Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Entertainment/2018 May 22

= May 22 =

What's the highest altitude cricket ground that Test, ODI and T20I have been played at?
Have these been played over 1600 meters besides the Nairobi, Johannesburg, Quetta and Windhoek metro areas?

How much does altitude effect the play/strategy? (the Netherlands had to play Kenya above 1 mile, lol) Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 21:55, 22 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Denver, the Mile High City, has long been known for raining home runs at the ballpark. It seems likely that a similar phenomenon could happen with cricket, i.e. a lot more sixes if they were to use a relatively standard-sized field. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots→ 04:28, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in India is 1,457 m above the sea level. (That's 4,780 ft for the 5% of the world that still uses feet.) According to that article it "has hosted 1 Test, 3 ODIs and 8 T20Is". HiLo48 (talk) 05:01, 23 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Here's a longer list. Conversely, there a three grounds below sea-level!  Lugnuts  Fire Walk with Me 07:53, 23 May 2018 (UTC)


 * If the list is accurate/current then ODI has been played at 1775.9m at Nairobi's Jaffery Sports Club Ground, Test has been played at 1738.8m at Old Wanderers, Johannesburg and T20I has been played at 1703.9m at Wanderers Cricket Ground, Windhoek, Namibia. Is it missing any? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 13:19, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
 * Yes I believe it is inaccurate - glaringly so in the case of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himachal_Pradesh_Cricket_Association_Stadium in the foothills of the Himalayas, at 1457 metres above sea level and 300 metres higher than they claim. Not quite as high as the ones given above but still quite a way up - and so very picturesque!--TammyMoet (talk) 14:42, 24 May 2018 (UTC)


 * Outside of the OP's parameters, but here is a report of a charity Twenty20 match at 17,000 feet (5,180 m) in the Everest foothills. Alansplodge (talk) 08:28, 27 May 2018 (UTC)