De Beers Diamond Oval
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The De Beers Diamond Oval is a cricket stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 11,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home venue of both the VKB Knights, in the Sunfoil Series, and Northern Cape (formerly Griqualand West), in the CSA Provincial Competitions. Griqualand West left the old De Beers Stadium ahead of the 1973–74 season and have been resident at the Diamond Oval since then.[1]
De Beers Country Club | |||||||
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Location | Kimberley | ||||||
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First ODI | 7 April 1998: Pakistan v Sri Lanka | ||||||
Last ODI | 1 February 2023: South Africa v England | ||||||
Only T20I | 10 October 2010: South Africa v Zimbabwe | ||||||
First WODI | 8 October 2016: South Africa v New Zealand | ||||||
Last WODI | 13 April 2024: South Africa v Sri Lanka | ||||||
First WT20I | 17 May 2018: South Africa v Bangladesh | ||||||
Last WT20I | 8 December 2023: South Africa v Bangladesh | ||||||
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As of 13 April 2024 Source: ESPN Cricinfo |
The ground is in the Cassandra suburb of Kimberley at the junction of Lardner Burke Avenue with Dickenson Avenue. It is adjacent to the Kimberley Country Club and close to the De Beers company's technical training campus.[2]