List of cricket grounds in South Africa

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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
Brackenfell Boland 1989–90 1994–95 13 2 0
Bredasdorp Boland 1992–93 1 0 0 Hosted one first-class game between Boland and Border in 1992.
Boland Park Paarl Boland 1994–95 2010–11 82 111 4 Hosted eight ODIs
Paarl Cricket Club Ground Paarl Boland 1994–95 1994–95 4 0 0
Robertson Boland 1990–91 1 0 0 Hosted one first-class match between Boland and Eastern Province in 1990.
Danie Craven Stadium Stellenbosch Boland 1987–88 1993–94 0 10 0
Stellenbosch Boland 1975–76 1990–91 36 14 0
Stellenbosch University Ground No. 1 Stellenbosch Boland 1978–79 2010–11 13 6 0
Stellenbosch Boland 2009–10 1 0 0
Vredenburg Park Vredenburg Boland 1993–94 0 1 0
Worcester Boland 1990–91 1993–94 3 0 0
Alice Border 2000–01 0 1 0 Referred to as "Place of Water".[1][2]
Buffalo Park East London Border 1988–89 2010–11 122 144 12 Hosted Test and ODI matches
East London Border 1947–48 1947–48 3 0 0 Hosted three of Border's Currie Cup matches in the 1947–48 season.
Jan Smuts Ground East London Border 1906–07 1987–88 152 18 0
East London Border 2004–05 2010–11 6 7 0
East London Border 1993–94 1993–94 1 1 0
Victoria Ground King William's Town Border 1903–04 1991–92 13 8 0
Queenstown Border 1992–93 1994–95 2 1 0
Queenstown Border 1906–07 1962–63 6 0 0
Cradock Eastern Province 1984–85 1990–91 2 1
Despatch Eastern Province 2009–10 0 1 0 Hosted one match in 2009 between Eastern Province and KZN Inland.
Graaff-Reinet Eastern Province 1991–92 0 1 0
Grahamstown Eastern Province 1985–86 1 0 0
Grahamstown Eastern Province 1924–25 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1925 between Eastern Province and SB Joel's XI.
Prospect Field at Rhodes University Grahamstown Eastern Province 1980–81 1993–94 3 1 0 No longer used for cricket.
Great Field at Rhodes University Grahamstown Eastern Province 1973–74 1977–78 2 0 0
Korsten, Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 2000–01 0 1 0
Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1971–72 1990–91 46 0 0
Gelvandale Stadium Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1975–76 1975–76 3 0 0
Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1979–80 2006–07 13 1 0
Pollock Field Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 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 Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1888–89 2010–11 343 215 30 Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
Union Ground, St George's Park Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1951–52 1986–87 8 0 0
University of Port Elizabeth No. 1 Ground Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1982–93 2009–10 15 4 0
Wolfson Stadium Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1987–88 1 0 0
Uitenhage Eastern Province 1981–82 1988–89 9 0 0
Port Elizabeth Eastern Province 1978–79 1988–89 4 0 0 Named after Dan Qeqe.
Benoni Easterns 1981–82 1982–83 2 0 0
Willowmoore Park Benoni Easterns 1923–24 2010–11 115 107 4 Hosted 18 ODIs.
Barnard Stadium Kempton Park Easterns 1989–90 0 1 0 Hosted one List A match in 1989 between Eastern Transvaal and Orange Free State.
Springs, South Africa Easterns 1937–38 1994–95 4 0 0
PAM Brink Stadium Springs, South Africa Easterns 1991–92 1995–96 16 20 0
Witbank Mpumalanga 1991–92 2006–07 3 6 0
Goble Park Bethlehem Free State 1929–30 1936–37 2 0 0 No longer used for cricket.
Nelspruit Mpumalanga 2006–07 1 0 0 No longer used for cricket.
Harmony Gold Mine Cricket Club 'A' Ground Virginia Free State 1986–87 1996–97 4 19 0 No longer used for cricket.
Virginia Free State 1957–58 1 0 0 Hosted one game in 1957 between Orange Free State and Griqualand West.
Welkom Free State 1980–81 1984–85 2 0 0
Welkom Mines Recreation Ground Welkom Free State 1954–55 1963–64 3 0 0
Springbok Park Bloemfontein Free State 1989–90 2010–11 133 162 22 Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
Ramblers Cricket Club Ground Bloemfontein Free State 1903–04 1985–86 146 16 0
Bloemfontein Free State 1976–77 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1976 between Orange Free State and a combined South African Universities team.
