Sunrise Sports Club

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Sunrise Sports Club
Ground information
Location Harare
Coordinates 17°50′38″S31°01′00″E / 17.8438°S 31.0168°E / -17.8438; 31.0168
Establishment1998 (first recorded match)
Team information
Mashonaland (1998/99)
As of 17 February 2013
Source: Ground profile

Sunrise Sports Club is a cricket ground in Harare, Zimbabwe. The ground is bordered to the north and east by housing and to the west and south by open ground. First-class cricket was first played there in August 1998 when the Zimbabwe Cricket Union President's XI played the South Africa Academy, resulting in a six wicket victory for the President's XI. [1] In October of that same year the ground held a second first-class fixture, with the President's XI playing the touring Indians, which the tourists won by an innings and 71 runs. [1] The ground was scheduled to host a first-class match the following season in the 1998–99 Logan Cup between Mashonaland and Mashonaland A, however the match was abandoned without a ball bowled. [1] India later played a one-day warm-up match at the ground against Zimbabwe A during their 2001 tour. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "First-Class Matches played on Sunrise Sports Club, Harare". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
  2. Ward, John (22 June 2001). "Indians not stretched by Zimbabwe A". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 February 2013.

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