The Arnos Vale Stadium sits at Arnos Vale, just outside Kingstown on St Vincent. It is part of the Arnos Vale Sports Complex, seats 18,000 and is home to Windward Islands cricket. The ground staged its first international on 4 February 1981, an ODI that West Indies won by two runs against England. Its first Test followed in 1997, a draw against Sri Lanka, and it was renovated over 18 months before West Indies hosted the 2007 World Cup.
T20 internationals came later. The ground has staged 10 men’s T20Is: two against Pakistan in July 2013, five at the 2024 T20 World Cup (three group matches and two Super Eight games) and three when Bangladesh toured in December 2024. The most recent was on 19 December 2024 and none have been played there since. West Indies have lost all five of their T20Is at the ground, and Bangladesh have won five of their six.
Here are the Arnos Vale Stadium T20I records, complete to that December 2024 series.
Arnos Vale Stadium T20I records at a glance
| Record | Holder | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| Highest total | Bangladesh 189/7 | v West Indies, 2024 |
| Lowest total | Nepal 85 | v Bangladesh, 2024 T20 World Cup |
| Highest individual score | Jaker Ali 72* | Bangladesh v West Indies, 2024 |
| Best bowling | Tanzim Hasan Sakib 4/7 | Bangladesh v Nepal, 2024 T20 World Cup |
| Most runs | Jaker Ali 146 | Bangladesh, 5 innings |
| Most wickets | Rishad Hossain 12 | Bangladesh, 6 matches |
| Highest partnership | Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Ibrahim Zadran 118 | Afghanistan v Australia, 2024 T20 World Cup |
Highest totals
Bangladesh hold the record with 189/7 against West Indies on 19 December 2024. They were 114/6 when Jaker Ali and Tanzim Hasan Sakib added 50 for the seventh wicket, and Jaker finished unbeaten on 72. West Indies were bowled out for 109 and lost by 80 runs. The previous best was also Bangladesh’s: 159/5 against the Netherlands at the 2024 World Cup.
| Total | Team | Opponent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 189/7 | Bangladesh | West Indies | 19 Dec 2024 |
| 159/5 | Bangladesh | Netherlands | 13 Jun 2024 |
| 158/8 | Pakistan | West Indies | 27 Jul 2013 |
| 152/7 | West Indies | Pakistan | 27 Jul 2013 |
| 148/6 | Afghanistan | Australia | 22 Jun 2024 |
Lowest totals
Nepal’s 85 against Bangladesh on 16 June 2024 is the lowest total at the ground. Bangladesh had been bowled out for 106 in 19.3 overs, but Tanzim Hasan Sakib (4/7) and Mustafizur Rahman (3/7) bowled Nepal out in 19.2 overs, and Bangladesh won by 21 runs. Nepal had slipped to 26/5 before Kushal Malla and Dipendra Singh Airee added 52 for the sixth wicket.
| Total | Team | Opponent | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | Nepal | Bangladesh | 16 Jun 2024 |
| 102 | West Indies | Bangladesh | 17 Dec 2024 |
| 105 | Bangladesh | Afghanistan | 24 Jun 2024 |
| 106 | Bangladesh | Nepal | 16 Jun 2024 |
| 109 | West Indies | Bangladesh | 19 Dec 2024 |
Most T20I runs at Arnos Vale Stadium
Jaker Ali leads with 146 runs in five innings, all of them in 2024, at an average of 48.66 and a strike rate of 120.66. Rahmanullah Gurbaz is second with 103 from only two innings. Kieron Pollard’s 72 in 2013 is still the most by a West Indies batter at the ground.
| Player | Team | Innings | Runs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jaker Ali | Bangladesh | 5 | 146 |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan | 2 | 103 |
| Litton Das | Bangladesh | 6 | 82 |
| Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh | 3 | 81 |
| Kieron Pollard | West Indies | 2 | 72 |
Most T20I wickets at Arnos Vale Stadium
Leg-spinner Rishad Hossain has 12 wickets in six matches, one more than Taskin Ahmed, who also played all six of Bangladesh’s games at the ground. Afghanistan’s Naveen-ul-Haq took seven in just two matches.
