Centurion Park

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title: "Centurion Park" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["cricket-grounds-in-south-africa", "australian-rules-football-grounds", "sports-venues-in-pretoria", "test-cricket-grounds-in-south-africa"] description: "Cricket ground" topic_path: "sports" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centurion_Park" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

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ground_nameCenturion Park
nicknameCenturion
logo_imageSS Park Logo.jpg
imageSS park.jpg
captionCrowd during a function in 2006 at the park
ownerSuperSport
tenantsSouth Africa national cricket team
coordinates
countrySouth Africa
locationCenturion, South Africa
seating_capacity22,000
end1West Lane End
end2Hennops River End
internationaltrue
firsttestdate16–20 November
firsttestyear1995
firsttesthomeSouth Africa
firsttesthomevar1994
firsttestawayEngland
lasttestdate26–29 December
lasttestyear2024
lasttesthomeSouth Africa
lasttestawayPakistan
firstodidate11 December
firstodiyear1992
firstodihomeSouth Africa
firstodihomevar1928
firstodiawayIndia
firstodiawayvar1947
lastodidate15 September
lastodiyear2023
lastodihomeSouth Africa
lastodiawayAustralia
firstt20idate29 March
firstt20iyear2009
firstt20ihomeSouth Africa
firstt20ihomevar2004-WFB
firstt20iawayAustralia
lastt20idate26 March
lastt20iyear2023
lastt20ihomeSouth Africa
lastt20iawayWest Indies
firstwodidate13 March
firstwodiyear2002
firstwodihomeSouth Africa
firstwodiawayIndia
lastwodidate12 February
lastwodiyear2016
lastwodihomeSouth Africa
lastwodiawayEngland
firstwt20idate21 February
firstwt20iyear2018
firstwt20ihomeSouth Africa
firstwt20iawayIndia
lastwt20idate6 February
lastwt20iyear2019
lastwt20ihomeSouth Africa
lastwt20iawaySri Lanka
year11995–present
club1Northerns
year22004–present
club2Titans
year32018-2019
club3Tshwane Spartans
year42023-present
club4Pretoria Capitals
date28 December
year2023
sourcehttp://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59079.html Cricinfo
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| ground_name = Centurion Park | nickname = Centurion | logo_image = SS Park Logo.jpg | logo_caption = | image = SS park.jpg | caption = Crowd during a function in 2006 at the park | owner = SuperSport | tenants = South Africa national cricket team | coordinates = | country = South Africa | location = Centurion, South Africa | seating_capacity = 22,000 | end1 = West Lane End | end2 = Hennops River End | international = true | firsttestdate = 16–20 November | firsttestyear = 1995 | firsttesthome = South Africa | firsttesthomevar = 1994 | firsttestaway = England | lasttestdate = 26–29 December | lasttestyear = 2024 | lasttesthome = South Africa | lasttestaway = Pakistan

| firstodidate = 11 December | firstodiyear = 1992 | firstodihome = South Africa | firstodihomevar = 1928 | firstodiaway = India | firstodiawayvar = 1947 | lastodidate = 15 September | lastodiyear = 2023 | lastodihome = South Africa | lastodiaway = Australia

| firstt20idate = 29 March | firstt20iyear = 2009 | firstt20ihome = South Africa | firstt20ihomevar = 2004-WFB | firstt20iaway = Australia | lastt20idate = 26 March | lastt20iyear = 2023 | lastt20ihome = South Africa | lastt20iaway = West Indies

| firstwodidate = 13 March | firstwodiyear = 2002 | firstwodihome = South Africa | firstwodiaway = India | lastwodidate = 12 February | lastwodiyear = 2016 | lastwodihome = South Africa | lastwodiaway = England

| firstwt20idate = 21 February | firstwt20iyear = 2018 | firstwt20ihome = South Africa | firstwt20iaway = India | lastwt20idate = 6 February | lastwt20iyear = 2019 | lastwt20ihome = South Africa | lastwt20iaway = Sri Lanka

| year1 = 1995–present | club1 = Northerns | year2 = 2004–present | club2 = Titans | year3 = 2018-2019 | club3 = Tshwane Spartans | year4 = 2023-present | club4 = Pretoria Capitals | date = 28 December | year = 2023 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59079.html Cricinfo Centurion Park is a cricket ground in Centurion in South Africa. It is also known as SuperSport Park since television company SuperSport bought shares in the stadium. The capacity of the ground is 22,000.

The Titans cricket team have played most of their home games here since 2004. The ground was home to the Titans' predecessor team Northerns (previously Northern Transvaal) since 1986. It is also the home ground of the Pretoria Capitals.

Name

The town of Verwoerdburg was renamed Centurion at the end of apartheid, with the politically neutral new name of the town coming from that of the cricket ground.

Notable fixtures

Test matches

The first Test match at Centurion was held in November 1995, as the opening match of the first post-apartheid tour of South Africa by the England cricket team; however, the match was drawn after being severely affected by rain.

Centurion was the venue for the notorious fifth Test match of the next England tour in 2000, when (after three days' play were lost to rain) South African captain Hansie Cronje forfeited his team's second innings to allow for a result on the final day of the match, which England won. It was later revealed that Cronje had done so after being approached by a bookmaker and offered money to stop the match ending in a draw.

Further controversy occurred in 2001, when the scheduled third Test between South Africa and India at Centurion was declared to be an "unofficial" Test after the Board of Control for Cricket in India refused to accept the International Cricket Council's match referee, Mike Denness, who had disciplined several Indian players in the previous match at Port Elizabeth.

In December 2010, India batsman Sachin Tendulkar scored his 50th Test century at Centurion in the first Test of the 2010–11 Indian tour of South Africa.

From the summer of 2018/19, the ground usually hosts a Boxing Day Test.

One-Day Internationals

Centurion was a venue for the 2003 Cricket World Cup which took place in South Africa. It was also selected as a venue for the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy and hosted the final on 5 October 2009.

SA20

Centurion is the home ground of the Pretoria Capitals, who play in the SA20.

Other cricket competitions

The 2009 Indian Premier League was held in South Africa, and Centurion was one of eight grounds used. It hosted twelve matches, including one of the semi-finals.

Supersport Park also hosted a domestic and continental Sixes tournament, where home side, the Titans, came out on top in the domestic competition, and South Africa winning the continental competition against Kenya in the final.

Other sports

Centurion hosted an Australian rules football practice match in 2008 between Carlton and Fremantle.

Music

On 17 September 2011, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for Gravity Tour supporting their album Gravity.

Records

Cricket records

Test records

References

References

  1. "SuperSport Park".
  2. "Cricket Grounds in South Africa • CricTours".
  3. "Full Scorecard of England vs South Africa 1st Test 1995/96". [[ESPNCricinfo]].
  4. "Full Scorecard of England vs South Africa 5th Test 1999/00". [[ESPNCricinfo]].
  5. Williamson, Martin. (28 October 2006). "An offer too good to be true". [[ESPNCricinfo]].
  6. Majumder, Sanjoy. (23 November 2001). "Cricket outrage unites Indians". [[BBC News]].
  7. "Statistics / Statsguru / SR Tendulkar / Test Matches". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. "1st Test, India tour of South Africa at Centurion, Dec 16-20 2010, Match Summary, ESPNCricinfo". ESPNcricinfo.
  9. "List of undefined match team match results by Season".
  10. "Dockers down Blues in Pretoria - World Footy News".

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