Queens Sports Club

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Queens Sports Club
QSC
Ground information
LocationParkview, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
Coordinates 20°08′42.39″S28°35′20.20″E / 20.1451083°S 28.5889444°E / -20.1451083; 28.5889444
Establishment1890
Capacity12,497
OwnerBulawayo City Council
Tenants Zimbabwe Cricket
Matabeleland Tuskers
End names
City End
Airport End
International information
First Test20–24 October 1994:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Last Test6–8 July 2025:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
First ODI15 December 1996:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of England.svg  England
Last ODI28 November 2024:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
First T20I11 May 2013:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Last T20I05 December 2024:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
First WODI10 November 2021:
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe v Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh
Last WODI15 November 2021:
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Team information
Matabeleland Tuskers (2009–present)
As of 21 December 2024
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Queens Sports Club Ground is a stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used primarily used for cricket matches. The stadium has a capacity of up to 13,000. The stadium is the home ground for the Matabeleland Tuskers, who are the current Logan Cup champions. The other cricket ground in Bulawayo is the Bulawayo Athletic Club. [1]

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Queen's Sports Club is Zimbabwe's second ground, the first being the Harare Sports Club. It is situated close to the city center is one of international cricket's most picturesque venues, with an old pavilion surrounded by trees which give shade to spectators. Much of the ground consists of grass banking and its capacity of 13,000 is more than enough to cope with demand. Queens Sports Club became Zimbabwe's third Test venue in October 1994. The Zimbabwe national cricket team has had much success at this venue, beating teams like England, West Indies, Australia, Pakistan and the once weak Bangladesh. In recent times however it has been a stadium of horror for the locals, as it was at this venue where Zimbabwe lost to lower ranked Afghanistan.

During a Currie Cup match between Eastern Province and Rhodesia in 1954/55, the scorers' box became a mass of smoke and sparks after electrical equipment was struck by lightning. [2]

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Notes

  1. Heatley, pp. 190.
  2. Brodribb, Gerald, "Next Man In", Souvenir Press, London, 1995

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