Everest Cricket Club Ground
# Everest Cricket Club Ground

Everest Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana.

## History

The ground was established in 1928, when the Everest Cricket Club relocated from their original Queenstown ground and acquired a lease on what was swampy land located a short distance from the ocean. The swampy land was quickly transformed into a cricket ground with a sizeable pavilion, with the ground being formally opened on 30 April 1928 by the Governor of British Guiana Cecil Hunter-Rodwell The ground was due to host its inaugural first-class match in the 1996–97 Red Stripe Cup between Guyana and Jamaica, but the match was abandoned. Therefore, the inaugural first-class match played there was between Guyana and a touring England XI in February 1998; since that match, a further four first-class matches were played at the ground, three of which hosted the touring South Africans, Indians and Australians. In addition to hosting first-class matches, the ground also hosted nine List A one-day matches between 1998 and 2011, mostly in the capacity of a neutral venue in the West Indian domestic one-day tournament. During the 2007 Cricket World Cup, the ground was one of two practice venues in Guyana. The ground was one of the venues for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup, hosting two matches.

## Records

### First-class

* Highest team total: 402 for 6 by Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03
* Lowest team total: 118 all out by Guyana Board President's XI v Indians, 2001–02
* Highest individual innings: 141 not out by Narsingh Deonarine for Carib Beer XI v Australians, 2002–03
* Best bowling in an innings: 7-71 by Neil McGarrell for Guyana v England XI, 1997–98
* Best bowling in a match: 11-101 by Robert Croft for England XI v Guyana, as above

### List A

* Highest team total: 367 for 4 by Leeward Islands v Canada, 2008–09
* Lowest team total: 127 all out by United States v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2008–09
* Highest individual innings: 147 by Chris Gayle for Jamaica v Combined Campuses and Colleges, 2011–12
* Best bowling in an innings: 6-26 by Kavesh Kantasingh for Combined Campuses and Colleges v Leeward Islands, 2011–12
