MANGAUNG OVAL STADIUM, BLOEMFONTEIN

MANGAUNG OVAL STADIUM(BLOEMFONTEIN)

Mangaung Oval, previously known as Springbok Park, Chevrolet Park, Goodyear Park, and OUTsurance Oval, is a cricket oval in Bloemfontein, South Africa. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. It is the home of the Knights cricket team. The stadium holds 20,000 people and opened in 1989. The ground hosted its first one-day international in December 1992 when South Africa cruised to an eight-wicket victory over India. In October 1999 it was accorded full Test status with the visit of Zimbabwe.

Early in 1994 at the ground Hansie Cronje smashed 251 with 28 fours and six sixes against the touring Australians. The ground played its part in South African Test history when, fittingly, Allan Donald, who as a Free State cricketer played many times at the ground, became the first South African to capture 300 Test wickets during the First Test against New Zealand in November 2000.

In March 2003 Feiko Kloppenburg and Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk of The Netherlands scored a century in the same match as Netherlands posted their only win in 2003 Cricket World Cup against Namibia.

On 7 March 2007, Irish vocal pop band Westlife held a concert for The Love Tour supporting their album The Love Album.

This was the stadium where Colin Ingram scored his maiden ODI century in his first international match, the first South African to score a century on his ODI debut.

Springbok Park boasts some of the best lights in the country and is regularly used for day/night matches, when the grassy banks become colourfully filled with spectators and a carnival atmosphere prevails. It is just 10 minutes walk from the city centre, with Bloemfontein coach station adjacent to the ground.

A naming rights arrangement saw the ground renamed Goodyear Park due to sponsorship by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company until the 2007/08 season when it was renamed the OUTsurance Oval. It has since been renamed again as Mangaung Oval.

Zimbabwe are scheduled to play South Africa in a one-off test in March 2024.

MANGAUNG OVAL STADIUM(BLOEMFONTEIN)Pitch Report

Mangaung oval has not witnessed much games as of now which makes it difficult to conclude how the pitch may play. But looking at the history, it is considered a very good batting wicket with high runs on the scoreboard.

MANGAUNG OVAL STADIUM(BLOEMFONTEIN)Pitch Report

Test Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

As of now only 1 test match held at this ground which was played between South Africa and Bangladesh where the home team Proteas won the match by 254 runs and innings. Batting looked easy in the first innings but as the match progressed pacers played a vital role. Spinners generally comes into the role from the 3^rd day as the match proceeds.

Here are the last test match average scores of all Innings at MANGAUNG OVAL grounds:

Test Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 573 runs

Test Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 147 runs

Test Matches 3rd Innings Average Score – 172 Runs

Test Matches 4th Innings Average Score – NA

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MANGAUNG OVAL STADIUM(BLOEMFONTEIN)Pitch Report

ODI Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

Mangaung Oval has hosted high scoring ODI matches over the last few years. Teams batting first have been quite successful on this high-scoring ground. The matches at this ground is unlikely that the bowlers will get much help from the surface in Bloemfontein. The captain whoever wins the toss prefers batting first at this ground. Mangaung Oval witnessed 7 ODI matches as of now where 4 matches won by the team batting first and 3 matches won by the team chasing.

Here are last 5 ODI matches average scores of both Innings at MANGAUNG OVAL grounds:

ODI Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 305 runs

ODI Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 277 runs

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MANGAUNG OVAL STADIUM(BLOEMFONTEIN)Pitch Report

T20I Match Pitch Report and Toss Factor:

As the ground has not hosted much T20I matches as of now which makes it difficult to conclude how the pitch may play. But looking at the history, it is traditionally a very good batting wicket with high scoring runs on the scoreboard in both the innings. As of now only 1 international T20I match played at this ground where the team batting first has won.

Here is the last T20I match average scores of both Innings at MANGAUNG OVAL grounds:

T20I Matches 1st Innings Average Score – 195 runs

T20I Matches 2nd Innings Average Score – 175 runs

LAST 10 YEARS OUTCOME