De Beers Diamond Oval

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Diamond Oval
De Beers Country Club
Ground information
Location Kimberley
End names
North End
South End
International information
First ODI7 April 1998:
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Last ODI1 February 2023:
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa v Flag of England.svg  England
Only T20I10 October 2010:
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa v Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
First WODI8 October 2016:
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa v Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Last WODI13 April 2024:
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First WT20I17 May 2018:
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Last WT20I8 December 2023:
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Team information
Griqualand West (1973–2015)
VKB Knights (2004–)
Northern Cape (2015–)
As of 13 April 2024
Source: ESPN Cricinfo

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]

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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 Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 1102Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 7 April 1998Won
2101 Gary Kirsten Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1072Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 28 October 2000Won
3108* Herschelle Gibbs Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 922Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 4 December 2002Won
4119 Chris Gayle WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies 1511Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 4 March 2003Won
5145* Kane Williamson Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 1361Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 22 January 2013Won
6110* Mushfiqur Rahim Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 1161Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 15 October 2017Lost
7168* Quinton de Kock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1452Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 15 October 2017Won
8110* Hashim Amla Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1122Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 15 October 2017Won
9118 Dawid Malan Flag of England.svg  England 1141Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1 February 2023Won
10131 Jos Buttler Flag of England.svg  England 1271Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1 February 2023Won

International five-wicket hauls

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

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Diamond Oval
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Mark Ealham 30 January 2000Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 110155England won [5]
2 Wasim Akram 16 February 2003Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 29285Pakistan won [6]
3 Vasbert Drakes 4 March 2003WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 210335West Indies won [7]
4 Jofra Archer 1 February 2023Flag of England.svg  England Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 29.1406England won [8]
Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Diamond Oval
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1 Morna Nielsen 11 October 2016Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 210395South Africa won [9]
2 Holly Huddleston 13 October 2016Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 110255New 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, CricInfo. 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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