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Cricket Stadium, encircling the circular cricket field, has the lofty stands all round it for the spectators to sit and enjoy the game of cricket from there. The field used for playing cricket is usually a large one though there are no fixed dimensions for it.

The field generally used for the game of cricket has a diameter between 450 feet to 500 feet. The perimeter of the field is marked by a rope and is known as the boundary. The stadium encircling the field provides the spectators with seating arrangements and a variety of amenities like food stalls and others. It also contains the club houses and the dressing rooms for the players.

The rectangular strip of land in the centre of the field is 22 yards in length and 10 feet in width. This is called the cricket pitch and this is where the batsman faces the bowler. There are different sections like the spaces between the fifteen or the thirty yards circles. There are a number of major cricket stadium in the world. Some of them are the Lord's and Oval in England, the Wankhede and Eden Gardens in India, the Adelaide Oval and Melbourne Cricket Ground in Australia and the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The cricket stadiums, with all their amenities, are quite popular among the lovers of cricket. To them, these stadiums are like heavens where they can see their favorite players playing in front of their eyes.

RANKING	STADIUMS	CAPACITY	CITY/TOWN	COUNTRY
Best Cricket Stadiums
1	Lord's Cricket Ground	28,000	London	United Kingdom
2	Melbourne Cricket Ground	96,000	Melbourne	Australia
3	Eden Gardens	66,000	Kolkata	India
4	The Oval	23,500	London	United Kingdom
5	Sydney Cricket Ground	44,000	Sydney	Australia
6	Newlands Cricket Ground	25,000	Cape Town	South Africa
7	Trent Bridge	17,000	West Bridgford	United Kingdom
8	Adelaide Oval	53,000	Adelaide	Australia
9	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	25,000	Birmingham	United Kingdom
10	Galle International Stadium	35,000	Galle	Sri Lanka
11	Queen's Park Oval	25,000	Port of Spain	Trinidad & Tobago
12	Feroz Shah Kotla	40,000	Delhi	India
13	Basin Reserve	11,600	Wellington	New Zealand
14	Karachi Cricket Stadium	34,000	Karachi	Pakistan
15	WACA	24,500	Perth	Australia
16	Wankhede Stadium	34,000	Mumbai	India
17	Kensington Oval	28,000	Bridgetown	Barbados
18	The Wanderers Stadium	34,000	Johannesburg	South Africa
19	The Gabba	42,000	Brisbane	Australia
20	Headingley Stadium	17,000	Leeds	United Kingdom
21	Port Elizabeth (St George's Oval)	19,000	Port Elizabeth	South Africa
22	Old Trafford	26,000	Manchester	United Kingdom
23	Rose Bowl Cricket Ground	20,000	Southampton	United Kingdom
24	SuperSport Park (formerly Centurion Park)	22,000	Centurion	South Africa
25	HPCA Stadium	25,000	Dharamshala	India

SOURCE:Bleacher Report
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2091234-ranking-the-worlds-top-25-cricket-grounds-stadiums-and-venues/page/3
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Last Updated : January 20, 2015

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