Cricket in the Phoenix Park

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here are three cricket clubs who have their home ground in the Phoenix Park.

The most famous is The Phoenix Cricket Club.

The other two clubs are:

The Civil Service and

The Garda Cricket club.

All of these grounds are situated on the main road opposite the Polo grounds. The Phoenix Cricket Clubhouse was a bomb shelter in the Second World War. It was hit by a bomb. It is a protected building and it isn't allowed to be demolished. The clubs were only allowed to renovate the building a few years ago.

Cricket is a bat ball game played in teams of eleven. The batting side try to score runs by hitting the ball and running between the wickets.

The fielding side try to get the batting side out.