The Arnos Vale Stadium is a cricket ground in Arnos Vale,
near Kingstown, St. Vincent. The multi-use ground – part of Arnos
Vale Sports Complex – is situated next to and to the west of the Arnos
Vale Playing Field. The stadium has the capacity to accommodate
18,000 people and is mostly used for ootball and cricket match
The stadium hosted its first ever international
game on 4 February 1981. The match was
an ODI between West Indies and England
and was a close encounter which the hosts
won by two runs.
The ground’s maiden Test match came
in 1997, when the West Indies played Sri
Lanka to a draw, with Sri Lanka finishing
on 233–8 chasing a target of 269 runs. The
second Test held at the ground, in 2009,saw Bangladesh record their maiden Test
victory over the West Indies by 95 runs.
At the time the West Indies were without
many of their leading players due to a
dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board,
so seven Test debutantes featured in the
West Indian team.
Ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup,
hosted by the West Indies, Arnos Vale
Sports Complex was renovated over a
period of 18 months. The ground’s playing
area was enlarged, and on the eastern
side of the ground a new stand, media
centre, operations centre, and pavilion
were constructed.
Arnos Vale will host five matches
during the 2024 T20 World Cup. The
thee Group Stage matches wil be
comprised of fixtures on June 13,
14 and 16 involving Bangladesh –
Netherlands, South Africa – Nepal
and Bangladesh – Nepal respectively.
Arnos Vale will also host two Super 8
matches on June 22 and 24. Those
matches will feature the Group
C Winner and Group B’s secondplaced
finisher in the first encounter,
while the Group C Winner and
Group D second-placed team will
face off in the second fixture.
