It is known for having one of the quicker pitches in South Africa with good bounce, while it also offers plenty of opportunities for batsmen with the ball usually coming nicely onto the bat.Īmong the highlights of its relatively brief history, SuperSport Park hosted five matches in the 2003 Cricket World Cup and was a particularly popular venue for the 2009 Indian Premier League that was hosted in South Africa.

The ground hosted its first one-day international in December 1992 when India made their historic first tour of post-apartheid South Africa.Ĭenturion became SuperSport Centurion Park in 1998 when the television company bought shares in the ground, and now it is simply known as SuperSport Park.īlessed with a capacity of 22 000, the ground has been rated as one of the 10 best in the world by India’s legendary allrounder Kapil Dev. Its major northern stand has particularly good sightlines while the floodlights have been upgraded to world-class standard. The new multi-purpose venue quickly became one of the most family- and spectator-friendly venues in the country, characterised by its sprawling grass embankments dotted by beach cabana-style hospitality chalets.

SuperSport Park began its life as Centurion Park in 1986 after it was recognised that the ageing Berea Park in Pretoria was no longer suited to provincial cricket for Northern Transvaal (now the Momentum Multiply Titans) and potentially international cricket.

This time they will play the three-match ODI series at the attractive, well-attended ground in Centurion as well as the Imperial Wanderers, the nation’s flagship venue, while the two tests will be played at the well-established Hollywoodbets Kingsmead in Durban and St George’s Park in Gqeberha. The venue for the first and third ODIs, SuperSport Park represents a big promotion for Bangladesh who have thus far largely been hosted at second-tier grounds on their three visits to South Africa in 2002/3, 2008//18.

Prior to the start of the series, we are taking a look at the venues for the three ODIs.

Supersport park cricket stadium