Coordinates: 26°28′56″N 80°20′52″E / 26.482184°N 80.347878°E / 26.482184; 80.347878

Green Park Stadium (Hindi: ग्रीन पार्क स्तादियम) (Urdu: گرین پارک اسٹیڈیم) is a 60,000 capacity floodlit multi-purpose stadium located in Kanpur, India, and the home of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It is the only international cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh that has hosted many international cricket matches of both Test and One Day format.

History[link]

The Green Park Stadium is named after Madam Green who used to practice Horse-Riding here in 1940's. It is located in Civil Lines area in the north east part of Kanpur city near the banks of the river Ganges, which flows just behind the stadium. This is the only stadium in India where Students Gallery is available. Green Park has the largest manually operated scoreboard in the world^{[citation needed]}. Besides it also has video screens which are used during international matches.

India's first Test win over Australia in December 1959 was at the Green Park ground. It was also the first match to be played on a turf wicket here.[2]. Off-spinner Jasubhai Patel's 14 wickets were instrumental in ensuring India's win.

In 1958/9 Subhash Gupte took nine West Indian wickets in an inning for 102 runs, and had Lance Gibbs - the only batsman he missed - dropped by wicket keeper Naren Tamhane.

Since 1957 India has lost only twice at Kanpur, to the West Indies on both occasions. When Subhash Gupte’s dream spell was overshadowed by Wes Hall’s 10 wickets in 1958 and later when India’s 1983 world cup euphoria was cut short by Malcolm Marshall’s fearsome bowling. The most runs scored were by Gundappa Vishwanath(776 runs), Sunil Gavaskar(629 runs) and Mohammed Azharuddin(543 runs). The most wickets taken were by Kapil Dev(25 wickets), Anil Kumble(21 wickets) and Harbhajan Singh(20 wickets). The most runs scored were Sachin Tendulkar(314 runs), Vinod kambli(217 runs) and Sourav Ganguly.(208 runs). The most wickets taken were by Javagal Srinath(9 wickets), Ajit Agarkar(8 wickets) and Sourav Ganguly(7 wickets).

Infrastructure[link]

Ends

The ends are known as the Mill Pavilion End and the Hostel End. These are named after the Elgin Mill and DAV College which are close to the stadium.

Pitch

The Pitch at Green park Stadium

The pitch at Green Park has traditionally assisted the spinners and there have been some great performances by the likes of Jasubhai Patel and Subhash Gupte etc.

Renovation[link]

Infrastructure

The renovation plans for the city's Green Park Stadium got a boost with the state government sanctioning 16 crore rupees for the purpose.The government has already released Rs 10 crore and work has started for the refurbishment of the cricket stadium.

"The work of modernisation of the stadium is going at full swing and soon the remaining six crore rupees will be given to the authorities," new Kanpur district magistrate Hari Om told reporters.^[2]

BCCI pitch committee member Anand Shukla visited the Green Park stadium today and expressed his satisfaction over the condition of the track where a one-day international cricket match between India and Pakistan would be played on April 15. Kanpur Division commissioner Anita Bhatnagar Jain had also visited the stadium on Monday and instructed the officials of Green Park to complete all repair works of public and students galleries by March 24. The Commissioner said besides the close circuit cameras at various enclosures, videography would also be arranged to prevent any untoward incident during the match. Police administration has also geared up the activities and the entire stadium has been divided into 19 zones, she said adding that there would be separate entrances for the cricket teams and the VVIPs and officials.After an abortive attempt to damage the Green Park stadium by a group of Shiv Sena activists last month, the district administration has deployed security staff on round the clock duty. ^[3]

Tight security steps would be taken in and around the Green Park stadium. Besides, the Uttar Pradesh police para-military forces would also be deployed to maintain law and order situation.Dismissing the case against Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association (UPCA) filed by Sarvesh Kumar, a lawyer, the senior civil judge, Kanpur, on Monday said that there was no prima facie case made out hence it is being rejected. Sarvesh Kumar had filed a case against BCCI, through UPCA in April 2008 and had pleaded that UPCA be restrained from barricading the Green Park Stadium when there was any international event as he and other lawyers and citizens face inconvenience.

Matches

With Uttar Pradesh Cricket Association chief Rajiv Shukla taking over as IPL chairman, UPCA officials and players are hoping that the state will get to stage matches of the Twenty20 league and also take part in the tournament in near future.

