{{Short description|Cricket ground in Kenya}} {{EngvarB|date=March 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2014}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground | nickname = | country = Kenya | image = | location = [[Nairobi]], Kenya | establishment = 1934 | seating_capacity = | end1 = Park Road | end2 = Eastleigh | year1 = 2009–2010 | club1 = [[Kenya national women's cricket team|Kenya Women]] | year2 = 2003–2004 | club2 = [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]] | date = 18 October | year = 2011 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/16/1911.html Ground profile }}
'''Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground''' is a [[cricket]] ground in [[Nairobi]], Kenya.
The first recorded match at the ground took place in 1994, when Young Kenya played [[Bangladesh national cricket team|Bangladesh]] in a warm-up match for the [[1994 ICC Trophy|ICC Trophy]], which Kenya was hosting.<ref name="OTH">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/16/1911_misc.html|title=Other matches played on Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref> During the Trophy itself, the ground was the venue for seven matches, involving various national teams.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/16/1911_icct.html|title=ICC Trophy Matches played on Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground, Nairobi|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>
In 2003, the ground held its first [[List A cricket|List A]] matches when [[Kenya national cricket team|Kenya]] played [[Sri Lanka A cricket team|Sri Lanka A]] in a two-match series. The following year, the third List A match was held there, when Kenya played [[Pakistan A cricket team|Pakistan A]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/16/1911_a.html|title=List A Matches played on Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref> As part of the series with Pakistan A, a [[first-class cricket|first-class]] match was also played between the sides, which resulted in a drawn match.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/16/1911_f.html|title=First-Class Matches played on Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref> In addition, the ground has played host to [[Kenya national women's cricket team|Kenya Women]].<ref name="OTH"/>
The ground is owned by the Sir Ali Muslim Club, a club founded in 1934 by the local [[Muslim]] community, which consisted mostly of people from across the [[Indian subcontinent]]. Besides cricket, the club offers [[association football|football]], [[field hockey|hockey]], tennis, [[squash (sport)|squash]] and volleyball.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siraliclub.com|title=Sir Ali Muslim Club|publisher=www.siraliclub.com|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>
The club is named in honour of the wealthy administrator, ''the Hon.'' Sir [[Ali bin Salim]], K.B.E., C.M.G., who helped to fund and provide advice to the club. Sir Ali was a provincial governor on [[Swahili coast|Swahili]] Coast of the British East Africa Protectorate, during the condominium between the Sultan of [[Zanzibar]] and the British and, later, an official Member of the Legislative Council [MLC].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siraliclub.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=77&Itemid=2|title=An Historic Beginning|publisher=www.siraliclub.com|accessdate=18 October 2011}}</ref>
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==External links== * [http://www.siraliclub.com Sir Ali Muslim Club] * [http://www.espncricinfo.com/kenya/content/ground/58662.html Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground] at [[ESPNcricinfo]] * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/16/1911.html Sir Ali Muslim Club Ground] at CricketArchive
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