Ground Name: | Navy Ground |
Country: | Sri Lanka |
Location: | Welisara, Sri Lanka |
Establishment: | 2002 (first recorded match) |
End1: | Academy End |
End2: | Ragama Road End |
Club1: | Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club |
Year1: | 2009 - present |
Date: | 4 November |
Year: | 2011 |
Source: | https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/25/1739.html Ground profile |
Navy Ground is a cricket ground in Welisara, Sri Lanka. The first recorded match held on the ground came in 2002 when Galle Cricket Club Under-23s played Nugegoda Sports and Welfare Club Under-23s.[1]
First-class cricket was first played there in 2006 when Burgher Recreation Club played Saracens Sports Club in the 2006/07 Premier Trophy. To date twenty first-class matches have been held there, though home side Sri Lanka Navy Sports Club didn't start playing there until the 2009/10 season.[2] The first List A was held there in the 2006/07 Premier Limited Overs Tournament when Kurunegala Youth Cricket Club played Sri Lanka Army Sports Club. To date, ten List A matches have been played there.[3]