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}}The '''County Cricket Ground''', is a [[cricket]] venue in the [[Abington]] area of [[Northampton]], [[England]]. It is home to [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club]]. It is known to be a venue which favours [[spin bowling|spinners]], and in the last [[County Championship]] game of the [[2005 English cricket season|2005]], Northamptonshire's two spin bowlers [[Jason Brown (cricketer)|Jason Brown]] and [[Monty Panesar]] took all 20 wickets for Northamptonshire. The first [[first class cricket|first class]] match at the ground took place on [[5 June]] [[1905]], when Northamptonshire drew with [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] in a rain-hit match that only permitted 75 [[over (cricket)|overs]] of play. It also hosted [[Northampton Town F.C.]] home games for 97 years until the move to [[Sixfields Stadium]]. |
}}The '''County Cricket Ground''', is a [[cricket]] venue in the [[Abington, Northamptonshire|Abington]] area of [[Northampton]], [[England]]. It is home to [[Northamptonshire County Cricket Club]]. It is known to be a venue which favours [[spin bowling|spinners]], and in the last [[County Championship]] game of the [[2005 English cricket season|2005]], Northamptonshire's two spin bowlers [[Jason Brown (cricketer)|Jason Brown]] and [[Monty Panesar]] took all 20 wickets for Northamptonshire. The first [[first class cricket|first class]] match at the ground took place on [[5 June]] [[1905]], when Northamptonshire drew with [[Leicestershire County Cricket Club|Leicestershire]] in a rain-hit match that only permitted 75 [[over (cricket)|overs]] of play. It also hosted [[Northampton Town F.C.]] home games for 97 years until the move to [[Sixfields Stadium]]. |
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Revision as of 09:21, 4 May 2008
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| Location | Northampton, England | ||||
| Establishment | 1885 | ||||
| Capacity | 6,500 | ||||
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| Wantage Road End Abington Avenue End | |||||
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| First ODI | 19 May 1999: South Africa v  Sri Lanka | ||||
| Last ODI | 31 May 1999: Bangladesh v  Pakistan | ||||
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| As of 16 December 2007 Source: CricketArchive | |||||
The County Cricket Ground, is a cricket venue in the Abington area of Northampton, England. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club. It is known to be a venue which favours spinners, and in the last County Championship game of the 2005, Northamptonshire's two spin bowlers Jason Brown and Monty Panesar took all 20 wickets for Northamptonshire. The first first class match at the ground took place on 5 June 1905, when Northamptonshire drew with Leicestershire in a rain-hit match that only permitted 75 overs of play. It also hosted Northampton Town F.C. home games for 97 years until the move to Sixfields Stadium.
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