Triangle Country Club Ground

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Triangle Country Club
Ground information
Location Triangle, Masvingo, Zimbabwe
Coordinates 21°01′57″S31°26′51″E / 21.0324°S 31.4475°E / -21.0324; 31.4475
Establishmentc. 1979
Team information
Southern Rocks (2012/13)
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B (1979/80)
As of 25 March 2014
Source: Ground profile

Triangle Country Club is a cricket ground in Triangle, Masvingo, Zimbabwe attached to a larger sporting complex. The first major recorded match was a first-class fixture between Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B and Border in the 1979/80 Castle Bowl, [1] which ended in a draw. [2] For the next thirty-four years the ground held no further major matches, until 2013 when the Southern Rocks were due to play the Mountaineers in a List A match in the 2012/13 Zimbabwe Domestic One-Day Competition, [3] however this match was abandoned. [4] In that same season the Southern Rocks were also due to play a single Twenty20 match there in the Domestic Twenty20 Competition, [5] however this match too was abandoned. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "First-Class Matches played on Triangle Country Club, Triangle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Zimbabwe-Rhodesia B v Border, 1979/80 Castle Bowl". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  3. ↑ "List A Matches played on Triangle Country Club, Triangle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  4. ↑ "Southern Rocks v Mountaineers, 2012/13 Zimbabwe Domestic One-Day Competition". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  5. ↑ "Twenty20 Matches played on Triangle Country Club, Triangle". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
  6. ↑ "Southern Rocks v Mountaineers, 2012/13 Zimbabwe Domestic Twenty20 Competition". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 March 2014.