List of cricket grounds in South Africa explained

This is a list of cricket grounds in South Africa. The list includes all grounds that have been used for Test, One Day International, Twenty20 International, first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket matches. Grounds that have hosted men's international cricket games are listed in bold.

List of cricket grounds

Ground Name	Location	Team	First Used	Last Used	First-Class Games	List A Games	Twenty20 Games	Notes
			1989–90	1994–95	13	2	0
			1992–93		1	0	0	Hosted one first-class game between Boland and Border in 1992.
Boland Park			1994–95	2010–11	82	111	4	Hosted eight ODIs
			1994–95	1994–95	4	0	0
			1990–91		1	0	0	Hosted one first-class match between Boland and Eastern Province in 1990.
			1987–88	1993–94	0	10	0
			1975–76	1990–91	36	14	0
			1978–79	2010–11	13	6	0
			2009–10		1	0	0
			1993–94		0	1	0
			1990–91	1993–94	3	0	0
			2000–01		0	1	0	Referred to as "Place of Water".^[1] ^[2]
Buffalo Park			1988–89	2010–11	122	144	12	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
			1947–48	1947–48	3	0	0	Hosted three of Border's Currie Cup matches in the 1947–48 season.
			1906–07	1987–88	152	18	0
			2004–05	2010–11	6	7	0
			1993–94	1993–94	1	1	0
			1903–04	1991–92	13	8	0
			1992–93	1994–95	2	1	0
			1906–07	1962–63	6	0	0
			1984–85	1990–91	2	1
			2009–10		0	1	0	Hosted one match in 2009 between Eastern Province and KZN Inland.
			1991–92		0	1	0
			1985–86		1	0	0
			1924–25		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1925 between Eastern Province and SB Joel's XI.
			1980–81	1993–94	3	1	0	No longer used for cricket.
			1973–74	1977–78	2	0	0
			2000–01		0	1	0
			1971–72	1990–91	46	0	0
			1975–76	1975–76	3	0	0
			1979–80	2006–07	13	1	0
			1994–95	2006–07	3	2	0	Name after the cricketers Peter and Graeme Pollock, notable alumni of Grey High School
St George's Park			1888–89	2010–11	343	215	30	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
			1951–52	1986–87	8	0	0
			1982–93	2009–10	15	4	0
			1987–88		1	0	0
			1981–82	1988–89	9	0	0
			1978–79	1988–89	4	0	0	Named after Dan Qeqe.
			1981–82	1982–83	2	0	0
Willowmoore Park			1923–24	2010–11	115	107	4	Hosted 18 ODIs.
			1989–90		0	1	0	Hosted one List A match in 1989 between Eastern Transvaal and Orange Free State.
			1937–38	1994–95	4	0	0
			1991–92	1995–96	16	20	0
			1991–92	2006–07	3	6	0
			1929–30	1936–37	2	0	0	No longer used for cricket.
			2006–07		1	0	0	No longer used for cricket.
			1986–87	1996–97	4	19	0	No longer used for cricket.
			1957–58		1	0	0	Hosted one game in 1957 between Orange Free State and Griqualand West.
			1980–81	1984–85	2	0	0
			1954–55	1963–64	3	0	0
Springbok Park			1989–90	2010–11	133	162	22	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
			1903–04	1985–86	146	16	0
			1976–77		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1976 between Orange Free State and a combined South African Universities team.
			1937–38	1939–40	5	0	0
			2004–05	2008–09	2	2	0
			1986–87	2007–08	18	9	0
			2009–10	2009–10	1	1	0
			1913–14		1	0	0	Hosted one game in 1914 between a Transvaal XI and the MCC.
			2007–08	2007–08	1	1	0	Named after Braam Fischer.
Ellis Park			1946–47	1955–56	39	0	0	Hosted six Tests between 1948 and 1954. No longer used for cricket.
			1982–83	1983–84	2	0	0	Hosted two matches between Transvaal 'B' and Orange Free State.
			1931–32		1	0	0
			1972–73	2006–07	43	2	0
			1971–72	1972–73	3	0	0
			1968–69	1991–92	8	0	0
			2008–09	2008–09	0	8	0
			1991–92	1991–92	2	0	0
New Wanderers Stadium			1956–57	2010–11	344	265	45	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
			1977–78		1	0	0
			1977–78	1983–84	12	0	0	Not to be confused with Newlands in Cape Town
			1931–32	2009–10	4	2	0
			1896–97	1931–32	12	0	0
			1906–07	1931–32	8	0	0
			1906–07	1906–07	2	0	0
Old Wanderers			1890–91	1945–46	113	0	0	Hosted 22 Tests before being replaced by the New Wanderers Stadium.
			2005–06	2010–11	5	5	0
			1923–24	1923–24	2	0	0
			2005–06	2008–09	2	9	0
			1994–95	2010–11	0	5	0	Named after De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer.
			1995–96	2002–03	1	2	0
			1963–64	1975–76	3	0	0
			2008–09	2008–09	0	5	0
			1989–90	1990–91	2	2	0
			1981–82		1	0	0
			1965–66		1	0	0
			1920–21	1926–27	14	0	0
			1951–52	1951–52	2	0	0
