SuperSport Park

SuperSport Park

Crowd during a function in 2006 at the park
Ground information
Location	Centurion, Gauteng
Capacity	22,000
End names
Pavilion End Hennops River End
International information
First Test	16 November 1995: South Africa v England
Last Test	16 December 2009: South Africa v England
First ODI	11 December 1992: South Africa v India
Last ODI	22 November 2009: South Africa v England
Domestic team information
Northerns (1995 – present)
As of December 1986 Source: Cricinfo

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

It was renamed from Centurion Park after a television company Supersport bought shares in the stadium. The capacity of the ground is 22,000.

The Titans cricket team, formerly known as Northern Transvaal, play their home games here.

Name

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

Notable fixtures

This ground was a venue for 2003 Cricket World Cup and 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. This was also the ground where Sachin Tendulkar scored his 50th Test Match century. It hosted an Australian rules practice match in 2008 between Carlton and Fremantle.

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds
• List of international cricket centuries at SuperSport Park

External links

• CricInfo's SuperSport Park page
• Stadiums in South Africa along with Supersport Park

Coordinates: 25°51′35.69″S 28°11′43.35″E / 25.8599139°S 28.195375°E / -25.8599139; 28.195375