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Willowmoore Park

Coordinates: 26°11′42.82″S 28°19′04.70″E / 26.1952278°S 28.3179722°E / -26.1952278; 28.3179722
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Willowmoore Park
Ground information
LocationBenoni, South Africa
Establishment1924
Capacity20,000
TenantsSouth Africa national cricket team
End names
Chalet End
Ekurhuleni End
International information
First ODI9 February 1997:
 India v  Zimbabwe
Last ODI27 September 2016:
 Australia v  Ireland
Only T20I14 October 2018:
 South Africa v  Zimbabwe
As of 20 March 2019
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Willowmoore Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Benoni, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and hosted two matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1924. After withdrawing their sponsorship from St George's Park in Port Elizabeth, Sahara started sponsoring Willowmoore Park, thus for sponsorship reasons it is known as "Sahara Willowmoore Park".

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Only one five wicket haul has been taken at the venue.[1]

One-Day Internationals

No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Result
1 Muttiah Muralidharan 15 April 1998  Sri Lanka  Pakistan 2 9.2 23 5 2.46 Won

See also

References

  1. ^ "Statistics - Statsguru - One-Day Internationals - Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.


26°11′42.82″S 28°19′04.70″E / 26.1952278°S 28.3179722°E / -26.1952278; 28.3179722