Old Hararians Sports Club is a sports club and
multi-purpose stadium
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in
Harare
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,
Zimbabwe
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.
The ground is also known as Old Hararians 'B' Field, it is mostly used for
cricket
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matches, and has served as the cricket venue in Zimbabwe since its foundation.
The venue
The 'A' field adjoining the main 'B' field hosted one
first-class cricket
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match in March 1950, when
Rhodesia
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played
Transvaal
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* South African Republic (1856–1902; ...
. The ground played host to an ICC Emerging Nations Tournament conducted by the
International Cricket Council
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in 2000 and played host to five matches.
The ground underwent renovation ahead of the
2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier
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. The revamps were done to make the ground suitable for hosting international matches.
At the 2018 Cricket World Cup Qualifier, during the playoff matches,
Nepal
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gained
One Day International
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(ODI) status following their match at the ground. On 17 March 2018, the ninth place playoff match between
Papua New Guinea
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and
Hong Kong
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at the Cricket World Cup Qualifier became the 4,000th ODI match to be played.
International centuries
One Day International centuries
Five-wicket hauls
One Day Internationals
Three five wicket hauls in One-Day Internationals have been taken at the venue.
See also
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List of cricket grounds by capacity
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Active stadiums Capacity over 100,000
Capacity of 50,000 to 99,999
Capacity ...
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List of One Day International cricket grounds
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References
External links
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