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rishad Hossain | Bangladesh | 6 | 12 |
| Taskin Ahmed | Bangladesh | 6 | 11 |
| Tanzim Hasan Sakib | Bangladesh | 6 | 9 |
| Mahedi Hasan | Bangladesh | 3 | 8 |
| Naveen-ul-Haq | Afghanistan | 2 | 7 |
Highest individual scores
Jaker Ali’s 72* off 41 balls, with six sixes, in the third T20I of December 2024 is the highest score at the ground. It beat Shakib Al Hasan’s 64* off 46 balls against the Netherlands at the World Cup, which had set the record six months earlier.
| Score | Batter | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72* (41) | Jaker Ali | Bangladesh v West Indies | 19 Dec 2024 |
| 64* (46) | Shakib Al Hasan | Bangladesh v Netherlands | 13 Jun 2024 |
| 60 (49) | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan v Australia | 22 Jun 2024 |
| 60 (35) | Rovman Powell | West Indies v Bangladesh | 15 Dec 2024 |
| 59 (41) | Glenn Maxwell | Australia v Afghanistan | 22 Jun 2024 |
Best bowling figures
Tanzim Hasan Sakib’s 4/7 against Nepal, including two maidens, is the best return at the ground. Six other bowlers have taken four wickets in an innings there, led by Mahedi Hasan’s 4/13 against West Indies in December 2024.
| Figures | Bowler | Match | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/7 | Tanzim Hasan Sakib | Bangladesh v Nepal | 16 Jun 2024 |
| 4/13 | Mahedi Hasan | Bangladesh v West Indies | 15 Dec 2024 |
| 4/19 | Kushal Bhurtel | Nepal v South Africa | 14 Jun 2024 |
| 4/19 | Tabraiz Shamsi | South Africa v Nepal | 14 Jun 2024 |
| 4/20 | Gulbadin Naib | Afghanistan v Australia | 22 Jun 2024 |
Highest partnership
Rahmanullah Gurbaz (60) and Ibrahim Zadran (51) put on 118 for the first wicket against Australia in the Super Eight on 22 June 2024. It is the only century stand in a T20I at the ground. The next best is 67 for the eighth wicket by Rovman Powell and Romario Shepherd against Bangladesh in December 2024. The 56 that Kieron Pollard and Dwayne Bravo added for the fifth wicket in the first T20I, in 2013, is now fifth.
Memorable T20Is at Arnos Vale Stadium
Afghanistan beat Australia, 22 June 2024. Afghanistan made 148/6 thanks to the Gurbaz–Zadran stand, even though Pat Cummins took a hat-trick for the second match in a row, removing Rashid Khan, Karim Janat and Gulbadin Naib. He remains the only bowler with more than one hat-trick at a T20 World Cup. Australia were bowled out for 127 despite Glenn Maxwell’s 59, as Gulbadin took 4/20. It was Afghanistan’s first T20I win over Australia, by 21 runs.
Afghanistan beat Bangladesh, 24 June 2024. Two days later Afghanistan made only 115/5, then bowled Bangladesh out for 105 to win by eight runs on the DLS method. Rashid Khan took 4/23, Naveen-ul-Haq 4/26, and Litton Das finished unbeaten on 54. The result put Afghanistan into the semi-finals of a major ICC tournament for the first time and knocked out both Bangladesh and Australia. You can see how the groups finished in our Super Eight points table.
South Africa beat Nepal by one run, 14 June 2024. South Africa made 115/7, with Kushal Bhurtel taking 4/19. Nepal finished on 114/7 as Tabraiz Shamsi took 4/19, and the defeat eliminated them from the tournament.
Bangladesh’s 3-0 in December 2024. Bangladesh won the first T20I by seven runs (147/6, then West Indies 140 despite Rovman Powell’s 60), the second by 27 runs (129/7, then West Indies 102) and the third by 80 runs, the 189/7 game above.
The first T20I, 27 July 2013. West Indies were 42/4 before Kieron Pollard (49*) and Dwayne Bravo added 56. They reached 152/7, and Pakistan chased it down with two wickets to spare. Pakistan won again the next day, by 11 runs.
For another Caribbean venue, see the Providence Stadium T20I records.
Records: ESPNcricinfo Statsguru, men’s T20Is at Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, to 19 December 2024 (no T20Is at the ground since, as of 9 October 2026).
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