Inaugural home venues of the 10 Test playing nations

#5 Kensington Oval, Bridgetown (Barbados), 1930 (West Indies vs England)

Kensington Oval has got a new face after recent up gradations

Match count: 51

The historic Kensington Oval is situated in close proximity to the city of Bridgetown, the capital of Barbados. The ground played host to the first ever Test match on Caribbean soil in 1930 when England toured the West Indies.

Clifford Roach scored a century in the first innings after the West Indies won the toss and chose to bat, taking their total to 369. The visitors replied strongly, scoring 467 runs by virtue of Andy Sandham’s 152-run innings, but the high-scoring match ended in a draw.

The Kensington Oval has played host to many memorable matches over the span of more than 80 years and also boasts of having staged the final of the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup. Australia claimed their 4^th cricket World Cup in that final which saw left-hander Adam Gilchrist score a blistering century in front of more than 28,000 spectators.