Green Park Stadium Explained

Ground Name:Green Park Cricket Stadium
Country:India
Location:Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:26.4819°N 80.3478°W
Establishment:1945
Seating Capacity:32,000[1]
Record Attendance:39,000[2]
Owner:Uttar Pradesh Government
Construction Agency:U.P. Housing & Development Board
Operator:UPCA
End1:Media End
End2:River End
Tenants:Uttar Pradesh cricket team
India national cricket team
India women's national cricket team
Gujarat Lions (defunct)
Kanpur Superstars
International:true
Firsttestdate:12–14 January
Firsttestyear:1952
Firsttesthome:India
Firsttestaway:England
Lasttestdate:25–29 November
Lasttestyear:2021
Lasttesthome:India
Lasttestaway:New Zealand
Firstodidate:24 December
Firstodiyear:1986
Firstodihome:India
Firstodiaway:Sri Lanka
Lastodidate:29 October
Lastodiyear:2017
Lastodihome:India
Lastodiaway:New Zealand
Onlyt20idate:26 January
Onlyt20iyear:2017
Onlyt20ihome:India
Onlyt20iaway:England
Year1:2009 – Present
Club1:Uttar Pradesh Cricket Team
Year2:2009-Present
Club2:India national cricket team
Date:25 November
Year:2021
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/ground/58204.html ESPNcricinfo
Club3:Gujarat Lions (defunct)
Year3:2016-2017

Green Park Stadium is an international standards cricket stadium of Kanpur, India. Its seating capacity increased to approximately 32,000 after a recent reconstruction. It is the home ground of Uttar Pradesh cricket team.[3]

This arena is an International Test match venue. Green Park is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It has hosted international cricket matches in both of Test and ODI format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo IPL matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and on 10 and 13 May 2017.

As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 Tests, 14 ODIs and 1 T20I. It is situated near the river Ganga.

The stadium was named after a British woman named Green who used to go horse riding there, and is nicknamed 'Billiards Table',[4] and also 'Woolmer's turf', after the late cricket coach and player Bob Woolmer who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.

History

The Green Park Stadium is named after a woman named Green who used to practice horse riding here in the 1940s. It is located in the Civil Lines area in the north east part of Kanpur city near the banks of the river Ganga, which flows just behind the stadium.

It is the only stadium in India where a student gallery is available. Green Park has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world. It also has video screens that are used during international matches.

India's first Test win over Australia in December 1959 was at the Green Park ground. This was also the first match to be played on a turf wicket here.[5]

Since 1957 India has lost only twice at Kanpur, both times to the West Indies, in 1958 and again in 1983.

Infrastructure

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.

Lakshmi (Gulee) is the head of Women Cricket Division.

Records

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Deep . Sharad . Kanpur's Green Park looks to live up to its name . Hindustan Times . 22 September 2021 . 4 January 2024.
  2. Web site: Green Park. District Kanpur Nagar, Government of Uttar Pradesh. India.
  3. Web site: Green Park Kanpur Tickets Prediction Highlights Schedule . 7 May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171206144015/http://matchpredictions.in/green-park-kanpur-tickets-prediction-highlights-schedule/ . 6 December 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Kanpur News (कानपुर समाचार):Kanpur News Paper, Kanpur Samachar. hi.
  5. Web site: Green Park gave India its first win over Australia.