Harare South Country Club Explained

Ground Name:	Harare South Country Club
Country:	Zimbabwe
Location:	Harare, Mashonaland, Zimbabwe
Establishment:	1981
Coord:	-18.0069°N 30.962°W
Club1:	Mashonaland Country Districts
Year1:	1993/94 - 1995/96
Club2:	Mashonaland
Year2:	1997/98
Date:	4 February
Year:	2022
Source:	http://www.cricinfo.com/england/content/ground/56743.html Ground profile

The Harare South Country Club is a country club to the south of Harare. Its facilities include a golf course and a cricket ground.^[1] The cricket ground has played host to first-class and List A one-day matches. It first hosted first-class cricket in 1987, when Zimbabwe B played Pakistan B. Following Zimbabwe's elevation to Test status in 1992, matches in the Logan Cup gained first-class status, with both Mashonaland Country Districts and Mashonaland using the ground for home matches;^[2] the ground also played host to List A matches for both Mashonaland Country Districts and Zimbabwe Country Districts, in addition to hosting three matches in the 2000 ICC Emerging Nations Tournament.^[3] First-class cricket has not been played there since 1997 and List A cricket has not been played there since 2001.

Records

First-class

• Highest team total: 600 for 6 declared by Sri Lankans v Mashonaland Country Districts, 1994–95^[4]
• Lowest team total: 123 all out by Mashonaland Country Districts v Matabeleland, 1994–95^[5]
• Highest individual innings: 202 by Aravinda de Silva for Sri Lankans v Mashonaland Country Districts, 1994–95^[6]
• Best bowling in an innings: 7-75 by Paul Strang for Mashonaland Country Districts v Mashonaland Under-24s, 1994–95^[7]
• Best bowling in a match: 9-141 by Bryan Strang for Mashonaland Country Districts v Mashonaland, 1995–96^[8]

List A

• Highest team total: 354 for 6 by South Africa v Zimbabwe Country Districts, 1995–96^[9]
• Lowest team total: 167 all out by Denmark v Netherlands, 1999–00^[10]
• Highest individual innings: 235 by Brian McMillan for South Africa v Zimbabwe Country Districts, 1995–96^[11]
• Best bowling in an innings: 5-26 by Dick Kramer for Netherlands v Denmark, 1999–00^[12]

See also

• List of cricket grounds in Zimbabwe

External links

-18.0069°N 30.962°W

Notes and References

1. Book: Maurel, Martine. Visitors' Guide to Zimbabwe. 1995. Southern Book Publishers. 88. 9781868126262. en.
2. Web site: First-Class Matches played on Harare South Country Club, Harare (10). CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
3. Web site: List A Matches played on Harare South Country Club, Harare (10). CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
4. Web site: Harare South Country Club, Harare - Highest Team Totals in first-class cricket. CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
5. Web site: Mashonaland Country Districts v Matabeleland, Logan Cup 1994/95. CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
6. Web site: Harare South Country Club, Harare - Centuries in first-class cricket. CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
7. Web site: Harare South Country Club, Harare - Seven Wickets in an Innings in first-class cricket. CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
8. Web site: Mashonaland Country Districts v Mashonaland, Logan Cup 1995/96. CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
9. Web site: Harare South Country Club, Harare - Highest Team Totals in List A matches. CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
10. Web site: Denmark v Scotland, ICC Emerging Nations Tournament 1999/00 . CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
11. Web site: Harare South Country Club, Harare - Centuries in List A matches . CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.
12. Web site: Harare South Country Club, Harare - Five Wickets in an Innings in List A matches . CricketArchive. 2022-02-04. subscription.