Centurion Park

Centurion Park is a cricket ground in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa. It is also known as SuperSport Park since television company Supersport bought shares in the stadium. The capacity of the ground is 22,000.

Centurion Park
Centurion
Crowd during a function in 2006 at the park
Ground information
LocationCenturion, South Africa
Coordinates25°51′35″S 28°11′43″E
Capacity22,000
OwnerSupersport
TenantsSouth Africa national cricket team
End names
West Lane End
Hennops River End
International information
First Test16–20 November 1995:
 South Africa v  England
Last Test26–29 December 2019:
 South Africa v  England
First ODI11 December 1992:
 South Africa v  India
Last ODI6 March 2019:
 South Africa v  Sri Lanka
First T20I29 March 2009:
 South Africa v  Australia
Last T20I16 February 2020:
 South Africa v  England
Team information
Northerns (1995–present)
Titans (2004–present)
Tshwane Spartans (2018-present)
As of 16 February 2020
Source: Cricinfo

The Titans cricket team, have played most of their home games here since 2004. The ground was home to the Titan's predecessor team Northerns (previously Northern Transvaal) since 1986.

Name

The town of Verwoerdburg was renamed Centurion at the end of apartheid, with the politically neutral new name of the town coming from that of the cricket ground.

Notable fixtures

This ground was a venue for 2003 Cricket World Cup and the Indian Premier League 2009 which took place in South Africa. It was also selected as a venue for ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and hosted the final on 5 October 2009, one of the greatest achievements for this stadium. Sachin Tendulkar also scored his 50th Test Match century on this ground.[1][2]

It hosted an Australian rules football practice match in 2008 between Carlton and Fremantle.

Supersport Park also hosted a domestic and continental Sixes tournament, where home side, the Titans, came out on top in the domestic competition, and South Africa winning the continental competition against Kenya in the final.

From the summer of 2018/19, the ground usually hosts a Boxing Day Test.

Music

On 17 September 2011, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for Gravity Tour supporting their album Gravity.

See also

References
  1. "Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / Test Matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. "1st Test, India tour of South Africa at Centurion, Dec 16-20 2010, Match Summary, ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
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