City Oval

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City Oval
Alexandra Park
Pietermaritzburg Oval
CityOval Pietermaritzburg.jpg
Ground information
Location Pietermaritzburg
Coordinates 29°36′37.17″S30°22′50.97″E / 29.6103250°S 30.3808250°E / -29.6103250; 30.3808250
Establishment1888
Capacity12,000
End names
Duzi End
Hulett End
International information
First ODI12 February 2003:
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh v Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Last ODI23 February 2003:
Flag of India.svg  India v Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia
First WT20I18 May 2019:
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Last WT20I19 May 2019:
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Team information
KwaZulu-Natal
KwaZulu-Natal Inland
As of 7 September 2020
Source: cricinfo

City Oval (formerly Alexandra Park [1] and sometimes called the Pietermaritzburg Oval), [2] is a multi-purpose stadium in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. The 12,000 capacity stadium is currently used predominantly for cricket matches, with the ground being used by KwaZulu-Natal Inland men's and women's teams, KwaZulu-Natal and Dolphins (who also play at Kingsmead, Durban), [3] [4] and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. It is one of only three first-class cricket grounds in the world to have a tree within the boundary ropes (the others being St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, United Kingdom [5] [6] and VRA Cricket Ground in Amstelveen, Netherlands), [7] and any cricketer that scores a century or takes a five-wicket haul in a match at the City Oval gets to plant a tree at the ground. [8] The City Oval Pavilion is based on the design of Queen's Park cricket ground in Chesterfield, United Kingdom. [9]

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History

The City Oval, then known as Alexandra Park, hosted its first first-class cricket match in 1894/95. [10] Between 1895 and 1957, the City Oval hosted 9 first-class matches between Natal and Marylebone Cricket Club. [11]

The ground has been used to host many matches between South African A sides and touring cricket teams. [1] First class matches were also played between Natal and Australians touring team in 1950 and 1958. [11] In 2000, the City Oval hosted a List A match between Bangladesh and the South African Board President's XI; Charl Langeveldt took 5/7 as Bangladesh were bowled out for 51, and lost the match by 10 wickets. [1] [12] South Africa A have additionally played List A matches at the City Oval against Australia A in 2002/03 and Sri Lanka A in 2008/09. [13] In July 2015, City Oval hosted three youth ODIs between South Africa U-19 team and Bangladesh U-19 team; South Africa U-19 won 2 matches, and Bangladesh U-19 won one match. [14]

In December 2015, the ground hosted a warmup match between South Africa A and England, which England won by an innings and 91 runs; Alastair Cook and Joe Root both hit centuries, and Moeen Ali took 6/77 in the second innings. [15] [16]

2003 Cricket World Cup

The City Oval has hosted two One Day International (ODI) matches, both of them in the 2003 Cricket World Cup. [17] [18]

Prior to the World Cup, the ground was renovated, with the introduction of the Jubilee Stand, named to commemorate Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee in 1897. [19]

The first ODI at the ground was played between Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. In the first over of the match, Sri Lankan Chaminda Vaas took 4 wickets, including a hat-trick with the first three balls of the match, the first time this had occurred in international cricket. [8] Vaas' wickets were Hannan Sarkar bowled off the first ball, Mohammed Ashraful caught and bowled off the second ball, Ehsanul Haque was caught by Mahela Jayawardene at slip off the third ball, and Sanwar Hossain off the fifth ball, making the score 5/4 from 1 over. [20] [21] He finished with figures of 6/25 from 9.1 overs with 2 maidens, as Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh by 10 wickets. [20] [1]

The second ODI was between India and Namibia; Indian batsmen Sachin Tendulkar and Sourav Ganguly scored a 244 run partnership for the second wicket, the seventh highest partnership at the Cricket World Cup as of 2016. Ganguly made 112 from 119 balls, and Tendulkar made 152 runs from 151 balls, his highest score in World Cup matches. [22] India scored 311 runs, eventually winning the match by 181 runs. [23] Tendulkar was awarded the man of the match award. [24]

International centuries

Two ODI centuries have been scored at the venue. [25]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1152 Sachin Tendulkar Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 23 February 2003Won
2112* Saurav Ganguly Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 23 February 2003Won

Five-wicket hauls

There has been only one five-wicket haul at the venue. [26]

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconResult
1 Chaminda Vaas 14 February 2003Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 19.12562.72Won

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