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Kensington Oval
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Kensington Oval
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Legendary international matches are played at the Kensington Oval cricket ground in Bridgetown. The first ground in the West Indies to host a Test match (against England) in 1930, it continues to nurture the talents of many a home-grown hero.
Amongst the cricket stars to have cut their professional teeth there are the 'three Ws' Worell, Weekes and Walcott, the great opening batsman Gordon Greenidge and perhaps the most brilliant player of all time, Garfield Sobers.
The ground is now state of the art, having undergone various changes in its time. A fire in 1944 destroyed the original wooden stands and the first replacement stand - the Kensington stand - was rebuilt in stone, with later additions including stands named after the three Ws. The Sir Garfield Sobers Pavilion was funded by a local lottery. Major works were also carried out on the cricket ground in time for the 2007 Cricket World Cup hosted in the West Indies.
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