Namibia Cricket Ground, known as the
FNB Namibia Cricket Ground for sponsorship reasons, is a
cricket
Cricket is a Bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball game played between two Sports team, teams of eleven players on a cricket field, field, at the centre of which is a cricket pitch, pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two Bail (cr ...
ground under construction in
Windhoek
Windhoek (; ; ) is the capital and largest city of Namibia. It is located in central Namibia in the Khomas Highland plateau area, at around above sea level, almost exactly at the country's geographical centre. The population of Windhoek, which ...
,
Namibia
Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Africa. Its borders include the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Angola and Zambia to the north, Botswana to the east and South Africa to the south; in the no ...
. It is slated to be the headquarters of cricket in Namibia. The first international matches were played on the ground in March 2025 when
Namibia hosted Canada for a five match
Twenty20 International
Twenty20 International (T20I) is a form of Twenty20 cricket, in which each team plays a single innings with a maximum of twenty overs. The matches are played between international teams recognized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). ...
(T20I) series.
The ground is scheduled to be completed in October 2025. It has been developed on a budget of four million USD and is expected to be one of the host grounds for the
2027 Cricket World Cup.
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Cricket grounds in Namibia
Sports venues in Windhoek