Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground

The Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Krefeld, Germany. Built to international standards, it is part of Germany's national cricket performance centre, which includes a three lane indoor training net facility.^[1]

Bayer Uerdingen Cricket Ground

National Cricket Performance Centre
Ground information
Location	Krefeld, Germany
Establishment	2021
End names
n/a n/a
International information
First T20I	5 August 2021:  Germany v  Norway
Last T20I	11 June 2023:  Germany v  Belgium
First WT20I	8 July 2021:  Germany v  France
Last WT20I	3 July 2022:  Germany v  Namibia
As of 11 June 2023 Source: Cricinfo

The performance centre, a joint venture between the German Cricket Federation and SC Bayer 05 Uerdingen, a local sports club, is located at and adjacent to the Bayer Sportstadion. It was constructed over the winter of 2020–21.^[1]

In July 2021, the ground was the venue for the first ever Women's Twenty20 Internationals to be held in Germany, when Germany's women's team hosted a touring French women's team in a five-match bilateral series.^[2][3] Early the following month, the ground hosted the first Twenty20 Internationals to be held in Germany, when the German Cricket Federation staged a trilateral series there between Germany, Norway and France.^[4]

References

1. "DCB proud to announce first national performance centre in Krefeld". 20 November 2020. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
2. "Germany announces five-match women's T20 international series against France". Emerging Cricket. 2 March 2021. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
3. "Golden Eagles to host France in a bi-lateral T20I series in July 2021". Czarsportz. Retrieved 2 March 2021.
4. Emerging Cricket (9 August 2021). "Global Game: Germany crowned T20I tri-series champions". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 18 August 2021.

External links

• Cricket at Bayer 05 Uerdingen