West Indies	Lost	By Inns & 83 runs	Scorecard
31 January – 5 February 1985	India	England	Drawn	-	Scorecard
17–22 December 1986	India	Sri Lanka	Drawn	-	Scorecard
8–12 December 1996	India	South Africa	Won	By 280 runs	Scorecard
22–25 October 1999	India	New Zealand	Won	By 8 wickets	Scorecard
20–24 November 2004	India	South Africa	Drawn	-	Scorecard
11–13 April 2008	India	South Africa	Won	By 8 wickets	Scorecard
24–27 November 2009	India	Sri Lanka	Won	By Inns & 144 runs	Scorecard
22–26 September 2016	India	New Zealand	Won	By 197 runs	Scorecard

One Day International (ODI)

The following is the list of all ODI played.^[6]

Date	Tournament	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Full Scorecard	Note
Wednesday, 24 December 1986	Bilateral Series	India	Sri Lanka		117 runs	Scorecard
Wednesday, 21 October 1987	Reliance World Cup	Sri Lanka	West Indies		25 runs	Scorecard
Wednesday, 25 October 1989	Nehru Cup	India	England		6 wickets	Scorecard
Sunday, 7 November 1993	Hero Cup	India	Sri Lanka		7 wickets	Scorecard	Javagal Srinath 24-5
Sunday, 30 October 1994	Wills World Series	India	West Indies		46 runs	Scorecard
Wednesday, 6 March 1996	Wills World Cup	India	Zimbabwe		40 runs	Scorecard
Tuesday, 7 April 1998	Pepsi Triangular	India	Australia		6 wickets	Scorecard
Monday, 11 December 2000	Bilateral Series	India	Zimbabwe		9 wickets	Scorecard
Monday, 28 January 2002	Bilateral Series	India	England		8 wickets	Scorecard
Friday, 15 April 2005	Bilateral Series	India	Pakistan		5 wickets	Scorecard
Sunday, 11 November 2007	Bilateral Series	India	Pakistan		46 runs	Scorecard
Thursday, 20 November 2008	Bilateral Series	India	England		16 runs	Scorecard
Wednesday, 27 November 2013	Bilateral Series	India	West Indies		5 wickets	Scorecard
Sunday,11 October 2015	Gandhi-Mandela Series	India	South Africa		5 runs		SA 303/5; Rohit Sharma 150(133)

See also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Green Park Stadium.

• List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium
• List of Test cricket grounds

References