Amini Park

Amini Park

Ground information
Location	Boroko, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Establishment	1956
Capacity	2000
Owner	Cricket PNG
Operator	Cricket PNG
Tenants	Papua New Guinea cricket team
End names
Basini End Manu End
International information
First ODI	6 October 2017:  Papua New Guinea v  Scotland
Last ODI	21 September 2022:  Papua New Guinea v  Namibia
First T20I	22 March 2019:  Papua New Guinea v  Philippines
Last T20I	29 July 2023:  Papua New Guinea v  Japan
As of 29 July 2023 Source: Amini Park, Cricinfo

Amini Park is a cricket ground in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.^[1] Part of the Bisini Parade sports complex in the suburb of Boroko, it is the headquarters of Cricket PNG.

History

The ground was established in 1956 and named Amini Park in 1983 after the Amini family, several of whose members have played cricket and other sports for Papua New Guinea (both the men's and women's teams).^[2][3]

The ground has seen the men's team play Australia, the West Indies and Victoria. The women's team played Japan here in a three-match series in September 2006.^[4]

In May 2016, the ground hosted its first List A match when Papua New Guinea defeated Kenya in the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. ^[5] In October 2016, the ground hosted its first first-class match when Papua New Guinea defeated Namibia in the 2015–17 ICC Intercontinental Cup.^[6][7] The ground hosted the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament in March 2019.^[8]

Other Sports

The ground also hosted Port Moresby Australian Rules Football League finals matches in the 2010s.

International record

One Day International centuries

One ODI century has been scored at the venue.^[9]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Innings	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	154	Calum MacLeod	Scotland	163	1	Papua New Guinea	6 October 2017	Won

Twenty20 International centuries

One T20I century has been scored at the venue.^[10]

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Innings	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	107*	Tony Ura	Papua New Guinea	60	1	Philippines	23 March 2019	No result

References

1. Amini Park at CricketArchive
2. Papua New Guinea players (A) at CricketArchive
3. "About the Venues - Amini Park and Colts". Gameday. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
4. Other matches played on Amini Park, Port Moresby at CricketArchive
5. "ICC World Cricket League Championship, 23rd Match: Papua New Guinea v Kenya at Port Moresby, May 28, 2016". cricinfo. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
6. Fixtures for Round 4 of ICC I-Cup and ICC WCL Championship announced Archived 2016-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
7. "ICC Intercontinental Cup, Papua New Guinea v Namibia at Port Moresby, Oct 16-19, 2016". cricinfo. Retrieved 11 Nov 2016.
8. "Tim Coyle Joins Cricket PNG Coaching Staff". Papua New Guinea Post Courier. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
9. "Statistics / Statsguru / One Day Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 23 March 2019.
10. "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 23 March 2019.

External links

• Amini Park, Port Moresby at CricketArchive

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