Queens Sports Club Ground is a
stadium
A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...
in
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used primarily used for
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...
matches. The stadium has a capacity of up to 13,000. The stadium is the home ground for the
Matabeleland Tuskers
The Matabeleland Tuskers is one of five Zimbabwean cricket franchises. They are a first-class cricket team, based in the Bulawayo Metropolitan and Matabeleland North area. They play their home matches at Queens Sports Club in Bulawayo. They were ...
, who are the current
Logan Cup champions. The other cricket ground in Bulawayo is the
Bulawayo Athletic Club.
[Heatley, pp. 190.]
Queen's Sports Club is Zimbabwe's second ground, the first being the
Harare Sports Club. It is situated close to the city center is one of international cricket's most picturesque venues, with an old pavilion surrounded by trees which give shade to spectators. Much of the ground consists of grass banking and its capacity of 13,000 is more than enough to cope with demand. Queens Sports Club became Zimbabwe's third Test venue in October 1994. The Zimbabwe national cricket team has had much success at this venue, beating teams like England, West Indies, Australia, Pakistan and the once weak Bangladesh. In recent times however it has been a stadium of horror for the locals, as it was at this venue that Zimbabwe lost to lower ranked Afghanistan.
During a
Currie Cup
The Currie Cup is South Africa's premier domestic rugby union competition, played each winter and spring (June to October), featuring teams representing either entire provinces or substantial regions within provinces. Although it is the premier ...
match between
Eastern Province and
Rhodesia
Rhodesia (, ), officially from 1970 the Republic of Rhodesia, was an unrecognised state in Southern Africa from 1965 to 1979, equivalent in territory to modern Zimbabwe. Rhodesia was the ''de facto'' successor state to the British colony of S ...
in 1954/55, the scorers' box became a mass of smoke and sparks after electrical equipment was struck by lightning.
[Brodribb, Gerald, "Next Man In", Souvenir Press, London, 1995]
See also
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List of Test cricket grounds
Notes
References
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External links
Cricinfo
Cricket grounds in Zimbabwe
2003 Cricket World Cup stadiums
Buildings and structures in Bulawayo
Multi-purpose stadiums in Zimbabwe
Test cricket grounds in Zimbabwe
Sports venues completed in 1893
1890s establishments in Africa
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