Queens Sports Club
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]
| Queens | |||
| Ground information | |||
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| Location | Parkview, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe | ||
| Coordinates | 20°08′42.39″S 28°35′20.20″E | ||
| Establishment | 1890 | ||
| Capacity | 12,497 | ||
| Owner | Bulawayo City Council | ||
| Tenants | Zimbabwe Cricket Matabeleland Tuskers | ||
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| City End Airport End | |||
| International information | |||
| First Test | 20–24 October 1994: Zimbabwe v  Sri Lanka | ||
| Last Test | 12–14 February 2023: Zimbabwe v  West Indies | ||
| First ODI | 15 December 1996: Zimbabwe v  England | ||
| Last ODI | 6 July 2023: Scotland v  Netherlands | ||
| First T20I | 11 May 2013: Zimbabwe v  Bangladesh | ||
| Last T20I | 17 July 2022: Zimbabwe v Netherlands | ||
| First WODI | 10 November 2021: Zimbabwe v Bangladesh | ||
| Last WODI | 15 November 2021: Zimbabwe v Bangladesh | ||
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| As of 6 July 2023 Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||
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]
See also
Notes
- Heatley, pp. 190.
- Brodribb, Gerald, "Next Man In", Souvenir Press, London, 1995
References
- Heatley, Michael (2009). World Cricket Grounds: A Panoramic Vision. Compendium. ISBN 978-1-905573-01-1.