Queens Sports Club

Stadium in Zimbabwe

20°08′42.39″S 28°35′20.20″E / 20.1451083°S 28.5889444°E / -20.1451083; 28.5889444Establishment1890Capacity12,497OwnerBulawayo City CouncilTenantsZimbabwe Cricket
Matabeleland TuskersEnd namesCity End
Airport EndInternational informationFirst Test20–24 October 1994:

Zimbabwe v

Sri LankaLast Test12–14 February 2023:

Zimbabwe v

West IndiesFirst ODI15 December 1996:

Zimbabwe v

EnglandLast ODI6 July 2023:

Scotland v

NetherlandsFirst T20I11 May 2013:

Zimbabwe v

BangladeshLast T20I17 July 2022:

Zimbabwe v

NetherlandsFirst WODI10 November 2021:

Zimbabwe v

BangladeshLast WODI15 November 2021:

Zimbabwe v

BangladeshTeam information

Matabeleland Tuskers	(2009–present)

As of 6 July 2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Queens Sports Club Ground is a stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. It is used primarily used for cricket matches. The stadium has a capacity of up to 13,000. The stadium is the home ground for the Matabeleland Tuskers, who are the current Logan Cup champions. The other cricket ground in Bulawayo is the Bulawayo Athletic Club.^[1]

Queen's Sports Club is Zimbabwe's second ground, the first being the Harare Sports Club. It is situated close to the city center is one of international cricket's most picturesque venues, with an old pavilion surrounded by trees which give shade to spectators. Much of the ground consists of grass banking and its capacity of 13,000 is more than enough to cope with demand. Queens Sports Club became Zimbabwe's third Test venue in October 1994. The Zimbabwe national cricket team has had much success at this venue, beating teams like England, West Indies, Australia, Pakistan and the once weak Bangladesh. In recent times however it has been a stadium of horror for the locals, as it was at this venue where Zimbabwe lost to lower ranked Afghanistan.

During a Currie Cup match between Eastern Province and Rhodesia in 1954/55, the scorers' box became a mass of smoke and sparks after electrical equipment was struck by lightning.^[2]