Bloemfontein Free State 1937–38 1939–40 5 0 0
Tokkie Park, Technikon Bloemfontein Free State 2004–05 2008–09 2 2 0
University of Orange Free State Ground Bloemfontein Free State 1986–87 2007–08 18 9 0
Alberton Gauteng 2009–10 2009–10 1 1 0
East Rand Proprietary Mine Ground Boksburg Gauteng 1913–14 1 0 0 Hosted one game in 1914 between a Transvaal XI and the MCC.
Dobsonville Gauteng 2007–08 2007–08 1 1 0 Named after Braam Fischer.
Ellis Park Johannesburg Gauteng 1946–47 1955–56 39 0 0 Hosted six Tests between 1948 and 1954. No longer used for cricket.
Johannesburg Gauteng 1982–83 1983–84 2 0 0 Hosted two matches between Transvaal 'B' and Orange Free State.
Jeppe Boys Cricket Club Ground Kensington Gauteng 1931–32 1 0 0
Lenasia Stadium Johannesburg Gauteng 1972–73 2006–07 43 2 0
Alberton Gauteng 1971–72 1972–73 3 0 0
New Wanderers No. 1 Oval Johannesburg Gauteng 1968–69 1991–92 8 0 0
New Wanderers No. 2 Oval Johannesburg Gauteng 2008–09 2008–09 0 8 0
New Wanderers No. 3 Oval Johannesburg Gauteng 1991–92 1991–92 2 0 0
New Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg Gauteng 1956–57 2010–11 344 265 45 Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
Johannesburg Gauteng 1977–78 1 0 0
Newlands (Johannesburg) Johannesburg Gauteng 1977–78 1983–84 12 0 0 Not to be confused with Newlands in Cape Town
Johannesburg Gauteng 1931–32 2009–10 4 2 0
Old Wanderers No. 2 Ground Johannesburg Gauteng 1896–97 1931–32 12 0 0
Old Wanderers No. 3 Ground Johannesburg Gauteng 1906–07 1931–32 8 0 0
Old Wanderers No. 4 Ground Johannesburg Gauteng 1906–07 1906–07 2 0 0
Old Wanderers Johannesburg Gauteng 1890–91 1945–46 113 0 0 Hosted 22 Tests before being replaced by the New Wanderers Stadium.
Orban Park Johannesburg Gauteng 2005–06 2010–11 5 5 0
Johannesburg Gauteng 1923–24 1923–24 2 0 0
Walter Milton Oval Johannesburg Gauteng 2005–06 2008–09 2 9 0
Gauteng 1994–95 2010–11 0 5 0 Named after De Beers chairman Nicky Oppenheimer.
Soweto Cricket Oval Soweto Gauteng 1995–96 2002–03 1 2 0
Stilfontein Gauteng 1963–64 1975–76 3 0 0
Vanderbijlpark Gauteng 2008–09 2008–09 0 5 0
Vereeniging Gauteng 1989–90 1990–91 2 2 0
Vereeniging Gauteng 1981–82 1 0 0
Vereeniging Gauteng 1965–66 1 0 0
Kimberley Griqualand West 1920–21 1926–27 14 0 0
Kimberley Griqualand West 1951–52 1951–52 2 0 0
De Beers Diamond Oval Kimberley Griqualand West 1973–74 2010–11 153 124 9 Hosted 10 ODIs and a Twenty20 International.
De Beers Stadium Kimberley Griqualand West 1927–28 1972–73 89 2 0 Not to be confused with De Beers Diamond Oval (see above).
Kimberley Griqualand West 1981–82 1 0 0
Kimberley Griqualand West 1889–90 1913–14 9 0 0
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1984–85 1 0 0
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1973–74 1973–74 9 0 0
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1984–85 1 0 0
Kingsmead Durban KwaZulu Natal 1922–23 2010–11 354 229 54 Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
Lord's Durban KwaZulu Natal 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.
Lord's No. 3 Ground Durban KwaZulu Natal 1910–11 1910–11 7 0 0
Lord's No. 4 Ground Durban KwaZulu Natal 1910–11 1910–11 7 0 0
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1997–98 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1997 between Natal 'B' and North West.
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1982–83 1989–90 6 0 0
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1928–29 1928–29 2 0 0
The Track Durban KwaZulu Natal 1928–29 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1928 between Natal and Border.
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1971–72 1990–91 17 0 0
Chatsworth Stadium Durban KwaZulu Natal 1979–80 2010–11 20 13 0
Durban KwaZulu Natal 1894–95 1905–06 3 0 0
Empangeni KwaZulu Natal 1989–90 2010–11 1 5 0
Estcourt KwaZulu Natal 1988–89 1 0 0
Ladysmith KwaZulu Natal 1970–71 1986–87 6 0 0
Newcastle KwaZulu Natal 1977–78 1985–86 4 0 0
City Oval Pietermaritzburg KZN Inland 1894–95 2010–11 71 33 0 Hosted two matches in the 2003 World Cup.
