Largest cricket ground in SA?

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Anyone know where I can find a list of the largest [-]pitches[/-] grounds (not capacity) in SA? I was talking to some of the guys from CSA last night ahead of the Warriors vs Knights match and they reckoned it was Buffalo Park but I've got my doubts.
 
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You mean fields, not pitches? the playable area on a pitch is always 22 yards long, 10 feet wide.

The biggest field we use for intl cricket (i.e. one with longest boundaries) is bloem as per MickeyD's comment.
 
fields not pitches. Bloem I think. Kingsmead might be the smallest
 
1 Pitch
Many pitches = Table
Table + Outfield = Ground

Newlands used to have the biggest table.

Bloem and Potch have the biggest grounds.
 
phiber said:
You mean fields, not pitches? the playable area on a pitch is always 22 yards long, 10 feet wide.

The biggest field we use for intl cricket (i.e. one with longest boundaries) is bloem as per MickeyD's comment.
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Yes - grounds - thanks.
 
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The Karroo?

I mean the whole damn thing could be one big play it as you find cricket field :)

I think the Bloem has the largest cricket field in Southern Africa
 
MickeyD said:
1 Pitch
Many pitches = Table
Table + Outfield = Ground

Newlands used to have the biggest table.

Bloem and Potch have the biggest grounds.
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Source if you can?
 
Received from a stats freak:

Bloemfontein 155 x 135m
Wanderers 150 x 125m
Centurion 145 x 125m
East London 140 x 135m
Kingsmead 140 x 120m
St George's 135 x 125m
Newlands 130 x 130m
 
I assume that the list is 1st class cricket test grounds

so no beach :D
- the only place I can play cricket
 
MickeyD said:
Received from a stats freak:

Bloemfontein 155 x 135m
Wanderers 150 x 125m
Centurion 145 x 125m
East London 140 x 135m
Kingsmead 140 x 120m
St George's 135 x 125m
Newlands 130 x 130m
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How sure is he of the accuracy of this?
 
MickeyD said:
Received from a stats freak:

Bloemfontein 155 x 135m
Wanderers 150 x 125m
Centurion 145 x 125m
East London 140 x 135m
Kingsmead 140 x 120m
St George's 135 x 125m
Newlands 130 x 130m
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Not sure about those figures hey, the Wanderers seemed pretty small every time I've went. I can't imagine that there are grounds that are so much smaller.
 
Mike Hoxbig said:
Not sure about those figures hey, the Wanderers seemed pretty small every time I've went. I can't imagine that there are grounds that are so much smaller.
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If you've never been to St Georges then you don't know small.
Guys hit 6s by mistake.
 
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