Sport in Cardiff from Cardiff Arms Park in 1966. The club, which has over 7000 members, also runs the Welsh Cricket Academy. The Sophia Gardens stadium underwent a multimillion-pound improvement since being selected to host the first ‘England’ v Australia Test Match of the 2009 Ashes series. As well as running club sides, three South Wales universities—Cardiff University, UWIC and the (Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf based) University of Glamorgan— formed the Cardiff/Glamorgan Centre of Cricketing Excellence, one of six Centres of Cricketing Excellence established by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in October 2000. The centres are aimed at male students with
Indian cricket team in England in 1982 Indian cricket team in England in 1982 The Indian cricket team toured England from 5 May to 13 July 1982 for two One Day Internationals (ODIs) as part of the Prudential Trophy, and a three-match Test series. England beat India in both the ODIs. Allan Lamb, who made his ODI debut for England in the series, and scored 134 runs, was named the player of the series along with India's Kapil Dev, who scored 102 runs in the two games. In the Test series that followed, England beat India 1–0. Dev was named the player of the series, having scored