Do you know which is the smallest cricket stadium in the world by boundary? Maybe not? There is one of the smallest stadiums in the world by a boundary which is very famous also. Most of the people do not know the name of this name. So let’s learn about that stadium in its blog now.
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Smallest Cricket Stadium In The World By Boundary
The smallest cricket stadium in the world by boundary is the Kinrara Academy Oval which is located in Malaysia. It is considered the smallest cricket stadium because of the size of the boundary. It just has a boundary of around 50 meters. To know about the proper details of this stadium, scroll down to the next paragraph of this blog.
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Kinrara Academy Oval
The Kinrarar Academy Oval was a cricket stadium in Bandar Kinrarar, Puchong, Selangor, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It was officially constructed in 2003 and it hosted its first match in 2005 when Bhutan U17 played Kuwait U17 in the Asian Cricket Council U17 Cupo But this stadium just could seat 4,000 spectators and then it got closed on 30th June 2022.
This stadium was the smallest cricket stadium in the world by boundary size. According to the source, this stadium hosted all 7 matches in the 2006-2007 DLF Cup and it featured Australia, India, and the West Indies. All the matches played have ODI status. Because of the capacity of 4,000 people, only some hundred spectators turned up to watch the match. Since then Major International cricket has not come back.
The Malaysian Cricket Association officially announced that they had given an order to vacate the stadium on 20th March 2022 because of arrears of over 1.8 million Malaysian Rupees in disputed assessment fees. Then the next day, the strimming of the stadium started, with the hundreds of assets behind auctioned by the owner of the land whose name is Perumahan Kinrara Berhad.
