De Beers Diamond Oval

The De Beers Diamond Oval is a cricket stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 11,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home venue of both the VKB Knights, in the Sunfoil Series, and Northern Cape (formerly Griqualand West), in the CSA Provincial Competitions. Griqualand West left the old De Beers Stadium ahead of the 1973–74 season and have been resident at the Diamond Oval since then.[1]

Diamond Oval
De Beers Country Club
Ground information
LocationKimberley
End names
North End
South End
International information
First ODI7 April 1998:
 Pakistan v  Sri Lanka
Last ODI1 February 2023:
 South Africa v  England
Only T20I10 October 2010:
 South Africa v  Zimbabwe
First WODI8 October 2016:
 South Africa v  New Zealand
Last WODI11 May 2018:
 South Africa v  Bangladesh
Only WT20I17 May 2018:
 South Africa v  Bangladesh
Team information
Griqualand West (1973–2015)
VKB Knights (2004–)
Northern Cape (2015–)
As of 1 February 2023
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

The ground is in the Cassandra suburb of Kimberley at the junction of Lardner Burke Avenue with Dickenson Avenue. It is adjacent to the Kimberley Country Club and close to the De Beers company's technical training campus.[2]

International Centuries

As of February 2023 ten ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.[3]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInnsOpposing teamDateResult
1116*Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan1102 Sri Lanka7 April 1998Won
2101Gary Kirsten South Africa1072 New Zealand28 October 2000Won
3108*Herschelle Gibbs South Africa922 Sri Lanka4 December 2002Won
4119Chris Gayle West Indies1511 Kenya4 March 2003Won
5145*Kane Williamson New Zealand1361 South Africa22 January 2013Won
6110*Mushfiqur Rahim Bangladesh1161 South Africa15 October 2017Lost
7168*Quinton de Kock South Africa1452 Bangladesh15 October 2017Won
8110*Hashim Amla South Africa1122 Bangladesh15 October 2017Won
9118Dawid Malan England1141 South Africa1 February 2023Won
10131Jos Buttler England1271 South Africa1 February 2023Won

International five-wicket hauls

Six five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground, three in men's ODIs and two in women's ODIs.[4]

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Diamond Oval
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Mark Ealham30 January 2000 England Zimbabwe110155England won[5]
2Wasim Akram16 February 2003 Pakistan Namibia29285Pakistan won[6]
3Vasbert Drakes4 March 2003 West Indies Kenya210335West Indies won[7]
4Jofra Archer1 February 2023 England South Africa29.1406England won[8]
Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Diamond Oval
No. Bowler Date Team Opposing Team Inn O R W Result
1Morna Nielsen11 October 2016 New Zealand South Africa210395South Africa won[9]
2Holly Huddleston13 October 2016 New Zealand South Africa110255New Zealand won[10]

References
  1. "De Beers Stadium, Kimberley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
  2. "Diamond Oval, Kimberley". Google Maps. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  3. "Statistics - Statsguru - One-Day Internationals - Batting records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  4. Diamond Oval, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  5. 5th Match, Standard Bank Triangular Tournament at Kimberley, Jan 30 2000, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  6. 14th Match, ICC World Cup at Kimberley, Feb 16 2003, Cicinfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  7. 42nd Match, ICC World Cup at Kimberley, Mar 4 2003, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  8. 3rd ODI (D/N), Kimberley, February 01, 2023, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
  9. 2nd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Kimberley, Oct 11 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
  10. 3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Kimberley, Oct 13 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.

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