Ronald Webster Park
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Ronald Webster Park is a multi-use stadium in The Valley
, Anguilla
. It is currently used mostly for football
matches, although most years the Leeward Islands cricket team
play one of their matches in the Regional Four Day Competition on this ground. The stadium holds 4,000.
According to the March 2009 edition of The Wisden Cricketer
magazine, the ground "is reputed to have the best pitch
in the Caribbean
for pace and even bounce. If the rumours are believed, it has something to do with meticulous rolling at night under the light of a full moon".
The Valley, Anguilla
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, Anguilla
Anguilla
Anguilla is a British overseas territory and overseas territory of the European Union in the Caribbean. It is one of the most northerly of the Leeward Islands in the Lesser Antilles, lying east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and directly north of Saint Martin...
. It is currently used mostly for football
Football (soccer)
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
matches, although most years the Leeward Islands cricket team
Leeward Islands cricket team
The Leeward Islands cricket team is a first class cricket team representing the member countries of the Leeward Islands Cricket Association, a regional association which again is part of the West Indies Cricket Board. Contrary to the normal English definition of the Leeward Islands, Dominica is not...
play one of their matches in the Regional Four Day Competition on this ground. The stadium holds 4,000.
According to the March 2009 edition of The Wisden Cricketer
The Wisden Cricketer
The Wisden Cricketer is the world's best-selling monthly cricket magazine.It was created in 2003 by a merger between The Cricketer magazine and Wisden Cricket Monthly....
magazine, the ground "is reputed to have the best pitch
Cricket pitch
In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets - 1 chain or 22 yards long and 10 feet wide. The surface is very flat and normally covered with extremely short grass though this grass is soon removed by wear at the ends of the...
in the Caribbean
Caribbean
The Caribbean is a crescent-shaped group of islands more than 2,000 miles long separating the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea, to the west and south, from the Atlantic Ocean, to the east and north...
for pace and even bounce. If the rumours are believed, it has something to do with meticulous rolling at night under the light of a full moon".