VRA Cricket Ground


VRA Cricket Ground is a cricket ground in Amstelveen, the Netherlands, the home of VRA Amsterdam since 1939. It has a capacity of 4,500 spectators and regularly plays host to the Netherlands home games in the World Cricket League, Intercontinental Cup and CB40.
This ground was first used for international cricket when the Netherlands played New Zealand in 1978. It has hosted many One Day Internationals including a match in the 1999 Cricket World Cup and the Videocon Cup in 2004 between India, Pakistan and Australia. It was also used in the 1990 ICC Trophy, the first to be played outside England.
VRA Cricket Ground has hosted some notable moments in Dutch cricket, including a three run win for the Netherlands over an England XI that featured future England captains Alec Stewart and Nasser Hussain in 1989. In July 2006, the Netherlands played Sri Lanka in their first home ODI and the visitors scored 443/9 from their 50 overs, which then was the highest team total in ODI cricket.
Located in Amsterdamse Bos, the main ground features a AAA standard turf wicket, while the second and third grounds have an artificial wicket and are used in the winter by Amsterdamsche Hockey & Bandy Club.
The stadium has hosted a One Day International match during the 1999 Cricket World Cup, between South Africa and Kenya.
It was selected to host Nepal’s first ever ODI during their Netherlands tour in August 2018.

List of Centuries

One Day Internationals

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1157Sanath Jayasuriya10414 July 2006Won
2117*Tillakaratne Dilshan7814 July 2006Won
3110Mohammad Shahzad11121 September 2009Won
4150*JP Duminy122131 May 2013Won

List of Five Wicket Hauls

One Day Internationals

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconBatsmenResult
1Lance Klusener26 5 1999121
  • Steve Tikolo
  • Thomas Odoyo
  • Alpesh Vadher
  • Mohammad Sheikh
  • Joseph Angara
Won