Country Club, Harare

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Country Club, formerly known as the Interfin High Performance Academy, is a cricket ground based in Harare.

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It has been the home ground to some powerful teams in the Zimbabwean domestic circuit, such as the Takashinga Cricket Club, the CFX Academy cricket team. [1] [2] It is also home to the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy, part of the infrastructure burned by Mark Vermeulen in 2006. [3] So far, a total of 22 first class matches, [4] 34 List A matches, [5] and seven Twenty20 matches, [6] have been played in this stadium.

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References

  1. Ground Page Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 January 2012
  2. Ground Page CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012
  3. Venues in Zimbabwe BRMTaylor. Retrieved 1 January 2012
  4. FIRST-CLASS MATCHES PLAYED ON COUNTRY CLUB, HARARE (22) CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012
  5. LIST A MATCHES PLAYED ON COUNTRY CLUB, HARARE (34) CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012
  6. TWENTY20 MATCHES PLAYED ON COUNTRY CLUB, HARARE (7) CricketArchive. Retrieved 1 January 2012
  7. Faithwear Inter-Provincial One-Day Series 2008-09 BRMTaylor. Retrieved 1 January 2012

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