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 ten ODI centuries have been scored at the venue.
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns Opposing team Date Result 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, four in men's ODIs and two in women's ODIs.Diamond Oval, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
+ Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Diamond Oval No. Bowler Date Team Opposing TeamInnORW Result 1 Mark Ealham 1 10 15 5 England won5th Match, Standard Bank Triangular Tournament at Kimberley, Jan 30 2000, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 March 2020. 2 Wasim Akram 2 9 28 5 Pakistan won14th Match, ICC World Cup at Kimberley, Feb 16 2003, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 March 2020. 3 Vasbert Drakes 2 10 33 5 West Indies won42nd Match, ICC World Cup at Kimberley, Mar 4 2003, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 March 2020. 4 Jofra Archer 2 9.1 40 6 England won3rd ODI (D/N), Kimberley, February 01, 2023, CricInfo. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
+ Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Diamond Oval No. Bowler Date Team Opposing TeamInnORW Result 1 Morna Nielsen 2 10 39 5 South Africa won2nd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Kimberley, Oct 11 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 March 2020. 2 Holly Huddleston 1 10 25 5 New Zealand won3rd ODI, ICC Women's Championship at Kimberley, Oct 13 2016, CricInfo. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
References
External links De Beers Diamond Oval on ESPNcricinfo