De Beers Diamond Oval
The De Beers Diamond Oval is a cricket 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 (formerly Griqualand West), 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 suburb 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
As of February 2023 ten ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 116* | Inzamam-ul-Haq | ![]() |
110 | 2 | ![]() |
7 April 1998 | Won |
2 | 101 | Gary Kirsten | ![]() |
107 | 2 | ![]() |
28 October 2000 | Won |
3 | 108* | Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
92 | 2 | ![]() |
4 December 2002 | Won |
4 | 119 | Chris Gayle | ![]() |
151 | 1 | ![]() |
4 March 2003 | Won |
5 | 145* | Kane Williamson | ![]() |
136 | 1 | ![]() |
22 January 2013 | Won |
6 | 110* | Mushfiqur Rahim | ![]() |
116 | 1 | ![]() |
15 October 2017 | Lost |
7 | 168* | Quinton de Kock | ![]() |
145 | 2 | ![]() |
15 October 2017 | Won |
8 | 110* | Hashim Amla | ![]() |
112 | 2 | ![]() |
15 October 2017 | Won |
9 | 118 | Dawid Malan | ![]() |
114 | 1 | ![]() |
1 February 2023 | Won |
10 | 131 | Jos Buttler | ![]() |
127 | 1 | ![]() |
1 February 2023 | Won |
International five-wicket hauls
Six five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground, three in men's ODIs and two in women's ODIs.
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Mark Ealham | 30 January 2000 | ![]() |
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1 | 10 | 15 | 5 | England won |
2 | Wasim Akram | 16 February 2003 | ![]() |
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2 | 9 | 28 | 5 | Pakistan won |
3 | Vasbert Drakes | 4 March 2003 | ![]() |
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2 | 10 | 33 | 5 | West Indies won |
4 | Jofra Archer | 1 February 2023 | ![]() |
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2 | 9.1 | 40 | 6 | England won |
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Morna Nielsen | 11 October 2016 | ![]() |
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2 | 10 | 39 | 5 | South Africa won |
2 | Holly Huddleston | 13 October 2016 | ![]() |
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1 | 10 | 25 | 5 | New Zealand won |