Sunday, January 6, 2013

Top 10 Largest Cricket Grounds in the World 2013


10. Harare Sports Club: Harare, Zimbabwe
This stadium is located in the capital city of Zimbabwe. In Zimbabwe, this stadium is considered to be one of the important cricket stadiums.
9. Ranasinghe Premadasa Stadium: Colombo, Srilanka
It has a seating capacity of 35,000 people. It is one of the most important cricket venues for Sri Lanka. And is surely one of the biggest cricket grounds in the world.
8. Gaddafi Stadium: Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Gaddafi Stadium is one of the important and famous cricket stadiums in Pakistan. It has a huge seating capacity, around about 62,500 people. At first, it was names “Lahore Stadium” then later; it was named “Gaddafi Stadium”.
7. Bangabandhu National Stadium: Dhaka, Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, this is the most popular stadiums. They have a seating capacity of 36,000 people. This stadium always hosts few matches whenever Bangladesh is playing any other team.
6. Eden Gardens: Kolkata, India
This Indian stadium is one of the grounds who holds the record for being the largest stadiums in terms of seating capacity of 90,000 people.
5. Sabina Park: Kingston, Jamaica
This is one of the best ground West Indies has currently. It has a seating capacity of 16,000. This stadium is located in the capital city of Jamaica.
4. Lancaster Park: Christchurch, New Zealand
Whenever there is a series being played between New Zealand and any other country, this stadium always hosts few of the matches. This is a huge ground with a seating capacity of 41,500 people.
3. Sahara Stadium Kingsmead: Durban, South Africa
This stadium has a seating capacity of more than 25,000 people. In 2007, 20-20 world cup was held here. On this very ground, Yuvraj Singh created a history of hitting 6 sixes in an over to Stuart Broad.
2. Lord’s Cricket Ground: London, England
This venue is one of the great cricketing grounds all over the world. It has a seating capacity of over 30.000 people. After oval, this stadium is the most famous stadium in London.

1. Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG): Melbourne, Australia

This stadium is one of the most famous stadiums in the world. This stadium has the highest seating capacity. Normally this stadium is known for its short name ‘MCG’ around the globe. This stadium has also been the venue for the Olympics in 1956.

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