Queens Sports Club Explained

Ground Name:Queens Sports Club
Nickname:QSC
Country:Zimbabwe
Location:Parkview, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Coordinates:-20.1451°N 28.5889°W
Establishment:1890
Seating Capacity:12,497
Owner:Bulawayo City Council
Tenants:Zimbabwe Cricket
Matabeleland Tuskers
End1:City End
End2:Airport End
International:true
Firsttestdate:20–24 October
Firsttestyear:1994
Firsttesthome:Zimbabwe
Firsttestaway:Sri Lanka
Lasttestdate:12–14 February
Lasttestyear:2023
Lasttesthome:Zimbabwe
Lasttestaway:West Indies
Firstodidate:15 December
Firstodiyear:1996
Firstodihome:Zimbabwe
Firstodiaway:England
Lastodidate:6 July
Lastodiyear:2023
Lastodihome:Scotland
Lastodiaway:Netherlands
Firstt20idate:11 May
Firstt20iyear:2013
Firstt20ihome:Zimbabwe
Firstt20iaway:Bangladesh
Lastt20idate:17 July
Lastt20iyear:2022
Lastt20ihome:Zimbabwe
Lastt20iaway:Netherlands
Firstwodidate:10 November
Firstwodiyear:2021
Firstwodihome:Zimbabwe
Firstwodiaway:Bangladesh
Lastwodidate:15 November
Lastwodiyear:2021
Lastwodihome:Zimbabwe
Lastwodiaway:Bangladesh
Year1:2009–present
Club1:Matabeleland Tuskers
Date:6 July
Year:2023
Source:http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59537.html ESPNcricinfo

Queens Sports Club Ground is a stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used primarily used for cricket matches. The stadium has a capacity of up to 13,000. The stadium is the home ground for the Matabeleland Tuskers, who are the current Logan Cup champions. The other cricket ground in Bulawayo is the Bulawayo Athletic Club.[1]

Queen's Sports Club is Zimbabwe's second ground, the first being the Harare Sports Club. It is situated close to the city center is one of international cricket's most picturesque venues, with an old pavilion surrounded by trees which give shade to spectators. Much of the ground consists of grass banking and its capacity of 13,000 is more than enough to cope with demand. Queens Sports Club became Zimbabwe's third Test venue in October 1994. The Zimbabwe national cricket team has had much success at this venue, beating teams like England, West Indies, Australia, Pakistan and the once weak Bangladesh. In recent times however it has been a stadium of horror for the locals, as it was at this venue where Zimbabwe lost to lower ranked Afghanistan.

During a Currie Cup match between Eastern Province and Rhodesia in 1954/55, the scorers' box became a mass of smoke and sparks after electrical equipment was struck by lightning.[2]

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  1. Heatley, pp. 190.
  2. Brodribb, Gerald, "Next Man In", Souvenir Press, London, 1995