Buffalo Park is a cricket ground in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is one of the home grounds for the Warriors cricket team, and the principal home ground for Border. It can hold up to 20,000 spectators.
Buffalo Park superseded the Jan Smuts Ground in East London as Border's main home ground in the 1987–88 season. It has hosted one Test match, in October 2002, and hosted a number of One Day Internationals.
It was also known as Mercedes-Benz Park, thanks to sponsorship from the German motor manufacturer.
International five-wicket hauls
Six five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground.Buffalo Park, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
Test matches + Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Buffalo Park No. Bowler Date Team Opposing TeamInnORW Result 1 Makhaya Ntini 2 15 19 5 South Africa won1st Test, Bangladesh tour of South Africa at East London, Oct 18-21 2002, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07. 2 David Terbrugge 3 15 46 5 South Africa won
One Day Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Buffalo Park No. Bowler Date Team Opposing TeamInnORW Result 1 Wasim Akram 2 6.1 16 5 Pakistan won4th Match, Total International Series at East London, Feb 15 1993, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07. 2 Shaun Pollock 1 10 35 6 West Indies won2nd ODI, West Indies tour of South Africa at East London, Jan 24 1999, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
+ Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Buffalo Park No. Bowler Date Team Opposing TeamInnORW Result 1 Deandra Dottin 2 8.5 34 5 West Indies won1st ODI, ICC Women's Championship at East London, Feb 24 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
Twenty20 Internationals + Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at Buffalo Park No. Bowler Date Team Opposing TeamInnORW Result 1 Imran Tahir 2 4 23 5 South Africa won1st T20I (N), Zimbabwe tour of South Africa at East London, Oct 9 2018, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-03-07.
See also List of Test cricket grounds
References
External links Cricinfo's Buffalo Park page Cricket Archive page