Maple Leaf Cricket Club

The Maple Leaf Cricket Club is a cricket club in King City, Ontario, Canada, about 30 kilometres north of Toronto, Ontario. It was established in 1954^[1] and operates a turf wicket facility. In 2006, it became the second ground in Canada to be approved to host One Day Internationals (ODI) by the International Cricket Council.^[2][3]

Maple Leaf Cricket Club

Ground information
Location	King City, Ontario
Establishment	1954
Capacity	7,000
End names
Northern End Southern End
International information
First ODI	28 June 2008:  Canada v  Bermuda
Last ODI	29 August 2013:  Canada v  Netherlands
First T20I	10 October 2008:  Sri Lanka v  Zimbabwe
Last T20I	13 October 2008:  Pakistan v  Sri Lanka
As of 11 July 2022 Source: Maple Leaf (North-West Ground)

The facility has 5 cricket grounds. The North-West ground is the most important, and ODIs and Twenty20 Internationals have been played at this ground since the 2008 season.^[4] The Maple Leaf Cricket Club has become the primary cricket venue in Canada, assuming the role from the Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club.^{[citation needed]}

The facility has hosted major events including games in the 2001 ICC Trophy, two first-class matches in the 2006 ICC Intercontinental Cup, several games in the ICC Americas Championship tournaments of 2000 and 2006, and the 2008 Quadrangular Twenty20 Series.

It was the venue for all the matches in the inaugural edition of the Global T20 Canada tournament.^[5]