# Sir Vivian Richards Stadium

Sir Vivian Richards Stadium is a stadium in North Sound, Saint George, Antigua and Barbuda. It was built for use in the 2007 Cricket World Cup where it hosted Super 8 matches. The stadium usually caters for 10,000 people, but temporary seating doubled its capacity for the 2007 World Cup. The stadium is named after former West Indies cricket captain Viv Richards.

## Location

The stadium is about 10–20 minutes' drive from the capital city, St. John's, and the country's international airport. The venue cost approximately US$60 million to build, with the majority of the funds coming from a Chinese Government grant. The first Test match staged on the ground began on 30 May 2008 when the West Indies hosted Australia, with the match ending in a draw.

## Facilities

The stadium constitutes two main stands: the Northern Stand and the five-story South Stand. In 2008, the roof of the South Stand was damaged by high winds. Other facilities include a practice pitch for the various cricket teams, training infrastructure and a media centre. Sir Viv Richards Stadium is one of the few state-of-the-art venues that encompass underground passageways for the cricket teams to move about in.
Prior to the start of the first Test against England on 13 April 2015, the north and south ends were renamed for two former West Indies cricketers, Sir Curtly Ambrose and Sir Andy Roberts.

## Outfield controversy

The ground's second Test match against England on 13 February 2009 was abandoned after only ten balls due to the outfield's dangerous condition.
The groundstaff had applied extra layers of sand after recent heavy rain, and again after a brief shower the morning of the match; this resulted in West Indian bowlers Jerome Taylor and Fidel Edwards being unable to gain any traction when running in.
The sandy nature of the outfield had earned the ground the nickname of 'Antigua's 366th beach' in the buildup to the game.
Following the abandonment, inquiries were held by the WICB and the ICC: these caused great embarrassment for West Indies cricket.
The ICC subsequently ordered that the ground be suspended from staging any international matches for twelve months, and an official warning was issued to the WICB.

## List of five wicket hauls
### Tests

Eight five wicket hauls in Test matches have been taken at the venue.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
| 1 | Brett Lee | 30 May 2008 | Australia | West Indies | 2 | 21 | 59 | 5 | 2.8 | Drawn |
| 2 | Sunil Narine | 25 July 2012 | West Indies | New Zealand | 1 | 43 | 132 | 5 | 3.06 | Won |
| 3 | Kemar Roach | 25 July 2012 | West Indies | New Zealand | 3 | 23.2 | 60 | 5 | 2.57 | Won |
| 4 | Ravichandran Ashwin | 21 July 2016 | India | West Indies | 3 | 25 | 83 | 7 | 3.32 | Won |
| 5 | Kemar Roach | 4 July 2018 | West Indies | Bangladesh | 1 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 1.6 | Won |
| 6 | Shannon Gabriel | 4 July 2018 | West Indies | Bangladesh | 3 | 12 | 77 | 5 | 6.41 | Won |
| 7 | Ishant Sharma | 22 August 2019 | India | West Indies | 2 | 17 | 43 | 5 | 2.52 | Won |
| 8 | Jasprit Bumrah | 22 August 2019 | India | West Indies | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 0.87 | Won |

### One Day Internationals

One five wicket haul in One-Day Internationals has been taken at the venue.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
| 1 | Jason Holder | 2 July 2017 | West Indies | India | 2 | 9.4 | 27 | 5 | 2.79 | Won |

### Twenty20 Internationals

One five wicket haul in Twenty20 Internationals has been taken at the venue.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
| 1 | Ryan McLaren | 19 May 2010 | South Africa | West Indies | 2 | 3.5 | 19 | 5 | 4.95 | Won |

