Old Hararians

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Old Hararians Sports Club
Ground information
Location Harare, Zimbabwe
Coordinates 17°48′53.49″S31°01′38.49″E / 17.8148583°S 31.0273583°E / -17.8148583; 31.0273583
Owner Zimbabwe Cricket
OperatorZimbabwe Cricket
Tenants Zimbabwe
Mashonaland cricket team
Rising Stars
International information
First ODI6 March 2018:
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates v WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
Last ODI20 March 2018:
Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan v Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
First WT20I5 May 2019:
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone v Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
Last WT20I11 May 2019:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
As of 3 September 2020
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Old Hararians Sports Club is a sports club and multi-purpose stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe. [1] The ground is also known as Old Hararians 'B' Field, it is mostly used for cricket matches, and has served as the cricket venue in Zimbabwe since its foundation.

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The venue

The 'A' field adjoining the main 'B' field hosted one first-class cricket match in March 1950, when Rhodesia played Transvaal. [2] The ground played host to an ICC Emerging Nations Tournament conducted by the International Cricket Council in 2000 and played host to five matches. [3]

The ground underwent renovation ahead of the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The revamps were done to make the ground suitable for hosting international matches. [4]

At the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, during the playoff matches, Nepal gained One Day International (ODI) status following their match at the ground. [5] On 17 March 2018, the ninth place playoff match between Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier became the 4,000th ODI match to be played. [6]

International centuries

One Day International centuries

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1123 Chris Gayle WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 6 March 2018Won
2127 Shimron Hetmyer WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates Won
3112* Rameez Shahzad Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Lost
4126 Paul Stirling Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 12 March 2018Won

Five-wicket hauls

One Day Internationals

Three five wicket hauls in One-Day Internationals have been taken at the venue. [7]

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconResult
1 Jason Holder 6 March 2018WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 2105355.30Won
2 Carlos Brathwaite 8 March 2018WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg  Papua New Guinea 1102752.70Won
3 Rashid Khan 20 March 2018Flag of Afghanistan (2004-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates 194154.55Won

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