Buffalo Park

Buffalo Park is a cricket ground located in East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It is one of the home grounds for the Warriors cricket team, and the principal home ground for Border. It can hold up to 20,000 spectators.

Buffalo Park

Ground information
Location	East London, Eastern Cape
Capacity	16,000
End names
Buffalo Park Drive End Bunkers Hill End
International information
Only Test	18–21 October 2002:  South Africa v  Bangladesh
First ODI	19 December 1992:  South Africa v  India
Last ODI	18 March 2023:  South Africa v  West Indies
First T20I	23 December 2012:  South Africa v  New Zealand
Last T20I	12 February 2020:  South Africa v  England
First WODI	18 February 2004:  South Africa v  England
Last WODI	9 April 2024:  South Africa v  Sri Lanka
First WT20I	16 February 2018:  South Africa v  India
Last WT20I	3 April 2024:  South Africa v  Sri Lanka
As of 9 April 2024 Source: Cricinfo

Buffalo Park superseded the Jan Smuts Ground in East London as Border's main home ground in the 1987–88 season. It has hosted one Test match, in October 2002, and hosted a number of One Day Internationals.

It was also known as Mercedes-Benz Park, thanks to sponsorship from the German motor manufacturer.

International five-wicket hauls

As of 7 March 2020

Six five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground.^[1]

Test matches

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Test matches at Buffalo Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Makhaya Ntini	18 October 2002	South Africa	Bangladesh	2	15	19	5	South Africa won[2]
2	David Terbrugge	18 October 2002	South Africa	Bangladesh	3	15	46	5	South Africa won[2]

One Day Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Buffalo Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Wasim Akram	15 February 1993	Pakistan	South Africa	2	6.1	16	5	Pakistan won[3]
2	Shaun Pollock	24 January 1999	South Africa	West Indies	1	10	35	6	West Indies won[4]

Five-wicket hauls in Women's One Day Internationals at Buffalo Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Deandra Dottin	24 February 2016	West Indies	South Africa	2	8.5	34	5	West Indies won[5]

Twenty20 Internationals

Five-wicket hauls in Men's Twenty20 Internationals at Buffalo Park

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Result
1	Imran Tahir	9 October 2018	South Africa	Zimbabwe	2	4	23	5	South Africa won[6]

See also

• List of Test cricket grounds