Buffalo Park

A small ground with plentiful grass embankments, East London's Buffalo Park, is home to players like Mark Boucher and Makhaya Ntini.

A small ground with plentiful grass embankments, East London's Buffalo Park, is home to the Mercedes-Benz Border Bears which includes members like Mark Boucher and Makhaya Ntini.

The ground first tasted international cricket in December 1992 when India defeated South Africa in the seventh and final one-day international of their series.

The ground has since been used on a regular basis, and has hosted 14 limited-overs internationals.

There have been some special moments in those games. In December 1994, Pakistani paceman Waqar Younis claimed a hat-trick against New Zealand.

In January 1999, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Carl Hooper put on a fourth-wicket stand of 226 for the West Indies against South Africa. Incredibly, Shaun Pollock captured 6 for 35 for the Proteas in the same match!

Two group stage World Cup games take place at Buffalo Park, including one featuring hosts South Africa against Canada.

The ground will also host a Super Sixes contest.

World Cup 2003 Matches

Date	No.	Teams	Type
Feb. 16	14	England vs Holland	Day
Feb. 27	31	South Africa vs Canada	Day
Mar. 15	SSS8	3rd Pool A vs 1st Pool B	Day

ODIs at Buffalo Park, East London

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Australia	2	1	1
England	2	-	2
India	3	1	2
New Zealand	2	-	2
Pakistan	3	2	1
South Africa	11	7	4
Sri Lanka	2	1	1
West Indies	1	1	-

Highest team scores

Score (Overs)	For	Against	Date
302-7 (50.0)	SA	SL	17/12/2000
292-9 (50.0)	WI	SA	24/01/1999
282-4 (50.0)	SA	Ind	19/10/2001

Lowest team scores

Score (Overs)	For	Against	Date
115 (43.4)	Eng	SA	19/01/1996
129 (41.4)	SA	Eng	19/01/1996

Highest individual scores - hundreds

Batsman	Runs	For	Against	Date
S Chanderpaul	150	WI	SA	24/01/1999
ND McKenzie	120*	SA	SL	17/12/2000
CL Hooper	108	WI	SA	24/01/1999
Javed Miandad	107	Pak	SA	15/02/1993
KR Rutherford	102*	NZ	SL	18/12/1994

Best partnerships for each wicket

Wkt	Batsmen	Runs	For	Against	Date
1st	RS Dravid & SC Ganguly	117	Ind	SA	4/02/1997
2nd	DJ Cullinan & G Kirsten	90	SA	Ind	4/02/1997
3rd	AC Parore & KR Rutherford	136	NZ	SL	18/12/1994
4th	S Chanderpaul & CL Hooper	226	WI	SA	24/01/1999
5th	MV Boucher & ND McKenzie	100	SA	SL	17/12/2000
6th	RS Kalpage & HP Tillakaratne	91*	SL	NZ	18/12/1994
7th	RP Arnold & WPUJ Vaas	60*	SL	SA	17/12/2000
8th	MV Boucher & L Klusener	64	SA	WI	24/01/1999
9th	PS de Villiers & BM McMillan	30	SA	Eng	19/01/1996
10th	MG Bevan & AC Dale	45*	Aus	SA	29/03/1997

Best bowling

Bowler	Wkts	R	For	Against	Date
SM Pollock	6	35	SA	WI	24/01/1999
Wasim Akram	5	16	Pak	SA	15/02/1993
PS de Villiers	4	27	SA	Pak	15/02/1993
Waqar Younis	4	33	Pak	NZ	19/12/1994