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. Located at the Morris Police Depot, the grounds have played host to

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

. The 'A' ground first hosted first-class cricket in 1957, when Rhodesia played the touring

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. The 'A' ground hosted 29 first-class matches for Rhodesia until 1968, most of which came in the

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. The 'B' ground began hosting first-class cricket in 1970, with Rhodesia playing against

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. The 'B' ground hosted 27 first-class matches for Rhodesia until 1980, the majority of which came in the

. The 'B' ground also played host to seven List A one-day matches from 1970 to 1978. In addition to hosting cricket matches, the grounds have also hosted

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matches for the Zimbabwe rugby union team. It is known as the 'ceremonial home of Zimabwean rugby' and after a break of almost two decades, international rugby returned there in 2016.

Cricket records

NB: The first-class records listed below are a combination of records from both the 'A' and 'B' grounds.

First-class

*Highest team total: 537 all out by KwaZulu-Natal v Rhodesia, 1964–65 on 'A' Ground *Lowest team total: 52 all out by Rhodesia v International Cavaliers, 1960–61 on 'A' Ground *Highest individual innings: 254 by

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for Rhodesia v

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, 1970–71 on 'B' Ground *Best bowling in an innings: 8-69 by

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for Rhodesia v Natal, 1961–62 on 'A' Ground *Best bowling in a match: 14-101 by Joe Partridge for Rhodesia v Natal, as above

List A

*Highest team total: 288 all out by Rhodesia v Natal, 1970–71 *Lowest team total: 108 all out by Natal v Rhodesia, as above *Highest individual innings: 102 by

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for International Wanderers v Rhodesia, 1974–75 *Best bowling in an innings: 3-21 by Richard Kaschula for Rhodesia v Natal, 1970–71

References

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Cricket records

First-class

List A

See also

References

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