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The Oval, currently named for sponsorship reasons as the Kia Oval, [2] [3] is an international cricket ground in Kennington, located in the borough of Lambeth, in south London. [4] The Oval has been the home ground of Surrey County Cricket Club since it was opened in 1845.
A cricket field or cricket oval is a large grass field on which the game of cricket is played. Although generally oval in shape, there is a wide variety within this: perfect circles, elongated ovals, rounded rectangles, or irregular shapes with little or no symmetry – but they will have smooth boundaries without sharp corners, almost without exception.
English: Diagram of The Oval Cricket Ground showing the pitch and stands. Distances from the centre of the pitch to the boundary shown in metres. Derived from Google ...
The Kensington Oval has also hosted many non-cricket events, such as matches of the Barbados national football team, hockey, inter-school athletics, Miss Barbados pageants, and concert events. The ground also has a jumbo TV screen and also a jacuzzi type area, for fans to watch while relaxing in the pool (similar to Chase Field in Phoenix ...
FILE - England's Moeen Ali plays a shot on day three of the fifth Ashes Test match between England and Australia, at The Oval cricket ground in London, Saturday, July 29, 2023.
Oval is an area in south London, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is the part of Kennington around The Oval cricket ground, situated 2.1 miles (3.38 km) to the southeast of Charing Cross . History
The Queen's Park Oval is a sports stadium in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, used mostly for cricket matches.It opened in 1896. Privately owned by the Queen's Park Cricket Club, it is currently the second largest capacity cricket ground in the West Indies with seating for about 20,000 spectators.
The gasholders are adjacent to the north-east boundary wall of The Oval, and overlook the Vauxhall End of the ground. [6] They have been long considered an intrinsic part of the traditional background of The Oval [7] with the largest gas holder only ten years younger than the cricket ground, which was established in 1846. [8]