Maple Leaf Cricket Club

Maple Leaf Cricket Club
Ground information
LocationKing City, Ontario
Establishment1954
Capacity7,000
End names
Northern End
Southern End
International information
First ODI28 June 2008:
 Canada v  Bermuda
Last ODI26 September 2024:
 Canada v  Oman
First T20I10 October 2008:
 Sri Lanka v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I3 October 2024:
 Canada v  Oman
As of 3 October 2024
Source: Maple Leaf (North-West Ground)
Maple Leaf Cricket Club
LocationKing City, Ontario
End names
Northern End
Southern End
As of 11 July 202
Source: Maple Leaf (North-East Ground)

The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket club in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario. It was established in 1954[1] and operates a turf wicket facility. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals (ODI) by the International Cricket Council.[2][3]

The facility has 5 cricket grounds. The North-West ground is the most important, and ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals have been played at this ground since the 2008 season.[4] The Maple Leaf Cricket Club has become the primary cricket venue in Canada, assuming the role from the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.[citation needed]

The facility has hosted major events including games in the 2001 ICC Trophy, two first-class matches in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup, several games in the ICC Americas Championship tournaments of 2000 and 2006, and the 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series.

It was the venue for all the matches in the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.[5]

  1. ^ "Maple Leaf Cricket Club – 50 years later". Toronto and District Cricket Association.
  2. ^ "Maple Leaf ground now ODI venue". Canada Cricket Online. 20 September 2006. Archived from the original on 4 October 2006.
  3. ^ "New ground: Five unusual cricket venues". Cricket Australia. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Maple Leaf (North-West Ground)". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 February 2012.
  5. ^ "Cricket Canada's inaugural T20 league to begin in June". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 16 May 2018.