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'''Senwes Cricket Stadium''' is a [[Cricket field|Cricket ground]] in [[Potchefstroom, North West Province]], South Africa. It has hosted two [[Test cricket|Test matches]], with the first in 2002. The [[Highveld Lions cricket team|Highveld Lions]] also play some home matches here. It is also home to [[AFL South Africa]], the [[Australian rules football]], body responsible for developing the game in that country and the stadium is home to the [[South African national Australian rules football team]], the ''Lions''. On 29 October 2017, the venue hosted its first [[Twenty20 Internationals|T20I]] match for [[Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18|South Africa against Bangladesh]], which was the 100th T20I for South Africa.<ref name="FirstT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/10904/preview/1075508/ |title=The final chance for Bangladesh to impress on tour|access-date=29 October 2017|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="100thT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.co.za/sport24/Cricket/Proteas/proteas-have-chance-to-make-history-in-final-t20i-20171028 |title=Proteas have chance to make history in final T20I|access-date=29 October 2017|work=Sports24}}</ref>
'''JB Marks Oval''' is a [[Cricket field|Cricket ground]] in [[Potchefstroom, North West Province]], South Africa. It has hosted two [[Test cricket|Test matches]], with the first in 2002. The [[Highveld Lions cricket team|Highveld Lions]] also play some home matches here. It is also home to [[AFL South Africa]], the [[Australian rules football]], body responsible for developing the game in that country and the stadium is home to the [[South African national Australian rules football team]], the ''Lions''. On 29 October 2017, the venue hosted its first [[Twenty20 Internationals|T20I]] match for [[Bangladeshi cricket team in South Africa in 2017–18|South Africa against Bangladesh]], which was the 100th T20I for South Africa.<ref name="FirstT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/10904/preview/1075508/ |title=The final chance for Bangladesh to impress on tour|access-date=29 October 2017|work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><ref name="100thT20I">{{cite web |url=http://www.sport24.co.za/sport24/Cricket/Proteas/proteas-have-chance-to-make-history-in-final-t20i-20171028 |title=Proteas have chance to make history in final T20I|access-date=29 October 2017|work=Sports24}}</ref>


As of 2008, due to a [[naming rights]] agreement, the ground was renamed to Senwes Park. It had been known as ''Sedgars Park''.
As of September 2021<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ofm.co.za/article/cricket/310079/north-west-dragons-launch-2021-22-season|title=North West Dragons launch 2021/22 season}}</ref>, due to a [[naming rights]] agreement, the ground was renamed to JB Marks Oval. It had been known as ''Senwes Park'' and ''Sedgars Park''.


==See also==
==See also==

Revision as of 07:27, 21 March 2023

JB Marks Oval
Ground information
LocationPotchefstroom
Capacity18,000 [1]
End names
JB Marks End
University End
International information
First Test25 October 2002:
 South Africa v  Bangladesh
Last Test28 September 2017:
 South Africa v  Bangladesh
First ODI20 October 2000:
 South Africa v  New Zealand
Last ODI21 March 2023:
 South Africa v  West Indies
First T20I29 October 2017:
 South Africa v  Bangladesh
Last T20I12 October 2018:
 South Africa v  Zimbabwe
First WODI10 March 2002:
 South Africa v  India
Last WODI6 May 2018:
 South Africa v  Bangladesh
First WT20I27 October 2011:
 South Africa v  England
Last WT20I13 February 2018:
 South Africa v  India
Team information
North West
Lions
As of 23 March 2023
Source: Cricinfo

JB Marks Oval is a Cricket ground in Potchefstroom, North West Province, South Africa. It has hosted two Test matches, with the first in 2002. The Highveld Lions also play some home matches here. It is also home to AFL South Africa, the Australian rules football, body responsible for developing the game in that country and the stadium is home to the South African national Australian rules football team, the Lions. On 29 October 2017, the venue hosted its first T20I match for South Africa against Bangladesh, which was the 100th T20I for South Africa.[2][3]

As of September 2021[4], due to a naming rights agreement, the ground was renamed to JB Marks Oval. It had been known as Senwes Park and Sedgars Park.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Senwes Park".
  2. ^ "The final chance for Bangladesh to impress on tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Proteas have chance to make history in final T20I". Sports24. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ "North West Dragons launch 2021/22 season".

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