St George?s Park

Actually The Crusaders Ground but commonly known as St George?s Park, the ground first hosted a Test match in March 1889.

Actually The Crusaders Ground but commonly known as St George’s Park, the ground first hosted a Test match in March 1889 — the first ground to host a Test in South Africa.

Thirty-five million rands were budgeted for improvements to grounds for World Cup 2003 by the organisers, of which 11 million was allocated to St George’s Park.

The ground boasts excellent stands as well as grassed embankments.

St George’s Park has hosted 16 one-day internationals.

One of the most remarkable results achieved at St George’s Park occurred in October 2001 when lightly regarded Kenya handed India a 70-run thrashing, prompting anti-corruption investigators to look into the match.

St George’s Park will stage one of the two semi-finals of the World Cup. In addition, a Super Sixes match and three league games will take place at the ground.

World Cup 2003 Matches

Date	No.	Teams	Type
Feb. 13	8	West Indies vs New Zealand	Day
Feb. 19	17	England vs Namibia	Day
Mar. 02	37	Australia vs England	Day
Mar. 11	SSS5	1st Pool A vs 3rd Pool B	Day
Mar. 18	S-F 1	1st SSS vs 4th SSS	Day

Team	Played	Won	Lost
Australia	4	3	1
England	1	-	1
India	3	-	3
Kenya	1	1	-
New Zealand	1	-	1
Pakistan	1	1	-
South Africa	13	9	4
Sri Lanka	3	1	2
West Indies	2	-	2
Zimbabwe	1	-	1

Highest team scores

Score (Overs)	For	Against	Date
330-7 (49.1)	Aus	SA	6/04/2002
326-3 (50.0)	SA	Aus	6/04/2002
281-6 (50.0)	Aus	SA	22/02/1994
278-6 (50.0)	SA	WI	30/01/1999

Lowest team scores

Score (Overs)	For	Against	Date
147 (49.4)	Ind	SA	9/12/1992
149 (49.0)	WI	SA	11/02/1993
151 (46.0)	Zim	SA	6/02/2000

Highest individual scores - hundreds

Batsman	Runs	For	Against	Date
HH Gibbs	125	SA	WI	30/01/1999
ME Waugh	115*	Aus	SA	31/03/1997

Best partnerships for each wicket

Wkt	Batsmen	Runs	For	Against	Date
1st	KO Obuya & RD Shah	121	Ken	Ind	17/10/2001
2nd	DC Boon & DM Jones	123	Aus	SA	22/02/1994
3rd	WJ Cronje & HH Gibbs	162	SA	WI	30/01/1999
4th	DS Lehmann & RT Ponting	183	Aus	SA	6/04/2002
5th	RS Mahanama & A Ranatunga	107*	SL	SA	13/04/1998
6th	JH Kallis & L Klusener	58	SA	Zim	6/02/2000
7th	L Klusener & JN Rhodes	80*	SA	SL	15/12/2000
8th	PR Reiffel & SK Warne	119	Aus	SA	4/04/1994
9th	Harbhajan Singh & BKV Prasad	37	Ind	Ken	17/10/2001
10th	CEL Ambrose & RD King	15	WI	SA	30/01/1999

Best bowling

Bowler	Wkts	R	For	Against	Date
Waqar Younis	4	32	Pak	NZ	13/12/1994
BM McMillan	4	32	SA	Ind	9/12/1992
PS de Villiers	4	32	SA	Eng	21/01/1996
D Gough	4	33	Eng	SA	21/01/1996
SK Warne	4	36	Aus	SA	22/02/1994
SM Pollock	4	36	SA	SL	15/12/2000
HDPK Dharmasena	4	37	SL	SA	21/12/1994
KLT Arthurton	4	56	WI	SA	30/01/1999