The Parks 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...

 ground in Godmanchester

Godmanchester

Godmanchester is a small town and civil parish within the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, in England. It lies on the south bank of the River Great Ouse, south of the larger town of Huntingdon, and on the A14 road....

, Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire is a local government district of Cambridgeshire, covering the area around Huntingdon. Traditionally it is a county in its own right...

. The ground was established in 1997, when Huntingdonshire

Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club

Huntingdonshire County Cricket Club is one of the county clubs which make up the English domestic cricket structure, representing the county of Huntingdonshire...

 played the Northamptonshire Second XI

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club

Northamptonshire County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Northamptonshire. Its limited overs team is called the Northants Steelbacks. The traditional club colour is Maroon. During the...

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The ground has played host to two List-A matches, firstly in the 2000 NatWest Trophy

2000 NatWest Trophy

The 2000 NatWest Trophy was the 20th and last NatWest Trophy before being renamed the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy for the 2001 version. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 2 May and 26 August 2000...

 between Huntingdonshire and the Yorkshire Cricket Board

Yorkshire Cricket Board

The Yorkshire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Yorkshire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status.-External links:*...

 and in the 2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

2002 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy

The 2002 Cheltenham and Gloucester Trophy was the 2nd Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy following its change of name from the NatWest Trophy. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 29 August 2001 and 31 August 2002...

, when Huntingdonshire played the Gloucestershire Cricket Board

Gloucestershire Cricket Board

The Gloucestershire Cricket Board is the governing body for all recreational cricket in the historic county of Gloucestershire.From 1999 to 2003 the Board fielded a team in the English domestic one-day tournament, matches which had List-A status....

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In local domestic cricket, The Parks is the home ground of Godmanchester Town Cricket Club who played in the East Anglian Premier League

East Anglian Premier Cricket League

The East Anglian Premier Cricket League is the top level of competition for recreational club cricket in East Anglia, England, and since 1999 has been a designated ECB Premier League...

 until being relegated to the Tucker Gardner Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire League at the end of the 2009 season.

External links

• The Parks on CricketArchive
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• The Parks on Cricinfo
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