Bidvest Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg
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| Capacity: 34,000 |
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| Floodlights: Yes, 1996 |
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| Ends: Golf Course
End, Corlett Drive End |
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| Home team : Highveld Lions |
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| Local time : GMT +0200 |
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| Tests |
ODIs |
T20s |
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- Played: 33
- Win by home side: 13
- Win by visitors: 10
- Win by neutral team: 0
- Win batting 1st: 14
- Win batting 2nd: 9
- Drawn: 10
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- Played: 39
- Win by home side: 18
- Win by visitors: 8
- Win by neutral team: 13
- Win batting 1st: 16
- Win batting 2nd: 23
- Tied: 0
- No result: 6 |
- Played: 20
- Win by home side: 9
- Win by visitors: 3
- Win by neutral team: 8
- Win batting 1st: 9
- Win batting 2nd: 11
- Tied: 0
- No result: 0 |
Recent
highest test totals:
- Australia 652/7d (2002)
- South Africa 561 (2003)
- Australia 466 (2009) |
Recent
highest ODI totals:
- South Africa 438/9 (2006)
- Australia 434/4 (2006)
- New Zealand 315/7 (2009) |
Recent
highest T20 totals:
- Sri Lanka 260/6 (2007)
- South Africa 219/4 (2012)
- South Africa 208/2 (2007) |
| Highest
individual score: 214 (Greg Blewett) |
Highest
individual score: 175 (Herschelle Gibbs) |
Highest
individual score: 117 (CH Gayle) |
| Best
bowling (innings): 9/113 (Hugh Tayfield) |
Best
bowling: 5/20 (Shaun Pollock) |
Best
bowling: 4/16 (Abdur Razzak) |
| Best
bowling (match): 13/192 (Hugh Tayfield) |
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| Average
S/R: 30.27 |
Average
S/R: 30.41 |
Average
S/R: 17.85 |
| Average
RpO: 2.99 |
Average
RpO: 4.93 |
Average
RpO: 8.31 |
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| Highest
Individual Scores |
214 - GS Blewett
(Aus)
204* -
AC Gilchrist (Aus)
202 -
BC Lara (WI)
186 -
JH Kallis (SA)
185* -
MA Atherton (Eng) |
175 - HH Gibbs (SA)
164 -
RT Ponting (Aus)
152* -
CH Gayle (WI)
143* -
A Symonds (Aus)
143 -
HH Gibbs (SA)
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117 -
CH Gayle (WI)
90* -
HH Gibbs (SA)
89* -
GC Smith (SA)
88* -
DJ Hussey (Aus)
88 -
ST Jayasuriya (SL) |
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| Best
Bowling Analysis |
9/113 - HJ Tayfield
(SA)
8/53 -
GB Lawrence (SA)
7/61 -
MJ Hoggard (Eng)
6/34 -
AK Davidson (Aus)
6/53 -
TL Goddard (SA) |
5/20 - SM Pollock
(SA)
5/23 -
SM Pollock (SA)
5/67 -
NW Bracken (Aus)
4/18 -
SM Pollock (SA)
4/19 -
AR Caddick (Eng) |
4/16 -
Abdur Razzak (Ban)
4/20 -
DL Vettori (NZ)
4/34 -
Shakib Al Hasan (Ban)
3/16 -
IK Pathan (Ind)
3/18 -
Shahid Afridi (Pak) |
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| Record
Partnerships |
1st
- 176 -
DJ McGlew/TL Goddard (SA)
2nd - 182 -
AJ Strauss/RWT Key (Eng)
3rd - 330
- HM Amla/JH Kallis (SA)
4th - 147 -
HM Amla/AB de Villiers (SA)
5th - 385 -
SR Waugh/GS Blewett (Aus)
6th - 317
- DR Martyn/AC Gilchrist (Aus)
7th - 221 -
DT Lindsay/PL van der Merwe (SA)
8th - 127 -
DJ Cullinan/L Klusener (SA)
9th - 195 -
PL Symcoc/MV Boucher (SA)
10th - 71 -
PS de Villiers/AA Donald (SA) |
1st
- 193
- SC Ganguly/SR Tendulakr (Ind)
CH Gayle/S Changerpaul (WI)
2nd - 187 -
GC Smith/HH Gibbs (SA)
3rd - 234*
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RT Ponting/DR Martyn (Aus)
4th - 104
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HH Gibbs/WJ Cronje (SA)
5th - 104
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GD Elliott/DL Vettori (NZ)
6th - 137
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WJ Cronje/SM Pollock (SA)
7th - 87*
- MV Boucher/L Klusener (SA)
8th - 71
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L Klusener/N Boje (SA)
9th - 36 -
NO Miller/TL Best (WI)
10th - 38
- L Klusener/M Ntini (SA) |
1st
- 145 -
CH Gayle, DS Smith (WI)
2nd - 119 -
A Ingram, JH Kallis (SA)
3rd - 120*
- HH Gibbs, JM Kemp (SA)
4th - 101 -
Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan (Pak)
5th - 63 -
BJ Hodge, MEK Hussey (Aus)
6th - 73
- CD McMillan, JDP Oram (NZ)
7th - 57* -
JA Morkel, SM Pollock (SA)
8th - 64* -
WD Parnell, J Theron (SA)
9th - 24* -
Abdur Rehman, Naved-ul-Hasan (Pak)
10th - 17*
- RP Singh, S Sreesanth (India) |
Bidvest Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton
in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One
Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the
home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng
(Transvaal).
