| Kingsmead | |||||||
Panoramic view of the Kingsmead
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| Ground information | |||||||
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| Location | Durban, South Africa | ||||||
| Coordinates | 29°51′0″S 31°1′40″E / 29.85000°S 31.02778°E / -29.85000; 31.02778 | ||||||
| Capacity | 25,000 | ||||||
| Tenants | Hollywoodbets Dolphins | ||||||
| End names | |||||||
| Umgeni End Old Fort End | |||||||
| International information | |||||||
| First Test | 18–22 January 1923: South Africav England | ||||||
| Last Test | 31 March–4 April 2022: South Africav Bangladesh | ||||||
| First ODI | 17 December 1992: South Africav India | ||||||
| Last ODI | 7 February 2020: South Africav England | ||||||
| First T20I | 12 September 2007: Kenyav New Zealand | ||||||
| Last T20I | 3 September 2023: South Africav Australia | ||||||
| First women's Test | 31 December 1960–3 January 1961: South Africav England | ||||||
| Last women's Test | 10–13 March 1972: South Africav New Zealand | ||||||
| First WODI | 20 January 2021: South Africav Pakistan | ||||||
| Last WODI | 1 October 2023: South Africav New Zealand | ||||||
| First WT20I | 4 March 2016: South Africav West Indies | ||||||
| Last WT20I | 3 February 2021: South Africav Pakistan | ||||||
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| As of 10 December 2023 Source: ESPNCricinfo | |||||||
Kingsmead is a cricket groundinDurban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Its stated capacity is 25,000,[1] although grass terracing makes up part of the viewing area. The 'end names' are the Umgeni End (north) and the Old Fort Road End (south). It is the home ground of the Hollywoodbets Dolphins.
In October 2019, Hollywoodbets was announced as the naming rights sponsor to the ground, with it now being known as Hollywoodbets Kingsmead Stadium until August 2024.[2]
The venue hosted the first home Test for the South African cricket team after re-admission into international cricket and also hosted the Test against the English cricket team in 1939, which lasted from the third to the thirteenth of March and was called off over fears that the English would miss their ship home.
The first Test match to be played here was between South Africa and England on 18 January 1923, which resulted in a draw on the 5th day
It has been renowned as a seamers wicket, and there is also a famous myth regarding how the tide affects batting conditions, as the ground is quite close to the beach. Many batting collapses in matches in the past have jokingly been blamed on changes in the tide.[citation needed]
On 19 September 2007 the ground witnessed Yuvraj Singh's iconic six consecutive sixes off Stuart Broad's over in the World Twenty20 match between India and England, to mark the fastest fifty ever in any form of cricket.[3]
