Bulawayo Athletic Club[1] is a sports club in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Bulawayo Athletic Club Ground is a 12,000-capacity stadium.
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| Location | Bulawayo, Matabeleland, Zimbabwe | ||||
| Coordinates | 20°09′53.41″S 28°35′36.54″E / 20.1648361°S 28.5934833°E | ||||
| Establishment | 1894 | ||||
| Capacity | 12,000 | ||||
| Owner | Bulawayo Athletic Club | ||||
| Tenants | Zimbabwe Cricket | ||||
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| Only Test | 1–5 November 1992: Zimbabwe v  New Zealand | ||||
| First ODI | 31 October 1992: Zimbabwe v New Zealand | ||||
| Last ODI | 27 June 2023: Ireland v  United Arab Emirates | ||||
| First T20I | 11 July 2022: Jersey v  United States | ||||
| Last T20I | 17 July 2022: Papua New Guinea v United States | ||||
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| As of 27 June 2023 Source: ESPNcricinfo | |||||
History
editThe club was founded in 1894 and has been a significant venue for many international sporting events. Cricket is the main sport played at the club, but tennis, bowls, squash and billiards are also played.[2]
On 12 August 2007, a fire broke out at the club, destroying the members' bar area and billiards rooms and causing damages of up to US$400,000. The Walkden Hall, the squash courts and the changing rooms were saved from the blaze. The fire was believed to have been started by an electrical fault.[2]
At the Hockey Africa Cup of Champions held in Bulawayo in 2014, the Bulawayo Athletic Club ladies team reached the competition's final.[3] Two Bulawayo Athletic Club players were in the gold medal winning Zimbabwe ladies hockey team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Patricia McKillop and Helen Volk.[4][5]
As a cricket venue
editIn the summer of 1992, the Zimbabwe national cricket team was granted Test status. Shortly afterwards, Bulawayo Athletic Club hosted one Test match (becoming the country's second Test venue, after Harare Sports Club) and one One Day International, with New Zealand the visitors in both.[6]
New Zealand won the ODI, on 31 October, by 22 runs. The Test began the following day, but was badly hit by rain and a lack of adequate covering, with ten hours of play lost.[6] In addition, the wicket was poor, as were the attendances (1,000 on the first day and a few hundred each day thereafter). Thus, when international cricket returned to Bulawayo, it was played at the nearby Queens Sports Club.[6]
Bulawayo Athletic Club continued to host domestic matches, and along with Queens Sports Club served as a home ground for the Matabeleland team.[7]
International Centuries
editTest Centuries
editOnly two Test centuries have been scored at the venue.[8]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 119 | Rod Latham | New Zealand |
214 | Zimbabwe |
1 November 1992 | Drawn |
| 2 | 101* | Kevin Arnott | Zimbabwe |
200 | New Zealand |
1 November 1992 | Drawn |
One Day International Centuries
editFour One Day International centuries have been scored at the venue.[9]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 157* | Calum MacLeod |  Scotland |
146 |  Afghanistan |
4 March 2018 | Won |
| 2 | 127 | Richie Berrington | Scotland |
136 | United Arab Emirates |
23 June 2023 | Won |
| 3 | 136 | Brandon McMullen | Scotland |
121 |  Oman |
25 June 2023 | Won |
| 4 | 162 | Paul Stirling | Ireland |
134 | United Arab Emirates |
27 June 2023 | Won |
List of Five Wicket Hauls
editTests
editOnly one Test five wicket haul has been taken at the venue.[10]
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dipak Patel | 1 November 1992 | New Zealand |
Zimbabwe |
2 | 40.4 | 113 | 6 | 2.77 | Drawn |
One Day Internationals
editTwo ODI five-wicket hauls have been taken at the venue.[11]
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bilal Khan | 25 June 2023 | Oman |
Scotland |
1 | 10 | 55 | 5 | Lost |
| 2 | Chris Greaves | Scotland |
Oman |
2 | 10 | 53 | 5 | Won |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Bulawayo Athletic Club". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ a b "Bulawayo Athletic Club The Club House at BAC was burnt to the ground on 12th August 2007". Bulawayo Athletic Club. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "BAC successful despite final heartbreak". Southern Eye. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Helen Volk". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Patricia McKillop". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ a b c "Bulawayo Athletic Club". espn.co.uk. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Bulawayo Athletic Club". BigBashBoard.com. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
- ^ "Batting Records/ Test". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Batting Records/ One Day International". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
- ^ "Statistics - Statsguru - Test Matches - Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
- ^ "Bowling Best Figures Innings". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 26 June 2023.