Galle international Cricket Stadium was voted in as the winner of the “Cricket Ground World Cup” on a Twitter poll hosted by the renowned Cricket journalist Jarrod Kimber. “Cricket Ground World Cup” was an engagement activity conducted to find the most liked ground in the world that cricket would most like to visit.
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Initial draft
Here it is, the #cricketgroundWC
I asked twitter to give me nominations on one ground they would want to visit before they die. I collected your votes and from that we have our seeds.
Voting to begin below pic.twitter.com/PV5xzk4JWE
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) April 27, 2020
Galle ICS had tough competition from the get go as it was matched with the Wankede Stadium where India won the 2011 World Cup final vs Sri Lanka, in the round of 16.
After a close contest Galle made it through the quarterfinals against picturesque Dharmasala Stadium, semifinals against MCG and Final against the Home of Cricket itself, Lord’s Cricket ground. Galle ICS managed to pull off the wins in all pairings and was finally voted in as the winner of “Cricket Ground World Cup”.
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Round of 16
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) April 27, 2020
Quarter Finals
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) April 28, 2020
Semi Finals
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) April 29, 2020
Final
Lord’s (2) Vs Galle (5)
Play
— Jarrod Kimber (@ajarrodkimber) April 30, 2020
