Diamond_Oval

De Beers Diamond Oval

De Beers Diamond Oval

Cricket stadium

The De Beers Diamond Oval is a cricket stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 11,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home venue of both the VKB Knights, in the Sunfoil Series, and Northern Cape (formerly Griqualand West), in the CSA Provincial Competitions. Griqualand West left the old De Beers Stadium ahead of the 1973–74 season and have been resident at the Diamond Oval since then.[1]

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The ground is in the Cassandra suburb of Kimberley at the junction of Lardner Burke Avenue with Dickenson Avenue. It is adjacent to the Kimberley Country Club and close to the De Beers company's technical training campus.[2]

International Centuries

As of February 2023 ten ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.[3]

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International five-wicket hauls

Six five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground, three in men's ODIs and two in women's ODIs.[4]

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References

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    "De Beers Stadium, Kimberley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 March 2018.
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    "Diamond Oval, Kimberley". Google Maps. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
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    "Statistics - Statsguru - One-Day Internationals - Batting records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
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    Diamond Oval, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
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    5th Match, Standard Bank Triangular Tournament at Kimberley, Jan 30 2000, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
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    14th Match, ICC World Cup at Kimberley, Feb 16 2003, Cicinfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
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    42nd Match, ICC World Cup at Kimberley, Mar 4 2003, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
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    3rd ODI (D/N), Kimberley, February 01, 2023, CricInfo. Retrieved 2023-02-01.
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    2nd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Kimberley, Oct 11 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
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    3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Kimberley, Oct 13 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.

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