Bulawayo Athletic Club


Bulawayo Athletic Club is a sports club in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The Bulawayo Athletic Club Ground is the 12,000-capacity stadium.

History

The club was founded in 1894. Cricket is the main sport played at the club, but tennis, bowls, squash and billiards are also played. It has also been a significant venue for many international sporting events.
On 12 August 2007, a fire broke out at the club, destroying the members' bar area and billiards rooms and causing damages of up to US$400,000. The Walkden Hall, the squash courts and the changing rooms were saved from the blaze. The fire was believed to have been started by an electrical fault.
At the Hockey Africa Cup of Champions held in Bulawayo in 2014, the Bulawayo Athletic Club ladies team reached the competition's final. Two Bulawayo Athletic Club players were in the gold medal winning Zimbabwe ladies hockey team at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Patricia McKillop and Helen Volk.

As a cricket venue

In the summer of 1992, the Zimbabwe national cricket team was granted Test status. Shortly afterwards, Bulawayo Athletic Club hosted one Test match and one One Day International, with New Zealand the visitors in both.
New Zealand won the ODI, on 31 October, by 22 runs. The Test began the following day, but was badly hit by rain and a lack of adequate covering, with ten hours of play lost. In addition, the wicket was poor, as were the attendances. Thus, when international cricket returned to Bulawayo, it was played at the nearby Queens Sports Club.
Bulawayo Athletic Club continued to host domestic matches, and along with Queens Sports Club served as a home ground for the Matabeleland team.

International Centuries

Test Centuries

Only 2 Test centuries have been scored at the venue.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1119Rod Latham 2141 November 1992Drawn
2101*Kevin Arnott 2001 November 1992Drawn

One Day International Centuries

Only 1 One Day International centuries have been scored at the venue.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1157*Calum MacLeod 1464 March 2018Won

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Tests

Only one five wicket haul in Test matches have been taken at the venue.
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconResult
1Dipak Patel1 11 199221136Drawn