Wanderers Stadium

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Ground information
New Wanderers

South Africa
Location	Sandton, Illovo, Johannesburg
Seating capacity	34,000
End names	Corlett Drive End Golf Course End
International information
First Test	24 December 1956: South Africa v England
Last Test	8 November 2007: South Africa v New Zealand
First ODI	13 December 1992: South Africa v India
Last ODI	14 February 2007: South Africa v Pakistan
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1956 – present	Transvaal now known as Highveld Lions
As of 16 December 2007 Source: CricketArchive

Wanderers Stadium is a stadium situated just south of Sandton in Illovo, Johannesburg in Gauteng Province, South Africa. Test, One Day and First class cricket matches are played here. It is also the home ground for the Highveld Lions, formerly known as Gauteng (Transvaal).

The stadium has a seating capacity of 34,000, and was built in 1956 to replace the Old Wanderers Stadium. It was completely overhauled following South Africa's readmission to international cricket in 1991. In 1996, five new 65 metre high floodlight masts replaced the existing four 30 metre high masts enabling day-night limited-overs cricket. It is nicknamed 'The Bullring' due to its design and intimidating atmosphere.

The Cricket World Cup 2003 final was held at the Wanderers Stadium. This stadium also hosted one of the greatest One-day international matches. The match was played between South Africa and Australia in which a world record score of 434 was chased down by South Africa. In 2007 it then hosted matches of the first T20 Worldcup. It included the first match and the finals which was won by India beating Pakistan

On 1 October 2004, the Wanderers Clubhouse was virtually destroyed by fire.

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Venues of the 2003 Cricket World Cup South Africa

Wanderers Stadium (Johannesburg) • Sahara Stadium Kingsmead (Durban) • Newlands Cricket Ground (Cape Town) • Centurion Park (Centurion) • Goodyear Park (Bloemfontein) • Willowmoore Park (Benoni) • Sahara Oval St George’s (Port Elizabeth)• Nairobi Gymkhana Club (Nairobi) • Queens Sports Club (Bulawayo) • Harare Sports Club (Harare) • Boland Park (Paarl) • De Beers Diamond Oval (Kimberley) • Pietermaritzburg Oval (Pietermaritzburg) • Buffalo Park (East London) • North West Cricket Stadium (Potchefstroom)

Coordinates: 26°7′52.17″S, 28°3′26.69″E