Jan Smuts Stadium Pietermaritzburg KZN Inland 1958–59 1995–96 44 14 0 Not to be confused with the Jan Smuts Ground in East London (see above).
Pietermaritzburg KZN Inland 1986–87 1988–89 5 0 0
Pietermaritzburg KZN Inland 1980–81 1981–82 2 0 0
Pinetown KwaZulu Natal 1973–74 1979–80 10 0 0
Tongaat KwaZulu Natal 1983–84 1984–85 3 0 0
Umzinto KwaZulu Natal 1973–74 1976–77 2 0 0
Moses Mabhida Stadium Durban KwaZulu Natal 2010–11 2 0 0 Hosted one Twenty20 International in 2011 between South Africa and India.
Modjadjiskloof Oval Modjadjiskloof Limpopo 2006–07 2006–07 4 4 0
Fochville North West 1994–95 1998–99 5 21 0
Absa Puk Oval Potchefstroom North West 1982–83 2008–09 7 14 0
Potchefstroom North West 1978–79 1998–99 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1979 between Transvaal and Western Province.
Senwes Park Potchefstroom North West 1994–95 2010–11 70 92 7 Hosted one Test match between South Africa and Bangladesh in 2002. Also hosted 16 ODIs.
Potchefstroom North West 1972–73 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1972 between Transvaal and a combined South African Universities team.
Witrand Cricket Field Potchefstroom North West 1991–92 2009–10 13 4 0
Olympia Park Rustenburg North West 2010–11 2010–11 1 1 0
Brakpan Northerns 1945–46 1946–47 2 0 0
Centurion Park Centurion Northerns 1986–87 2010–11 137 189 41 Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
Nelspruit Northerns 1988–89 0 1 0 Hosted one match between Northern Transvaal Country Districts and Transvaal in 1989.
Pietersburg 'A' Ground Polokwane (Pietersburg) Northerns 1982–83 1992–93 4 3 0
Berea Park Pretoria Northerns 1906–07 1993–94 124 20 0
Caledonian Stadium Pretoria Northerns 1951–52 1952–53 4 0 0
Pretoria Northerns 1995–96 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1995 between Northern Transvaal 'B' and Eastern Province 'B'.
Laudium Oval Pretoria Northerns 2001–02 2001–02 0 2 0
LC de Villiers Oval Pretoria Northerns 1997–98 2010–11 27 32 0
Loftus Versfeld Pretoria Northerns 1956–57 1959–60 6 0 0
Sinovich Park Pretoria Northerns 2006 1 0 0 Hosted one match in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup between Canada and The Netherlands.
TUT Oval Pretoria Northerns 1983–84 2005–06 2 15 0
Pretoria Northerns 1905–06 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1906 between a South African Army team and the MCC
Mossel Bay South Western Districts 1904–05 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1904 between South-West Districts and Western Province.
Recreation Ground Oudtshoorn South Western Districts 1989–90 2010–11 21 23 0
Cape Town Border 1893–94 1908–09 8 0 0
Newlands Cape Town Western Province 1893–94 1908–09 422 216 38 Hosted Test, ODI and Twenty20 International matches.
Goodwood Western Province 1993–94 2010–11 6 6 0
Bellville Western Province 1997–98 2008–09 4 1 0
Constantia Western Province 1976–77 1991–92 28 0 0
Athlone Western Province 1993–94 1 0 0 Hosted one match in 1993 between Western Province 'B' and Boland 'B'
Cape Town Western Province 1977–78 1981–82 5 0 0
Cape Town Western Province 1985–86 1991–92 6 0 0
Cape Town Western Province 2009–10 2009–10 2 1 0
Cape Town Western Province 1979–80 1984–85 10 0 0
Cape Town Western Province 1986–87 1989–90 8 0 0
Green Point Stadium Cape Town Western Province 1910–11 1988–89 20 13 0 Demolished in 2007.
Cape Town Western Province 1971–72 1973–74 4 0 0 Demolished in 2007.
Cape Town Western Province 2006–07 2006–07 1 1 0
Cape Town Western Province 1994–95 1 0 0
Cape Town Western Province 1975–76 1978–79 4 0 0
UCT Bowl Cape Town Western Province 2006–07 2008–09 5 6 0
University Oval Bellville Western Province 1990–91 2006–07 3 1 0
Cape Town Western Province 1977–78 1982–83 2 0 0
Wynberg Western Province 1971–72 1974–75 2 0 0
Mitchell's Plain Western Province 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.
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See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Home of CricketArchive".
  2. ^ http://www.slcricket.com/general-cricket-chat/10240-enter-ray-mali.html

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