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Location | Toowoomba, Australia | ||
Establishment | 1972 (first recorded match) | ||
Capacity | 10,000 | ||
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As of 21 October 2011 Source: Ground profile |
Southern Cross Reserve is a cricket and Australian Rules ground in the suburb of Mount Lofty, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. The first recorded match on the ground came in 1972 when Toowoomba played Queensland. [1] It held its only first-class match in 1994 when Queensland played an England XI side, [2] with the match ending in a victory by 37 runs for the England XI. [3] The ground later held a Twenty20 match in the 2006–07 Big Bash when Queensland played Victoria, [4] with Queensland winning by 38 runs. [5]
A Youth Test match was held there in 1997 when Australia Under-19s played Pakistan Under-19s. [6]
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