Bidvest Wanderers Stadium

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Bidvest Wanderers Stadium is a major international cricket ground in Johannesburg, South Africa, renowned for hosting high-profile Test, One Day International, and T20 matches.

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Bidvest Wanderers Stadium canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building
cricket stadium
alsoUsedFor concerts
domestic cricket
altitude high altitude ground
capacity about 34000
cityDistrict Sandton area
linked to: Sandton
climate highveld climate
continent Africa
country South Africa
firstODIMatchYear 1991
firstT20IMatchYear 2005
firstTestMatchYear 1956
floodlights yes
formerName Wanderers Stadium
governingBody Cricket South Africa
hasEnd Corlett Drive End
Golf Course End
hasNickname The Bullring
hasPavilion Main Pavilion
hasScoreboard electronic scoreboard
hasSeatingType seated stands
homeVenueOf Gauteng cricket team
Highveld Lions
hosts One Day International matches
Test matches
Twenty20 International matches
hostsTournament domestic T20 competitions in South Africa
knownFor fast and bouncy pitch
high-scoring limited-overs matches
locatedIn Gauteng
Illovo, Johannesburg
Johannesburg
namedAfter Bidvest Group
notableEvent hosted multiple Indian Premier League matches in 2009
hosted the 2003 Cricket World Cup final
hosted the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 final
venue of the 438 ODI between South Africa and Australia in 2006
opened 1956
operatedBy Gauteng Cricket Board
ownedBy Gauteng Cricket Board
pitchType pace-friendly wicket
primaryUse international cricket
replaced Old Wanderers Stadium
linked to: Wanderers Stadium
sport cricket
surface grass

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Wanderers Stadium alsoKnownAs Bidvest Wanderers Stadium
The Wanderers alsoKnownAs Bidvest Wanderers Stadium