The Stanford Cricket Ground, colloquially known as "Sticky Wicket Stadium", is a cricket ground in Osbourn, Saint George Parish, Antigua. It was previously known as the Airport Cricket Ground, before it was taken over by Allen Stanford and rebuilt in 2004. It is the home ground of Leeward Islands, and has hosted many international twenty20, including both the 2006 & 2008 Stanford 20/20 tournaments and the 2008 Stanford Super Series.
The stadium also hosts football matches for Antigua Barracuda FC of USL Pro.
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“All cries are thin and terse;
The field has droned the summer’s final mass;
A cricket like a dwindled hearse
Crawls from the dry grass.”
—Richard Wilbur (b. 1921)
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