| The Bullring | |||||||
 Wanderers Stadium in 2024 | |||||||
 Interactive map of Wanderers Stadium | |||||||
| Ground information | |||||||
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| Location | Illovo,Sandton,Johannesburg | ||||||
| Country | South Africa | ||||||
| Coordinates | 26°7′52″S28°3′27″E / 26.13111°S 28.05750°E /-26.13111; 28.05750 | ||||||
| Capacity | 34,000[1] | ||||||
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| Corlett Drive End Golf Course End | |||||||
| International information | |||||||
| First Test | 24–29 December 1956: South Africa v England | ||||||
| Last Test | 8–11 March 2023: South Africa v West Indies | ||||||
| First ODI | 13 December 1992: South Africa v India | ||||||
| Last ODI | 17 December 2023: South Africa v India | ||||||
| First T20I | 21 October 2005: South Africa v New Zealand | ||||||
| Last T20I | 14 December 2023: South Africa v India | ||||||
| First women's Test | 17–21 December 1960: South Africa v England | ||||||
| Last women's Test | 24–27 March 1972: South Africa v New Zealand | ||||||
| First WODI | 22 September 2013: South Africa v Bangladesh | ||||||
| Last WODI | 6 February 2022: South Africa v West Indies | ||||||
| First WT20I | 21 February 2016: South Africa v England | ||||||
| Last WT20I | 3 February 2019: South Africa v Sri Lanka | ||||||
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| As of 17 December 2023 Source:Cricinfo | |||||||
TheWanderers Stadium, also known as theBullring due to its intimidating atmosphere, is a cricketstadium situated just south ofSandton inIllovo,Johannesburg inGauteng,South Africa.Test,One Day andFirst classcricket matches are played here. It is the home ground for theImperial Lions and theJoburg Super Kings.
The stadium has aseating capacity of 34,000, and was built in 1956 to replace theOld Wanderers Stadium. It was completely overhauled following South Africa's readmission to international cricket in 1991. In 1996, five new 65-metre-high (213 ft)floodlight masts replaced the existing four 30-metre-high (98 ft) masts, enabling day-night limited-overs cricket. It is nicknamed 'The Bullring' due to its design and intimidating atmosphere.
On 1 October 2004, the Wanderers Clubhouse was virtually destroyed by fire.[2]
Wanderers Stadium hosted arugby union test match in April 1980 betweenSouth Africa and theSouth American Jaguars while Johannesburg's regular venue,Ellis Park Stadium, was being redeveloped.[3]
On 12 March 2006, this stadium hostedthe greatest One-day International match ever played between South Africa and Australia in which a world record score of 434 was chased down by South Africa.
The stadium hosted the2009 Indian Premier League's second semi-final and the final in which theDeccan Chargers beat theRoyal Challengers Bangalore to grab the championship title. It also hosted the final ofChampion League Twenty20 in the2010 and2012 edition.
The2003Cricket World Cup and2007T20 World Cup finals were held at the Wanderers Stadium.
On 18 January 2015, the Wanderers stadium saw South Africa'sAB de Villiers break the 19-year-old record for the fastest ODI half-century, previously held by Sri Lankan maestroSanath Jayasuriya, by making 50 off 16 balls against theWest Indies. In the same match, he also brokeCorey Anderson's fastest ODI century record (held for one year and seven days) by making 100 off 31 deliveries. He finished on 149, caught on the boundary in the final over, scored off 44 balls with a strike rate of 338.63.[4]
On 21 February 2016, AB de Villiers scored the fastest 50 (21 balls) for South Africa in a T20Iagainst England.[5]
In July 2018, the stadium hosted former US President,Barack Obama at theNelson Mandela Lecture.[6]
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| Preceded by | Cricket World Cup Final Venue 2003 | Succeeded by |
