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Antigua Recreation Ground is the national stadium of Antigua and Barbuda. It is located in St. John's, on the island of Antigua. The ground has been used by the West Indies cricket team and Antigua and Barbuda national football team. It had Test cricket status. It was also known as the Old Recreation Ground, or the Old Rec.A number of great cricketers, including Andy Roberts and Richie Richardson, began their first-class careers there.One of Antigua's most famous sons, Viv Richards, scored the fastest Test match century off 56 ballsagainst England in the "Blackwash" series of 1986 at the Recreation Ground.