United Ground

Coordinates: 22°36′27.87″S 17°05′47.12″E / 22.6077417°S 17.0964222°E / -22.6077417; 17.0964222
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United Ground
Ground information
LocationWindhoek, Namibia
Establishment1990 (first recorded match)
Capacity3000
End names
Northern End
Southern End
International information
First ODI1 December 2022:
 Namibia v  Scotland
Last ODI5 April 2023:
 Canada v  Papua New Guinea
First T20I19 August 2019:
 Namibia v  Botswana
Last T20I30 November 2023:
 Kenya v  Zimbabwe
First WT20I1 April 2019:
 Namibia v  Botswana
Last WT20I2 May 2023:
 Namibia v  Uganda
As of 30 November 2023
Source: Cricinfo

United Ground, also known as TrustCo United Sports Field, is a cricket ground in Windhoek, Namibia. The first recorded match on the ground was played in 1990 between Namibia and the Netherlands.[1]

The ground hosted its first List A match in the 2001/02 6 Nations Challenge when Kenya played Zimbabwe A. To date the ground has held 12 List A matches.[2] In 2005, the ground held its inaugural first-class match between Namibia and Bermuda in the 2005 Intercontinental Cup. The venue held a second first-class match in 2010 between Namibia and Uganda in the 2009-10 Intercontinental Shield.[3]

List of Centuries[edit]

Twenty20 International Centuries[edit]

This is the list of centuries scored in Twenty20 Internationals at the venue[4]

No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 101* JP Kotze  Namibia 43 1  Botswana 20 August 2019 Won
2 100* Gerhard Erasmus  Namibia 47 1  Uganda 9 April 2022 Lost

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Other matches played on United Ground, Windhoek". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  2. ^ "List A Matches played on United Ground, Windhoek". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played on United Ground, Windhoek". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
  4. ^ "Statistics - Statsguru - Test Matches - Batting Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2019.

External links[edit]

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