A little history on Kingsmead Cricket Stadium | South Africa v Australia

2023 celebrates 100 years of the Kingsmead cricket ground being built. The first Test match to be played here was between South Africa and England on 18 January 1923, which resulted in a draw on the 5th day.

In this video I attended a KFC T20 match played between South Africa and Australia. I give some brief history of the stadium and to also enjoy the match.

Hollywoodbets Kingsmead has witnessed some of South African cricket’s finest moments. Hollywoodbets Kingsmead staged its first Test match in 1923. Since the 1980’s, the ground has been extensively redeveloped with new stands at the Umgeni and Old Fort Road ends, but the old main grandstand remains as a reminder of past glories. The pitch is laid slightly below sea level and local folklore maintains that when the tide comes in in the late afternoon, the water table rises, offering unexpected movement to seam bowlers.

It has been renowned as a seamers wicket, and there is also a famous myth regarding how the tide affects batting conditions, as the ground is quite close to the beach. Many batting collapses in matches in the past have jokingly been blamed on changes in the tide.

On 19 September 2007 the ground witnessed Yuvraj Singh's iconic six consecutive sixes off Stuart Broad's over in the World Twenty20 match between India and England, to mark the fastest fifty ever in any form of cricket.

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