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Asgiriya Stadium

Asgiriya Kandy, Kandy, Sri Lanka
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Ranked #13 of 21 attractions in Kandy
Type: Sports Complexes
Most recent review
- 26 Mar 2013
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Brea, California
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 26 March 2013

Asgiriya Stadium is truly beautiful. The cricket ground is surrounded by the hunnasgiri mountains which makes it look like part of the naural environment. I'm told, the stadium is owned by a high school (Trinity College Kandy) and that it is the only International Cricket Stadium to be owned by a high school in the world. The Stadium also houses... More

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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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18 helpful votes 18 helpful votes
5 of 5 stars Reviewed 10 September 2012

Asgiriya stadium is always good with stunning green and the real kandy climate. but we can't enjoy sitting and watching cricket there any more since no international cricket matches happening there.but you can watch local school matches there with permission.

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Haifa, Israel
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29 helpful votes 29 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 11 August 2012

Not growing up in a cricket culture, I'm not a fan. But I did manage to go to a match between the locals and Australia last summer, which was fun. The game itself is easy enough to understand, albeit without the nuances, and there are enough fans around to explain it. I sat on the grass, the cheap "seats", with... More

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Colombo, Sri Lanka
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5 of 5 stars Reviewed 31 May 2012

Good International Cricket ground. Nice pavilion. Nice view.

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Galle, Sri Lanka
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15 attraction reviews
8 helpful votes 8 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 18 February 2012

Wow, this place centralise to the Kandy city, which is the lovely place to watch matches , I recommond this for volley ball , this surrounding is very nice, vegetation and greenly. unfortunately in Sri Lanka popular is Cricket.

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Sri Lanka
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22 helpful votes 22 helpful votes
2 of 5 stars Reviewed 29 January 2012

belongs to a large school, haggling with the cricket board eventually led to it being just a venue for local cricket.now the public in kandy are expected to traevel far to pallekele if they wish to watch international cricket

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ISLAMBAD PAKISTAN
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85 helpful votes 85 helpful votes
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 24 August 2011

This stadium holds great attraction for all cricket loving nations. The stadium has the unique distinction of being the only Test class cricket stadium in the world to be owned and maintained by a secondary school, Trinity College, Kandy, a elite private boys school in Sri Lanka, founded in the 19th century in the British Public School tradition. As there... More

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