Oakham School Ground
Oakham School is a cricket ground in Oakham, Rutland. Forming part of sports facilities of Oakham School, the ground dates from around 1821. First-class cricket was first played at Oakham School in the 1935 County Championship, with Leicestershire playing against Kent. Leicestershire used the ground as an outground on three more occasions prior to the Second World War. Following a gap of 62 years, first-class cricket returned to Oakham School in 2000, when Leicestershire played the 1999 County Champions Surrey. The ground has since been used intermittently as an outground for first-class matches by Leicestershire, with five matches played there since 2000. During the first decade of the 2000s, Leicestershire played nine List A one-day matches at the ground between 2001 and 2008, before returning after a ten-year gap when they played Lancashire in the 2018 Royal London One-Day Cup. In 2020, Leicestershire announced plans to revive the Oakham Cricket Festival and make it a permanent part of Leicestershire's county schedule.
Records
First-classHighest team total: 534 all out by Leicestershire v Derbyshire, 2004Lowest team total: 56 all out by Kent v Leicestershire, 1935Highest individual innings: 295* by Ali Brown for Surrey v Leicestershire, 2000Best bowling in an innings: 8–123 by Tich Freeman for Kent v Leicestershire, 1935Best bowling in a match: 11–106 by Frank Woolley, for Kent v Leicestershire, 1938List AHighest team total: 299 for 5 by Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, 2007Lowest team total: 137 all out by Leicestershire v Worcestershire, 2004Highest individual innings: 107 by Stephen Fleming for Nottinghamshire v Leicestershire, 2007Best bowling in an innings: 4–12 by Dinesh Mongia for Leicestershire v Somerset, 2005