| Ground Name: | Ashburton Domain |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Location: | Ashburton, New Zealand |
| Establishment: | 1884 (first recorded match) |
| Club1: | Canterbury |
| Year1: | 1981 - 1988 |
| Date: | 1 November |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/1397.html Ground profile |
Ashburton Domain is a park in the centre of Ashburton, Mid Canterbury, New Zealand. Covering 37 hectares, it includes gardens, a lake, a cricket ground and other sporting facilities.[1] Ashburton District Council calls it "the jewel in Ashburton's crown".[2]
Cricket has been played on the ground since the 1870s.[3] The first major match on the ground came when Ashburton County played the touring Tasmanian team in 1884.[4] The ground held its first senior interprovincial match when Canterbury played Otago in the 1980/81 Shell Cup. Three further List A matches have been held on the ground, the last of which saw Canterbury play Central Districts in the 1988/89 Shell Cup.[5] It is the home ground for the Mid Canterbury cricket team, which competes nationally in the Hawke Cup.[6]