Trans Namib Ground

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Trans Namib Ground
Centre for Cricket Development Ground
Ground information
Location Windhoek, Namibia
Coordinates 22°35′35″S17°02′10″E / 22.593°S 17.036°E / -22.593; 17.036
Establishment1998 (first recorded match)
International information
First WT20I20 April 2022:
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia v Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe
Last WT20I26 April 2022:
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia v Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  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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References

  1. "Other matches played on Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  2. "List A Matches played on Trans Namib Ground, Windhoek". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 September 2011.