Collingham and Linton Cricket Club Ground
Encyclopedia
Collingham and Linton Cricket Club is a cricket
ground in Collingham
, West Yorkshire
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1986, when it held its first Women's Test
between England women and India women. The following year the ground hosted its second and final Women's Test between England women and Australia women. In 1993, the ground held a Women's One Day International between England women and Australia women in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Collingham and Linton Cricket Club.
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
ground in Collingham
Collingham, West Yorkshire
Collingham is a village and civil parish south east of Wetherby in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the City of Leeds metropolitan borough. The clergyman, the Reverend William Mompesson was born there in 1639....
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....
. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1986, when it held its first Women's Test
Women's Test cricket
Women's Test cricket is the longest format of women's cricket and is the gender equivalent to men's Test cricket. Matches comprise four-innings and are held over a maximum of four days between two of the leading cricketing nations...
between England women and India women. The following year the ground hosted its second and final Women's Test between England women and Australia women. In 1993, the ground held a Women's One Day International between England women and Australia women in the 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
1993 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup was held in England. Teams from Australia, England, India, Ireland,New Zealand, Denmark, the Netherlands and the West Indies took part in a round robin format with the top two teams contesting the final. New Zealand won all 7 of their matches to top the table,...
.
In local domestic cricket, the ground is the home venue of Collingham and Linton Cricket Club.
External links
- Collingham and Linton Cricket Club on CricketArchiveCricketArchiveCricketArchive is a website that aims to provide a comprehensive archive of records relating to the sport of cricket. It claims to be the most comprehensive cricket database on the internet, including scorecards for all matches of first-class cricket , List A cricket , Women's Test cricket and...
- Collingham and Linton Cricket Club on CricinfoCricinfoESPNcricinfo is believed to be the largest cricket-related website on the World Wide Web. Content includes news,articles, live scorecards,live text commentary and a comprehensive and searchable database called 'StatsGuru', of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present...