12 Most weird places where cricket has been played

Some cricketing venues are known for their aesthetic beauty, some for their rich heritage and some just for their location. From Everest to Antarctica, here, we take a look at the 12 topmost weird places on the earth where cricket has been played.

#12 Shepherds Crag, Borrowdale

A famous rock climbing venue at Shepherd’s Crag in Borrowdale. With half of the pitch missing, you become a little predictable as a bowler.

#11 Castlerigg Stone Circle, UK

Do we really need those fielders? Really difficult to get a boundary when you are surrounded by all those rocks.

#10 Underwater, River Derwent

The pitch was a bit uneven, but that didn’t stop the batsmen from trying to hit the ball in the air; umm, no, water!

#9 Inside a Theater

Cricket is often referred to as the theatre of the absurd, and these players proved it here, literally. The theatre is located at the Keswick Lake District.

#8 Inside Honister State Mine

It was the world’s first recorded underground match, played between Caldbeck and Threlkeld. The location was 600 m inside the mine, and the game was won by Caldbeck.

#7 Sprinkling Tarn - Frozen Wicket

A frozen, slippery surface with a view to die for in the backdrop at the foot of Great End. It is located at the Southern Fells in Lake District, 3 km from Seathwaite, Cumbria. It is the wettest place in England and is as beautiful in the summer as it is in the winter.

#6 Steam engine Sir Tom at Threlkeld Quarry, UK

If you look closely, you will find a fielder suspended from a crane in the air holding onto a catch. Now, that’s what you call a stunner.

#5 Antarctica

At the Casey station research base, cricket is an annual event celebration in February for Australian scientists. The temperature is a little tolerant during this month, only by the Antarctic standards though: ranging between -5 and -1 centigrade. Cricket, there, is played on a cemented helipad.

#4 Rampsholme Island in Derwentwater, UK

Yes, those are fielders in the boat, and the wicket-keeper is trying his best to stop that easy single. The pitch was a little damp, to say the least!

#3 Cricket on the Mightiest Peak: Mount Everest

A group of 50 British cricket enthusiasts played a competitive game of cricket near the base camp of Mount Everest at 5165 meters. The trek to the base camp was a 9-day journey concluding with the game, which was worth all the hard work.

#2 Honister\'s Via Ferrata at Honister Slate Mine, UK

Honister’s Via Ferrata is located at the steep face of Fleetwith Pike. When people decide to be weird, it seems like they go the full extent.

#1 Mount Kilimanjaro

The highest game of cricket ever was played only last year: on a crater near Mount Kilimanjaro, popularly referred to as the roof South Africa, at 5752 feet.