Former India middle-order batsman Mohd Kaif said that with Shukla becoming the IPL chief cricket fans of Uttar Pradesh can hope to watch IPL matches live sitting inside a stadium in the state.

"In the years to come, we can also expect a team from Uttar Pradesh taking part in the IPL," Kaif said from Bangalore where he is with the Royal Challengers Bangalore team for the Champions League Twenty20.

"He (Shukla) has been doing a lot for Uttar Pradesh cricket and for the players from the state. So his elevation to the post of IPL chief is a good thing for Uttar Pradesh and the level of cricket in the state will also rise," he said.

UPCA joint secretary Shoaib Ahmed hoped that in near future the state will get to host one or two IPL matches.

"With Shukla becoming the IPL chief, I hope we get the chance to host one or two IPL matches in Uttar Pradesh. I hope the players will also get benefits," he said.

UPCA Cricket Academy chief coach Rohit Talwar congratulated Shukla on becoming the IPL chief and said the state can look forward to hosting IPL matches.

Cricket World Cup[link]

This stadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches when India hosted the Cricket World Cup.

i. 1987 Cricket World Cup
ii. 1996 Cricket World Cup

1987 Cricket World Cup[link]

See also[link]

• List of Test cricket grounds

References[link]

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The Green Park
Type	Public park
Location	London
Coordinates	51°30′15″N 0°08′37″W / 51.50417°N 0.14361°W / 51.50417; -0.14361Coordinates: 51°30′15″N 0°08′37″W / 51.50417°N 0.14361°W / 51.50417; -0.14361
Area	19 hectares (47 acres)
Operated by	The Royal Parks

Green Park (officially The Green Park) is one of the Royal Parks of London. Covering 16 hectares (40 acres),^[1] it lies between London's Hyde Park and St. James's Park. Together with Kensington Gardens and the gardens of Buckingham Palace, these parks form an almost unbroken stretch of open land reaching from Whitehall and Victoria station to Kensington and Notting Hill.

By contrast with its neighbours, Green Park has no lakes, no buildings and few monuments, having only the Canada Memorial by Pierre Granche and the Constance Fund Fountain. The park consists entirely of wooded meadows. The park is bounded on the south by Constitution Hill, on the east by the pedestrian Queen's Walk, and on the north by Piccadilly. It meets St. James's Park at Queen's Gardens with the Victoria Memorial at its centre, opposite the entrance to Buckingham Palace. To the south is the ceremonial avenue of The Mall, and the buildings of St James's Palace and Clarence House overlook the park to the east. Green Park tube station is a major interchange located on Piccadilly, Victoria and Jubilee lines near the north end of Queen's Walk.

History[link]

The park is said to have originally been a swampy burial ground for lepers from the nearby hospital at St James's. It was first enclosed in the 16th century by Henry VIII, when it formed part of the estate of the Poulteney family. In 1668 an area of the Poulteney estate known as Sandpit Field was surrendered to Charles II, who made the bulk of the land into a Royal Park.^[2] He laid out the park's main walks and built an icehouse there to supply him with ice for cooling drinks in summer. At the time, the park was on the outskirts of London and remained an isolated area well into the 18th century, when it was known as a haunt of highwaymen and thieves; Horace Walpole was one of many to be robbed there.^[3] It was a popular place for ballooning attempts and public firework displays during the 18th and 19th centuries. Handel's Music for the Royal Fireworks was composed specifically for a fireworks celebration held in Green Park in 1749.^[4] The park was also known as a duelling ground; one particularly notorious duel took place there in 1730 between William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath and John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol.^[5]

There are Government offices and corridors, linking the nearby Royal palaces, beneath the east side of Green Park and continue to run to the south. These are clearly visible on the edges of Green Park and St. James's Park, with the glass roofs just below ground level. The rooms are thought to be conversions of some of the tunnels built as part of the Cabinet War Rooms from the Second World War.

Gallery[link]

Green Park and Constitution Hill Green Park and Constitution Hill   Green Park, London   Canada Gate, located on the south side of the park   Pierre Granche's Canada Memorial in Green Park, London, near Buckingham Palace   Green Park and St. James's Park c.1833   Buckingham Palace seen from Green Park

References[link]

External links[link]

• Royal Parks website: Green Park

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