Malahide Cricket Club Ground

The Village

Ground information
Location	Malahide, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
Establishment	1966
Capacity	11,500
Owner	Malahide Cricket Club
Operator	Cricket Ireland
Tenants	Ireland Cricket Team
End names
Dublin Road End Castle End
International information
First ODI	September 3, 2013: Ireland v England
Last ODI	May 8, 2015: Ireland v England
First T20I	July 17, 2015: Nepal v Papua New Guinea
Last T20I	July 26, 2015: Netherlands v Scotland
As of August 11, 2015 Source: Cricinfo.com

The Village or Malahide Cricket Club Ground is a cricket ground in the Malahide, Ireland. The ground is owned by the Malahide Cricket Club.

In September 2013, International Cricket Council cleared the ground to host international cricket. The ground hosted its first international cricket match when home team Ireland played against England. with England winning by six wickets after captain Eoin Morgan hit 124 not out on what had been his home ground in his youth. The ground is now the biggest in Ireland.

The ground has been developed to a capacity of 11,500 making it Ireland's biggest cricket venue and will be officially opened for international cricket in 2013.

Malahide has also been confirmed as the stage for two Twenty20 games against the touring South Africa A side in 2013.

The ground became Ireland's third venues for international cricket included Castle Avenue in Dublin and the Civil Service Cricket Club Ground at Stormont.

It was selected as a venue to host matches in the 2015 ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.

One Day International matches

The stadium has hosted following ODI matches till date.

Team (A)	Team (B)	Winner	Margin	Year
Ireland	England	England	By 6 wickets	2013
Ireland	Scotland	Ireland	By 7 wickets	2014
Ireland	Scotland	Ireland	By 3 wickets	2014
Ireland	Scotland	Scotland	By 8 wickets	2014
Ireland	England		No Result	2015

External Links

• cricinfo
• criketarchive

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