{{short description|Cricket ground in Rangiora, New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = Rangiora Recreation Ground | nickname = | country = New Zealand | image = | caption = | location = [[Rangiora]], New Zealand | establishment = 1891 (first recorded match) | seating_capacity = | end1 = | end2 = | club1 = [[Canterbury Magicians|Canterbury Women]] | year1 = 2007–2010 | club2 = [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] | year2 = 2004–present | club3 = [[Canterbury Country cricket team|Canterbury Country]] | year3 = 2005–present | date = 29 April | year = 2022 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/2230.html Ground profile }}
'''Rangiora Recreation Ground''' (also known as the '''MainPower Oval''' through a sponsorship deal with local company [[MainPower]]) is a [[cricket]] ground in [[Rangiora]], [[Canterbury, New Zealand|Canterbury]], New Zealand.
The Recreation Ground is recorded as being in existence since the early 1870s, and used for cricket since 1891.<ref>{{cite journal|title=News of the Day|journal=The Press|date=5 April 1873|page= 2|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18730405.2.11}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|title=Other Matches|journal=The Press|date=5 October 1891|page= 6|url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP18911005.2.44.2}}</ref> It first held a [[first-class cricket|first-class match]] when [[Canterbury cricket team|Canterbury]] played [[Central Districts cricket team|Central Districts]] in the 2003/04 [[State Championship#State Championship|State Championship]].<ref name="ICC">{{Cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/588606 |title=U19 Venue Feature: Rangiora |accessdate=7 January 2018 |work=International Cricket Council}}</ref> Since the [[2011 Christchurch earthquake]] damaged [[Lancaster Park]] beyond repair, Canterbury have played many of their first-class home matches in Rangiora.<ref name=FC/> Canterbury first played a [[List A cricket|List A]] match there in the 2003/04 [[State Shield]] when they played [[Auckland cricket team|Auckland]], with eight matches in that format having been held there in the [[2011-12 Ford Trophy]]<ref name=LA/> as well as a handful of [[Twenty20]] matches.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/2230_tt.html|title=Twenty20 Matches played on Rangiora Recreation Ground, Rangiora|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 November 2011}}</ref> By the end of the 2024–25 season, there had been 42 first-class matches at the ground, and 32 List A matches.<ref name=FC>{{cite web |title=First-Class Matches played on Recreation Ground, Rangiora |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/2230_f.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref><ref name=LA>{{cite web |title=List A Matches played on Recreation Ground, Rangiora |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/2230_a.html |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=12 May 2025}}</ref>
Two Youth [[One Day International]]s have been played at Rangiora Recreation Ground, both in the [[2010 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup|2010 Under-19 World Cup]] when [[England Under-19 cricket team|England Under-19s]] played [[West Indies Under-19 cricket team|West Indies Under-19s]] and [[Australia Under-19 cricket team|Australia Under-19s]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/2230_uo.html|title=Youth One-Day International Matches played on Rangiora Recreation Ground, Rangiora|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 November 2011}}</ref> The ground has also been used a home venue for [[Canterbury Magicians|Canterbury Women]] in the [[State League]] since the 2006/07 season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/2230_wnz.html|title=Women's New Zealand Domestic League Matches played on Rangiora Recreation Ground, Rangiora|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2 November 2011}}</ref>
The [[Canterbury Country cricket team|Canterbury Country]] [[Hawke Cup]] team use Rangiora Recreation Ground as their home ground.<ref>{{cite web|title=Cricket@MainPower Oval|url=http://www.canterburycountrycricket.co.nz/cricket-mainpower-oval/mainpower-oval|website=Canterbury Country Cricket Association|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref> They successfully defended their title there against [[North Otago cricket team|North Otago]] in 2014–15.<ref>{{cite web|title=Canterbury Country v North Otago 2014–15|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/744/744502.html|website=CricketArchive|accessdate=8 December 2017}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/ground/339985.html Rangiora Recreation Ground] at [[ESPNcricinfo]] *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/21/2230.html Rangiora Recreation Ground] at CricketArchive
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