Arnos Vale Stadium


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 holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.

International venue

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. It is the home ground of the Windward Islands. Its 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.

International centuries

There have been four Test and two ODI centuries scored at the venue.

Test centuries

ODI centuries

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1104Brian Lara 1036 April 1996Won
2103*Phil Simmons 1246 April 1996Won

List of five-wicket hauls

There have been 12 five-wicket hauls in international cricket on the ground.

Test matches

One Day Internationals

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Sandamali Dolawatte22 03 200318165Sri Lanka won
2Anisa Mohammed28 08 201111055West Indies won
3Anisa Mohammed30 08 201121075West Indies won