The Wanderers Cricket Stadium is the third ground to be used for Test
matches in Johannesburg. The other two were the old Wanderers (now the
Johannesburg Railway Station) and the Ellis Park Rugby Stadium.
Construction on the current stadium commenced in 1955. The first
1st-class match played here was on 16, 17 and 19 November 1956, between
Transvaal and Natal. On 30 November 1956, Peter May's MCC side
commenced a match against Transvaal, and on the second morning Brian
Statham took the first hat-trick on the ground, his first victim being
Gerald Ritchie, who later became the Chairman of Gauteng Cricket Board.
This ground also witnessed the best Test bowling performance ever by a
South African, when Hugh Tayfield took 9 for 113 in the 4th Test
against England in 1956/57. The first Test match started here on the 24
December 1956, making the Wanderers Stadium the 41st ground to be used
for Test cricket.
The ground was used for rugby matches while the Ellis Park Rugby
Stadium was being rebuilt. A rugby international between South Africa
and South America was played here in 1980.
The Wanderers Stadium was privileged to stage the Cricket World Cup
2003 Final. The match, which was dominated by Australia, will be
remembered by the 34 000 capacity crowd as a display of colour that was
unique in the 47 year history of the Wanderers Stadium. The six weeks
of Cricket World Cup 2003 including preliminary matches and culminating
in the final, was a unique opportunity to demonstrate to the world the
organisational capabilities and facilities of our country and the
Board.
The Wanderers Stadium now has a number of important facilities,
including a new electronic scoreboard, high quality PA system,
integrated CCTV, top class broadcast centre and an efficient ticketing
system. A total amount of R11.6-million was spent on stadium upgrade.
Since South Africa's return to International cricket in 1991,
the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium has undergone major changes. The total
amount spent to date on upgrading the stadium is in excess of
R60-million. In 1991, construction began on the Centenary Pavilion, at
the north or Golf-Course end of the ground. This stand was completed in
November 1991. Then in April 1992, work began on the imposing Unity
Pavilion, on the south, or Corlett Drive, end of the ground. This was
completed in November 1992, and was officially opened on 26 November by
Sir Colin Cowdrey, on the occasion of the first Test match at the
ground in 22 years. The Memorial Pavilion Stand, on the north-west side
of the ground, was completed in October 1994 and houses the indoor
practice nets. 1995 saw work done on The Western Pavilion, which was
refurbished to give it a look in line with the rest of the ground, and
the Main Gate was rebuilt; now incorporating fully electronic
turnstiles to give an accurate assessment of attendances.
In 1996, the existing four 30-metre high floodlight masts were
replaced by five new masts, each 65-metres high, enabling The
LibBidvest Wanderers Stadium to see its first day/night limited-overs
international (against Zimbabwe on 31 January 1997). A very popular
addition to the cricket season was the introduction of night cricket.
The Bidvest Wanderers Stadium is one of the best stadiums in world
cricket for such events. The pitch table has been re-laid over the past
few years and currently comprises 10 pitches. A new, fully-automatic
irrigation system, featuring underground pop-up sprinklers, has been
installed and during November 2001, the drainage system was upgraded to
the highest international standards. The playing field surface is
undoubtedly the finest in world cricket.
The Kent Park Taverners Pavilion, on the south-east side of
the Wanderers Stadium (between the Unity Pavilion and the Open Eastern
Stand), was pulled down and replaced by a new stand which houses the
Taverners, public seating for about 1200 people, and features 12
corporate suites. Cost of the new pavilion was in the region of
R8-million. Capacity at the Bidvest Wanderers Stadium is around 34 000
including the occupants of the suites. The Bidvest Wanderers Stadium
has 182 suites which are leased by the top corporate companies of South
Africa as Johannesburg is the financial centre of South Africa.
The ground is also very well suited for the players with
brilliant lighting, quick outfields and a great pitch that favours both
batsmen and bowlers in equal measure. This venue has
played host to one of the greatest One-day
international matches. The match was played between South Africa and
Australia in which a world record score of 434 was chased down by South
Africa - 438/9 - to win the match off the final delivery.
On 1 October 2004, the Wanderers Clubhouse (across the road)
was
virtually destroyed by fire. At that stage it was known as Liberty Life
Wanderers, but as from the 2008/09 season Bidvest took up the
sponsoring of the ground, thus it became its present day name of
Bidvest Wanderers Stadium.
The pitch is considered very bouncy on cracks and dangerous for batting
as acknowledged in 2009 ICC Champions Trophy and teams like Pakistan
and Sri Lanka have always struggled there.
The stadium had also hosted the 2009 Indian Premier League 2nd
semi-finals and the final in which the Deccan Chargers beat the Royal
Challengers Bangalore to grab the championship title.
As at Janaury 29, 2013
