Country Club, formerly known as the Interfin High Performance Academy is a cricket ground based in

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. It has been the home ground to some powerful teams in the Zimbabwean domestic circuit, such as the

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, the

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. It is also home to the Zimbabwe Cricket Academy, part of the infrastructure burned by

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in 2006. So far, a total of 22 first class matches, 34 List A matches, and seven

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matches, have been played in this stadium.

Controversy

* Famously, during the 2008-09 Faithwear Inter-Provincial One-Day Series when the stadium hosted some matches along with the

Harare Sports Club Harare Sports Club is a sports club and the Harare Sports Club Ground is a cricket stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe. Founded in 1900 and known as Salisbury Sports Club until 1982, it is mostly used for cricket matches, and has served as the primary c ...

, on the eve of Game 4, the highly anticipated clash between Easterns and Northerns the match was abandoned on citing poor state of the playing grounds. This led ZC to make an inquiry, but the results were never made available.Faithwear Inter-Provincial One-Day Series 2008-09
BRMTaylor. Retrieved 1 January 2012

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