De Beers Diamond Oval			1973–74	2010–11	153	124	9	Hosted 10 ODIs and a Twenty20 International.
			1927–28	1972–73	89	2	0	Not to be confused with De Beers Diamond Oval (see above).
			1981–82		1	0	0
			1889–90	1913–14	9	0	0
			1984–85		1	0	0
			1973–74	1973–74	9	0	0
			1984–85		1	0	0
Kingsmead			1922–23	2010–11	354	229	54	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
Lord's			1897–98	1921–22	22	0	0	Hosted four Test matches between 1910 and 1921. Replaced by Kingsmead (see above) as Durban's Test venue.
			1910–11	1910–11	7	0	0
			1910–11	1910–11	7	0	0
			1997–98		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1997 between Natal 'B' and North West.
			1982–83	1989–90	6	0	0
			1928–29	1928–29	2	0	0
			1928–29		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1928 between Natal and Border.
			1971–72	1990–91	17	0	0
			1979–80	2010–11	20	13	0
			1894–95	1905–06	3	0	0
			1989–90	2010–11	1	5	0
			1988–89		1	0	0
			1970–71	1986–87	6	0	0
			1977–78	1985–86	4	0	0
City Oval			1894–95	2010–11	71	33	0	Hosted two matches in the 2003 World Cup.
			1958–59	1995–96	44	14	0	Not to be confused with the Jan Smuts Ground in East London (see above).
			1986–87	1988–89	5	0	0
			1980–81	1981–82	2	0	0
			1973–74	1979–80	10	0	0
			1983–84	1984–85	3	0	0
			1973–74	1976–77	2	0	0
Moses Mabhida Stadium			2010–11		2	0	0	Hosted one Twenty20 International in 2011 between South Africa and India.
			2006–07	2006–07	4	4	0
			1994–95	1998–99	5	21	0
			1982–83	2008–09	7	14	0
			1978–79	1998–99	1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1979 between Transvaal and Western Province.
Senwes Park			1994–95	2010–11	70	92	7	Hosted one Test match between South Africa and Bangladesh in 2002. Also hosted 16 ODIs.
			1972–73		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1972 between Transvaal and a combined South African Universities team.
			1991–92	2009–10	13	4	0
			2010–11	2010–11	1	1	0
			1945–46	1946–47	2	0	0
Centurion Park			1986–87	2010–11	137	189	41	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
			1988–89		0	1	0	Hosted one match between Northern Transvaal Country Districts and Transvaal in 1989.
			1982–83	1992–93	4	3	0
			1906–07	1993–94	124	20	0
			1951–52	1952–53	4	0	0
			1995–96		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1995 between Northern Transvaal 'B' and Eastern Province 'B'.
			2001–02	2001–02	0	2	0
			1997–98	2010–11	27	32	0
			1956–57	1959–60	6	0	0
			2006		1	0	0	Hosted one match in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup between Canada and The Netherlands.
			1983–84	2005–06	2	15	0
			1905–06		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1906 between a South African Army team and the MCC
			1904–05		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1904 between South-West Districts and Western Province.
			1989–90	2010–11	21	23	0
			1893–94	1908–09	8	0	0
Newlands			1893–94	1908–09	422	216	38	Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
			1993–94	2010–11	6	6	0
			1997–98	2008–09	4	1	0
			1976–77	1991–92	28	0	0
			1993–94		1	0	0	Hosted one match in 1993 between Western Province 'B' and Boland 'B'
			1977–78	1981–82	5	0	0
			1985–86	1991–92	6	0	0
			2009–10	2009–10	2	1	0
			1979–80	1984–85	10	0	0
			1986–87	1989–90	8	0	0
			1910–11	1988–89	20	13	0	Demolished in 2007.
			1971–72	1973–74	4	0	0	Demolished in 2007.
			2006–07	2006–07	1	1	0
			1994–95		1	0	0
			1975–76	1978–79	4	0	0
			2006–07	2008–09	5	6	0
			1990–91	2006–07	3	1	0
			1977–78	1982–83	2	0	0
			1971–72	1974–75	2	0	0
			1982–83	1983–84	2	0	0

• First used and last used refer to the season in which the ground hosted its first and last game. If only one game was played at the ground, only the first used date is given.
• Team refers to the

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds – Full international list
• List of stadiums in South Africa

External links

• Grounds in South Africa – CricketArchive
• South Africa Grounds – ESPN Cricinfo
• HowSTAT! Grounds List

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Home of CricketArchive.
2. Web site: Enter: Ray Mali . slcricket.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100906033950/http://www.slcricket.com/general-cricket-chat/10240-enter-ray-mali.html . 2010-09-06.