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FIRST TEST CENTURION PARK 26/12/2019 TO 30/12/2019

Supersport Park is a cricket ground in Centurion, Gauteng, South Africa.

It was renamed from Centurion Park after 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 Titan's predecessor team Northerns (cricket team) (previously Northern Transvaal) since 1986.

This ground was a venue for 2003 Cricket World Cup and the Indian Premier League 2009 which took place in South Africa. It was also selected as a venue for ICC Champions Trophy 2009 and hosted the final on 5 October 2009, one of the greatest achievements for this stadium. Sachin Tendulkar also scored his 50th Test Match century on this ground.[1][2]

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

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.

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



Records and statistics
First Test South Africa v England - Nov 16-20, 1995
last Test South Africa v Pakistan - Dec 26-28, 2018

First ODI South Africa v India - Dec 11, 1992
Last ODI South Africa v Sri Lanka - Mar 6, 2019

First T20I South Africa v Australia - Mar 29, 2009 Scorecard
Last T20I South Africa v Sri Lanka - Mar 22, 2019 Scorecard