WARNER PARK STADIUM, BASSETERRE ,ST. KITTS AND NAVIS

WARNER PARK (ST KITTS AND NEVIS)

Warner Park Sporting Complex is an athletic facility in Basseterre, St. Kitts, St. Kitts and Nevis. It includes the Warner Park Stadium, which was one of the hosts for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. It is named after Sir Thomas Warner, the explorer who established the first English colony on St. Kitts. The eastern segment contains the cricket pitch, pavilion, media centre and seating for 4,000 which can be increased with temporary stands to 10,000 for major events. The stadium was largely financed by Taiwan with donations totals $2.74 million. The total project cost US$12 million, half for the cricket stadium and half for the football facilities. The western segment contains the football stadium, with seating for 3,500. In the northern section of the park, there are three tennis courts, three netball / volleyball courts, the Len Harris Cricket Academy, and a small open savannah, Carnival City, used primarily for hosting Carnival events.

WARNER PARK (ST KITTS AND NEVIS) Pitch Report

The pitch in Warner Park tends to be a batting-friendly surface. The T20 records of Warner Park suggest that the bowlers had a tough time here. St Kitts has seen humungous totals being chased in the CPL. In the 7th edition of CPL, St Kitts and Nevis Patriots chased down a target of 242 in with 7 balls to spare. Hence, we must expect a lot of high-scoring matches in this ground. The batters find it easier to strike the ball as the match progresses. Hence, the team batting second would generally be the one benefitting the most from the wicket here in the Warner Park Cricket Stadium.

WARNER PARK (ST KITTS AND NEVIS) Pitch Report

ODI Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

Though it’s a batting friendly pitch, ODI teams prefers to bat first. The ground has dry pitch and it supports batsman and they enjoy batting at this pitch. Therefore, whoever won the toss mostly chose to bat first and as per the results out of 7 games hosted in last 10 years at the venue 3 matches were won by the team batting first and 4 matches won by the team chasing the total.

Here are last ODI matches average scores of both Innings at Warner Park’s ground:

ODI Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 291 runs

ODI Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 265 runs

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WARNER PARK (ST KITTS AND NEVIS) Pitch Report

T20I Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

The pitch made for T20Is proved to be beneficial for the side chasing the total as it’s seen in last 13 games hosted in 10 years at this venue where 9 games was won by the team chasing the total and 3 by the team defending the total and 1 with no result and it is hard to conclude based on only 13 T20I matches.

Here are last T20I matches average scores of both Innings at Warner Park ground:

T20I Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 145 runs

T20I Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 115 runs

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WARNER PARK (ST KITTS AND NEVIS) Pitch Report

CPL Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

Toss is not so important but according to the last CPL matches winning records, In the last 10 years 71 CPL matches played out of which most matches won by the side chasing the total (39 matches) as compared to the side batting first (30 matches) at the venue and 2 matches went with no result. The pitch supports both batsman and bowlers so it makes an exciting game with high scoring totals and lots of nail-biting innings and performances.

Here are last CPL matches average scores of both Innings at Warner Park ground:

CPL Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 160 runs

CPL Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 140 runs

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