De Beers Diamond Oval


The De Beers Diamond Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa. It opened in 1973 and has a capacity of 11,000. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches and is the home venue of both the VKB Knights, in the Sunfoil Series, and Northern Cape, in the CSA Provincial Competitions. Griqualand West left the old De Beers Stadium ahead of the 1973–74 season and have been resident at the Diamond Oval since then.
The ground is in the Cassandra district of Kimberley at the junction of Lardner Burke Avenue with Dickenson Avenue. It is adjacent to the Kimberley Country Club and close to the De Beers company's technical training campus.

International Centuries

There are eight ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInnsOpposing teamDateResult
1116*Inzamam-ul-Haq11027 April 1998Won
2101Gary Kirsten107228 October 2000Won
3108*Herschelle Gibbs9224 December 2002Won
4119Chris Gayle15114 March 2003Won
5145*Kane Williamson136122 January 2013Won
6110*Mushfiqur Rahim116115 October 2017Lost
7168*Quinton de Kock145215 October 2017Won
8110*hashim Amla112215 October 2017Won

International five-wicket hauls

Five five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground, three in men's ODIs and two in women's ODIs.
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Mark Ealham30 1 2000110155England won
2Wasim Akram16 2 200329285Pakistan won
3Vasbert Drakes4 3 2003210335West Indies won

No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing TeamInnORWResult
1Morna Nielsen11 10 2016210395South Africa won
2Holly Huddleston13 10 2016110255New Zealand won