## 2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup matches

* 9 June 2024 13:00 UTC−4 Scorecard
| Oman 150/7 (20 overs) | v | Scotland 153/3 (13.1 overs) |
| Pratik Athavale 54 (40) Safyaan Sharif 2/40 (4 overs) | | Brandon McMullen 61* (31) Bilal Khan 1/12 (2.1 overs) |
* Scotland won by 7 wickets Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound, Antigua Umpires: Chris Brown (NZ) and Allahudien Palekar (SA) Player of the match: Brandon McMullen (Sco)
* Oman won the toss and elected to bat.
* Oman were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 11 June 2024 20:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard
| Namibia 72 (17 overs) | v | Australia 74/1 (5.4 overs) |
| Gerhard Erasmus 36 (43) Adam Zampa 4/12 (4 overs) | | Travis Head 34* (17) David Wiese 1/15 (1 over) |
* Australia won by 9 wickets Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Umpires: Nitin Menon (Ind) and Rashid Riaz (Pak) Player of the match: Adam Zampa (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Adam Zampa (Aus) became the first Australian cricketer to take 100 wickets in T20Is.
* Australia qualified for the Super 8 while Namibia were eliminated as a result of this match.
* 13 June 2024 15:00 UTC−4 Scorecard
| Oman 47 (13.2 overs) | v | England 50/2 (3.1 overs) |
| Shoaib Khan 11 (23) Adil Rashid 4/11 (4 overs) | | Jos Buttler 24* (8) Kaleemullah 1/10 (1 overs) |
* England won by 8 wickets Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Umpires: Langton Rusere (Zim) and Asif Yaqoob (Pak) Player of the match: Adil Rashid (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* 15 June 2024 13:00 UTC−4 Scorecard
| England 122/5 (10 overs) | v | Namibia 84/3 (10 overs) |
| Harry Brook 47* (20) Ruben Trumpelmann 2/31 (2 overs) | | Michael van Lingen 33 (29) Jofra Archer 1/15 (2 overs) |
* England won by 41 runs (DLS method) Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Umpires: Adrian Holdstock (SA) and Langton Rusere (Zim) Player of the match: Harry Brook (Eng)
* Namibia won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 11 overs per side due to rain, and later to 10 overs per side.
* Namibia were set a revised target of 126 from 10 overs due to rain.

### Super 8s

* 19 June 2024 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard
| South Africa 194/4 (20 overs) | v | United States 176/6 (20 overs) |
| Quinton de Kock 74 (40) Saurabh Netravalkar 2/21 (4 overs) | | Andries Gous 80* (47) Kagiso Rabada 3/18 (4 overs) |
* South Africa won by 18 runs Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Umpires: Chris Gaffaney (NZ) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Quinton de Kock (SA)
* United States won the toss and elected to field.
* This was the first time South Africa and United States faced each other in T20Is.
* 20 June 2024 20:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard
| Bangladesh 140/8 (20 overs) | v | Australia 100/2 (11.2 overs) |
| Najmul Hossain Shanto 41 (36) Pat Cummins 3/29 (4 overs) | | David Warner 53* (35) Rishad Hossain 2/23 (3 overs) |
* Australia won by 28 runs (DLS method) Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Richard Illingworth (Eng) Player of the match: Pat Cummins (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to field.
* Rain prevented any further play.
* Australia were above the DLS par score of 72 in 11.2 overs.
* Pat Cummins (Aus) took his first hat-trick in T20Is.
* 22 June 2024 10:30 UTC−4 Scorecard
| India 196/5 (20 overs) | v | Bangladesh 146/8 (20 overs) |
| Hardik Pandya 50* (27) Tanzim Hasan Sakib 2/32 (4 overs) | | Najmul Hossain Shanto 40 (32) Kuldeep Yadav 3/19 (4 overs) |
* India won by 50 runs Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Umpires: Michael Gough (Eng) and Adrian Holdstock (SA) Player of the match: Hardik Pandya (Ind)
* Bangladesh won the toss and elected to field.
* Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) became the first bowler to take 50 wickets in T20 World Cup history.
* 23 June 2024 20:30 UTC−4 (N) Scorecard
| West Indies 135/8 (20 overs) | v | South Africa 124/7 (16.1 overs) |
| Roston Chase 52 (42) Tabraiz Shamsi 3/27 (4 overs) | | Tristan Stubbs 29 (27) Roston Chase 3/12 (3 overs) |
* South Africa won by 3 wickets (DLS method) Sir Vivian Richards Stadium, North Sound Umpires: Rod Tucker (Aus) and Alex Wharf (Eng) Player of the match: Tabraiz Shamsi (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
* South Africa were set a revised target of 123 runs off 17 overs due to rain.
* South Africa qualified for the semi-finals while West Indies were eliminated as a result of this match.