The Playing Fields
The stadium holds the capacity to accommodate 18,000 people and is mostly used for football and cricket matches.
History
The stadium hosted its first ever international game on 4 February 1981. The match was an ODI between West Indies and England and was a close encounter which the hosts won by two runs.
The ground's maiden Test match came in 1997, when the West Indies played Sri Lanka to a draw, with Sri Lanka finishing on 233–8 chasing a target of 269 runs. The second Test held at the ground, in 2009, saw Bangladesh record their maiden Test victory over the West Indies by 95 runs. At the time the West Indies were without many of their leading players due to a dispute with the West Indies Cricket Board, so seven Test debutantes featured in the West Indian team.
Ahead of the 2007 Cricket World Cup, hosted by the West Indies, Arnos Vale Sports Complex was renovated over a period of 18 months. The ground's playing area was enlarged, and on the eastern side of the ground a new stand, media centre, operations centre, and pavilion were constructed.
International centuries
There have been four Test and two ODI centuries scored at the venue.
Test centuries
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 115 | Brian Lara |  West Indies |
207 |  Sri Lanka |
20 June 1997 | Drawn |
| 2 | 128 | Tamim Iqbal |  Bangladesh |
243 | West Indies |
9 July 2009 | Won |
| 3 | 212 | Kraigg Brathwaite | West Indies |
447 | Bangladesh |
5 September 2014 | |
| 4 | 116 | Mushfikur Rahim | Bangladesh |
243 | West Indies |
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ODI centuries
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 104 | Brian Lara | West Indies |
103 |  New Zealand |
6 April 1996 | Won |
| 2 | 103* | Phil Simmons | 124 |
2024 ICC Men's T20 World Cup matches
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to field.
- Sri Lanka were eliminated as a result of this match.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Nepal were eliminated as a result of this match.
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- Nepal won the toss and elected to field.
- Sandeep Lamichhane (Nep) took his 100th wicket in T20Is.
- Bangladesh qualified for the Super 8 while Netherlands were eliminated as a result of this match.
Super 8s
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Pat Cummins (Aus) took his second consecutive hat-trick in T20Is and became the only player to take more than one hat-tricks in T20 World Cup. This was the second hat-trick of the tournament overall and the eighth in the history of the T20 World Cup.
- This was Afganistan's first win against Australia in T20Is.
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- Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Bangladesh were set a revised target of 114 runs off 19 overs due to rain.
- Rashid Khan (Afg) took his 150th wicket in T20Is.
- Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals while Australia and Bangladesh were eliminated as a result of this match.
- This was Afghanistan's first win against Bangladesh in T20 World Cup.
- Afghanistan qualified for the semi-finals of any major ICC Tournament for the first time in their cricketing history.
List of five-wicket hauls
There have been 12 five-wicket hauls in international cricket on the ground.
Test matches
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravindra Pushpakumara | 20 June 1997 | Sri Lanka |
West Indies |
1 | 12.4 | 41 | 5 | Drawn |
| 2 | Carl Hooper | West Indies |
Sri Lanka |
2 | 13.4 | 26 | |||
| 3 | Muttiah Muralitharan | Sri Lanka |
West Indies |
3 | 41 | 113 | |||
| 4 | Darren Sammy | 9 July 2009 | West Indies |
Bangladesh |
3 | 30.1 | 70 | Bangladesh won | |
| 5 | Mahmudullah | Bangladesh |
West Indies |
4 | 15 | 51 | |||
| 6 | Taijul Islam | 5 September 2014 | 1 | 47 | 135 | West Indies won | |||
| 7 | Sulieman Benn | West Indies |
Bangladesh |
2 | 24.4 | 39 |
One Day Internationals
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colin Croft | 4 February 1981 | West Indies |
 England |
2 | 9 | 15 | 6 | West Indies won |
| 2 | Franklyn Rose | 12 April 2000 |  Pakistan |
2 | 10 | 23 | 5 |
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sandamali Dolawatte | 22 March 2003 | Sri Lanka |
West Indies |
1 | 8 | 16 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
| 2 | Anisa Mohammed | 28 August 2011 | West Indies |
Pakistan |
1 | 10 | 5 | West Indies won | |
| 3 | 30 August 2011 | 2 | 10 | 7 |