The Sector 16 Stadium is a cricket

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...

 stadium in Chandigarh

Chandigarh

Chandigarh is a union territory of India that serves as the capital of two states, Haryana and Punjab. The name Chandigarh translates as "The Fort of Chandi". The name is from an ancient temple called Chandi Mandir, devoted to the Hindu goddess Chandi, in the city...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. It hosted its first ODI match on 27 January 1985 and its only Test match

Test cricket

Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...

 in 1990. It comes under the Haryana Cricket Association

Haryana Cricket Association

Haryana Cricket Association is the governing body of the Cricket activities in the Haryana state of India and the Haryana cricket team. It is affiliated to the Board of Control for Cricket in India....

.

The following are the matches played over here:

• First Test - India v Sri Lanka - 23-27 November 1990
• First ODI - India v England - 27 January 1985
• Second - India v England - 21 January 1993
• Last ODI - India v Australia - 8 October 2007

It has hosted only four matches. The likes of Kapil Dev, Chetan Sharma and Yograj Singh started playing cricket at the Sector 16 Stadium. It fell out of favour to the nearby Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium

The Punjab Cricket Association Stadium is located at Mohali, just outside the city of Chandigarh. It is popularly referred to as the Mohali Stadium. The stadium is home to the Punjab team. Punjab's second international cricket stadium has been approved by BCCI in Bathinda, Punjab. The...

 (Mohali

Mohali

Mohali is a city adjacent to Chandigarh, 18th District in Punjab, India. It is officially named after the eldest son of Guru Gobind Singh, Sahibzada Ajit Singh . It, along with Chandigarh and Panchkula, form a part of the Chandigarh Tricity...

) cricket ground. After the stadium in Mohali was built, there was no first-class cricket at the Sector 16 Stadium for 10 years before Haryana ended the barren spell by playing the Ranji Trophy Plate League semi-final in 2004-05. But after 14 years, India and Australia played a match on 8 October 2007.

Batting In ODIs

• Most runs - Navjot Sidhu (India) - 180 runs in two matches
• Highest score in an innings - Geoff Marsh
  Geoff Marsh
  Geoffrey Robert Marsh is a former Australian cricketer, coach and selector. He played 50 Test matches and over 100 One Day Internationals for Australia as an opening batsman...
  
   (Australia) - 126*
  Not out
  In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
  
  

Bowling in ODIs

• Most wickets - Kapil Dev
  Kapil Dev
  Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj , better known as Kapil Dev, is a former Indian cricketer. He captained the Indian cricket team which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup...
  
   (India) - 4 wickets in three matches
• Best bowling in an innings - Thirumalai Sekhar (India) - 3 wickets for 23 runs

Batting in Test

• Most runs - Ravi Shastri
  Ravi Shastri
  Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years...
  
   (India) - 88 Runs in one match
• Highest score in an innings - Ravi Shastri
  Ravi Shastri
  Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri is a former Indian cricketer and captain. He was an all–rounder who batted right-handed and bowled left arm spin. His international career started when he was 18 years old and lasted for 12 years...
  
   (India) - 88

Bowling in Test

• Most wickets - Venkatapathy Raju
  Venkatapathy Raju
  Venkatapathy Raju came into the Indian side in 1989–90 after capturing 32 wickets in the domestic season. He made his Test and One Day International debut in the tour of New Zealand. When sent in as a night-watchman in his first Test innings, he batted for more than two hours for 31 runs while six...
  
   (India) - 8 wickets in one match
• Best bowling in an innings - Venkatapathy Raju
  Venkatapathy Raju
  Venkatapathy Raju came into the Indian side in 1989–90 after capturing 32 wickets in the domestic season. He made his Test and One Day International debut in the tour of New Zealand. When sent in as a night-watchman in his first Test innings, he batted for more than two hours for 31 runs while six...
  
  (India) - 6 wickets for 12 runs

Cricket World Cup

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup and they are

i. 1987 Cricket World Cup

i. 1987 Cricket World Cup

1. 27 October 1987 : Australia v/s New Zealand

Aus: 251/8 (50 overs): Geoff Marsh 126 (149), Willie Watson 2/46 (8 overs)
NZ: 234 (48.4 overs): John Wright 61 (82), Allan Border 2/27 (7 overs)
Result: Australia won by 17 runs
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and David Shepherd
Man of the Match: Geoff Marsh

External links

• Cricinfo Website - Ground Page