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{{Infobox cricket ground<br />
| ground_name = BAA Ground<br />
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| country = Burma<br />
| image = BAA Ground.jpg<br />
| location = [[Rangoon]], [[British Burma|Burma]]<br />
| establishment = 1927 (first recorded match)<br />
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| date = 8 October<br />
| year = 2011<br />
| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/44/250.html Ground profile<br />
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The '''Burma Athletic Association Ground''' ('''BAA Ground''') was a [[cricket]] ground in [[Rangoon]], [[British Burma|Burma]] (today Yangon, Myanmar). It was built as an athletic ground in 1906, which was completed in 1909, where many sports were held such as [[cricket]], football and tennis.<ref name="ytm">{{cite web|url=https://www.yangontimemachine.com/en/index?id=17&art=baa_grounds |title=Burma Athletic Association Grounds (Aung San Stadium) |website=yangontimemachine.com |publisher=Yangon Time Machine |access-date=9 November 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myanmaritv.com/news/sports-sector-senior-general-inspects-stadium-and-sports-ground |title=SPORTS SECTOR: SENIOR GENERAL INSPECTS STADIUM AND SPORTS GROUND |website=Myanmar TV |date=8 October 2021 }}</ref> The first and only recorded match on the ground came in 1927 when [[Burma cricket team|Burma]] played its only [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match against the [[Marylebone Cricket Club cricket team in India and Ceylon in 1926–27|touring Marylebone Cricket Club]].<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/44/250_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on BAA Ground, Rangoon|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref> The match ended in a heavy defeat for Burma.<ref>{{cite web |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/12/12171.html|title=Burma v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1926/27|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 October 2011}}</ref> Cricket in Burma (which was at the time administered as part of the [[British Raj]]) was a mainly British affair, with the game played by British officials. With Burmese independence in 1948, cricket became largely extinct in the country, and The BAA Ground was renovated and renamed as [[Bogyoke Aung San Stadium]] in 1953.<ref name="ytm"/><ref>{{cite web | url=https://burma.irrawaddy.com/lifestyle/sport/2013/08/24/46967.html | title=မြန်မာ့ ပြေးခုန်ပစ် ဆီးဂိမ်းမှာ ဟန်ပါ့မလား| accessdate= | publisher=Irrawady News}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/44/250.html BAA Ground, Rangoon] at CricketArchive<br />
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