Everything about Wanderers Stadium totally explained
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 stadium has a
seating capacity of 34,000, and was built in
1956 to replace the
Old Wanderers Stadium. It was completely overhauled following South Africa's readmission to international cricket in
1991. In
1996, five new 65 metre high
floodlight masts replaced the existing four 30 metre high masts enabling day-night limited-overs cricket. It is nicknamed 'The Bullring' due to its design and intimidating atmosphere.
The
Cricket World Cup 2003 final was held at the Wanderers Stadium. This stadium also hosted
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.
In 2007 it then hosted matches of the first T20 Worldcup. It included the first match and the finals which was won by India beating Pakistan
On
1 October 2004, the Wanderers Clubhouse was virtually destroyed by fire.
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