Green Park Stadium

Green Park Cricket Stadium

Aerial view of Green Park Stadium
Ground information
Location	Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates	26°28′55″N 80°20′52″E
Establishment	1945
Capacity	32,000
Owner	Government of Uttar Pradesh
Operator	Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association
Tenants	Indian cricket team Gujarat Lions Uttar Pradesh cricket team
End names
Mill Pavilion End Hostel End
International information
First Test	12–14 January 1952: India v England
Last Test	22–26 September 2016: India v New Zealand
First ODI	24 December 1986: India v Sri Lanka
Last ODI	29 October 2017: India v New Zealand
Only T20I	26 January 2017: India v England
Team information
UPCA (2009 – present) Gujarat Lions (2016)
As of 29 October 2017 Source: ESPNcricinfo

Green Park Stadium (Hindi: ग्रीन पार्क स्टेडियम, Urdu: گرین پارک اسٹیڈیم‎) is a 32,000 capacity floodlit cricket stadium located in Kanpur, India, and home to the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It is an international cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh (another one in Lucknow) that has regularly hosted international cricket matches in both Test and One Day format. The stadium hosted the 500th test played by the Indian team. It also organized four Vivo IPL matches, on 19 and 21 May 2016 and 10 and 13 May 2017. As of 19 August 2017 it has hosted 22 Tests, 14 ODIs and 1 T20I. It is situated near the river Ganga.

It was named after British lady Madam Green who used to come here for horse riding. The stadium is nicknamed as 'Billiards Table', and is also nicknamed as 'Woolmer's turf' in the memory of late cricket coach and player Bob Woolmer who was born in McRobert Hospital opposite to the stadium.

History

The Green Park Stadium is named after Madam Green who used to practice horse riding here in the 1940s. It is located in the Civil Lines area in the north east part of Kanpur city near the banks of the river Ganga, which flows just behind the stadium.

This is the only stadium in India where a student gallery is available. Green Park has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world. It also has video screens that are used during international matches.

India's first Test win over Australia in December 1959 was at the Green Park ground. This was also the first match to be played on a turf wicket here. Off-spinner Jasubhai Patel's 14 wickets were instrumental in ensuring India's win.

In 1958/9 Subhash Gupte took nine West Indies wickets in an inning for 102 runs, and had Lance Gibbs – the only batsman he missed – dropped by wicket keeper Naren Tamhane.

Since 1957 India has lost only twice at Kanpur, to the West Indies on both occasions, when Subhash Gupte's dream spell was overshadowed by Wes Hall's 10 wickets in 1958 and later when India's 1983 World Cup euphoria was cut short by Malcolm Marshall's fearsome bowling. The most runs scored were by Gundappa Vishwanath (776), Sunil Gavaskar (629) and Mohammed Azharuddin (543). The most wickets taken were by Kapil Dev (25), Anil Kumble (21) and Harbhajan Singh (20).

Infrastructure

The pitch of Green Park Stadium

The ends are known as the Mill Pavilion End and the Hostel End. These are named after the Elgin Mill and DAV College which are close to the stadium.

The pitch at Green Park has traditionally assisted the spinners and there have been some great performances by the likes of Jasubhai Patel and Subhash Gupte. Lakshmi (Gulee) is the head of Women Cricket Division.

The Directorate Pavilion, new dressing rooms and VIP Pavilllion were constructed by उत्तर प्रदेश आवास एवं विकास परिषद (U.P. Housing and Development Board, Construction Department, and UP Housing and Development Board) under the Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association.

ODI records

• The ground hosted one 1987 Cricket World Cup Group B match, West Indies vs Sri Lanka.
• It hosted one Nehru Cup 1989 match, England vs India.
• It hosted the opening match of 1993 Hero Cup, Sri Lanka vs India.
• It hosted one Wills world series 1994–95 match, West Indies vs India.
• India registered their 100th Test victory here by defeating Sri Lanka by an innings and 144 runs
• It hosted India's 500th test match in September 2016, in which India beat New Zealand by 197 runs.
• Sourav Ganguly got 5 wickets vs Zimbabwe in 2000.
• It also hosted England in January 2002 which india won easily. Also turned out to be the only match of Anil Kumble as captain.
• It hosted its first day/night ODI on 29 October 2017 between India and New Zealand and India won this match by six runs.
• The highest team total in ODI in this stadium is 337/7 by India on 29 October 2017 vs New Zealand.
• Rohit Sharma is only the batsman who scored two centuries in ODI in this ground.

Gallery

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  Kanpur's green park stadium between a Day-Night cricket match

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  Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match

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  Green Park Stadium during Gujarat Lions vs Mumbai Indians IPL match

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  England Vs India T20 match practice session at Green Park Stadium

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  England Vs India T20 match at Green Park Stadium

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  Mahendra Shukla, former Indian first-class cricketer at Green Park Stadium

See also

• List of international cricket centuries at the Green Park Stadium
• List of Test cricket grounds

References

6. www.upavp.in- Official Website For Uttar Pradesh Housing And Development Board