Centre for Cricket Development Ground | |
Ground information | |
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Location | Windhoek, Namibia |
Coordinates | 22°35′35″S17°02′10″E / 22.593°S 17.036°E |
Establishment | 1998 (first recorded match) |
International information | |
First WT20I | 20 April 2022: Namibia v Zimbabwe |
Last WT20I | 26 April 2022: Namibia v Zimbabwe |
As of 26 April 2022 Source: Ground profile |
Trans Namib Ground (also known as the Centre for Cricket Development Ground) is a cricket ground in Windhoek, Namibia. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1998 when a Windhoek Select XI played Denmark. [1]
The ground held its first List A match in the 2001/02 6 Nations Challenge when Canada played the Netherlands. To date the ground has held 11 List A matches, the last of which saw Argentina play Uganda in the 2007 ICC World Cricket League Division Two. [2]
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