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Buffalo Park is a cricket ground located in East London,
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. It is one of the home grounds for the
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cricket team, and the principal home ground for
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. It can hold up to 20,000 spectators. Buffalo Park superseded the
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in East London as Border's main home ground in the 1987–88 season. It has hosted one
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, in October 2002, and hosted a number of
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s. It was also known as
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Park, thanks to sponsorship from the
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motor manufacturer.


International five-wicket hauls

Six five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground.Buffalo Park
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. Retrieved 2020-03-07.


Test matches


One Day Internationals


Twenty20 Internationals


See also

*
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References


External links


Cricinfo's Buffalo Park page


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