Ground information | |
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Location | Lilongwe, Malawi |
Coordinates | 13°59′31.20″S33°45′57.60″E / 13.9920000°S 33.7660000°E |
International information | |
First T20I | 6 November 2019: Malawi v Mozambique |
Last T20I | 7 November 2019: Malawi v Mozambique |
As of 7 November 2019 Source: Cricinfo |
The Lilongwe Golf Club is a multi-sports venue in Lilongwe, Malawi. [1] In November 2019, it was selected to host the first four matches of the 2019 Kwacha Cup, a Twenty20 International (T20I) cricket series between Malawi and Mozambique. [2]
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Lilongwe is the capital and most populated city of the African country of Malawi. It has a population of 989,318 as of the 2018 Census, up from a population of 674,448 in 2008. In 2020 that figure was 1,122,000. The city is located in the central region of Malawi, in the district of the same name, near the borders with Mozambique and Zambia, and it is an important economic and transportation hub for central Malawi. It is named after the Lilongwe River.
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