Boland Park

Eurolux Boland Park
Eurolux Boland Park
Ground information
Location Paarl, South Africa
Coordinates Coordinates: 33°44′28.61″S 18°59′53.69″E / 33.7412806°S 18.9982472°E / -33.7412806; 18.9982472
Establishment 1996
Capacity 10,000
Operator South Africa
Tenants South Africa
Free State
End names
Riebeeck Kelders End
Stables End
International information
First ODI 27 December 1997:
 India v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI 6 October 2018:
 South Africa v  Zimbabwe
As of 6 October 2018
Source: Cricinfo

Eurolux Boland Park, formerly Eurolux Boland Bank Park, is a multi-purpose stadium in Paarl, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. Boland cricket team and the Cape Cobras both stage home matches at the ground. The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people.

Trivia

  • The first ever ODI match was between India and Zimbabwe in 1997 during the Tri-Series which ended in a thrilling tie.
  • On 11 January 2012, hosts South Africa beat Sri Lanka by a huge margin of 258 runs in an ODI. Sri Lanka were dismissed for a low total of 43, which is their lowest ODI total ever in their history.[1]

2003 Cricket World Cup

The following 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were played in Boland Park. A total of three matches were played at the venue during the 2003 World Cup.

12 February 2003
Scorecard
India 
204 (48.5 overs)
v
 Netherlands
136 (48.1 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 52 (72)
Tim de Leede 4/35 (9.5 overs)
Daan van Bunge 62 (116)
Javagal Srinath 4/30 (9.1 overs)
 India won by 68 runs
Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Peter Willey
Player of the match: Tim de Leede (NED)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat first.
19 February 2003
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
37/1 (4.4 overs)
v
 Canada
36 (18.4 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 24* (14)
Sanjayan Thuraisingam 1/22 (2.4 overs)
Joe Harris 9 (13)
Prabath Nissanka 4/12 (7 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.
Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa
Umpires: Neil Mallender and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Prabath Nissanka (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first.
25 February 2003
Scorecard
Netherlands 
156 (39.3 overs)
v
 Pakistan
253/9 (39 overs)
Daan van Bunge 31 (60)
Wasim Akram 3/24 (8.3 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 58 (59)
Daan van Bunge 2/27 (4 overs)
 Pakistan won by 97 runs
Boland Park, Paarl, South Africa
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Srinivas Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (PAK)
  • Netherlands won the toss and elected to bat first.

International Centuries

There are six ODI centuries that have been scored at the venue.[2]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInningsOpposing teamDateResult
1100*Jacques Kallis South Africa 1392 Sri Lanka9 January 2001Won
2111Saurav Ganguly India 1241 Kenya24 October 2001Won
3146Sachin Tendulkar India 1321 Kenya24 October 2001Won
4102*Gary Kirsten South Africa 1182 Pakistan16 December 2002Won
5112Hashim Amla South Africa 1281 Sri Lanka11 January 2012Won
6176AB De Villiers South Africa 1041 Bangladesh18 October 2017Won

References

  1. ↑ "Sri Lanka's surrender in numbers". Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. ↑ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Retrieved 27 December 2016.


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