Bulawayo Athletic Club

Bulawayo Athletic Club is the name of a cricket club that competes in Zimbabwe's National League competition. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries See also Great Zimbabwe National Monument. For information about the March and June 2008 presidential elections see Zimbabwean presidential election More importantly, it is also the name given to the club's ground.

The ground has hosted a single Test match against New Zealand in November 1992. Test cricket is the longest form of the Sport of Cricket. It has long been considered the ultimate test of playing ability between cricketing nations The New Zealand cricket team, also known as the Black Caps or BLACKCAPS, played their first Test in 1929-30 against England in Christchurch It was thus the second venue in Zimbabwe to host a Test match. A One Day International was played there just prior to the Test. Note Most of the information here pertains to men's cricket ODI matches are also played in Women's cricket. It can hold over 12,000 spectators.

The Test match was hit by poor weather, poor attendances and a poor wicket. In the sport of Cricket the word wicket has several distinct meanings Meanings of wicket Set of stumps Primarily the wicket Along with these factors, the local cricket administrators believed that nearby Queens Sports Club had better potential as an international venue. Queens Sports Club is a multi-use Stadium in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. Therefore, when Test cricket was next played in Bulawayo, it was at that venue instead. Bulawayo is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, after the capital Harare, with a population of 676000 (UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator Zimbabwe 2005 now estimated

The ground was affected by fire, causing damages of up to USD$400,000, in mid 2007.

According to brmtaylor.com, it's 2007-08 squad is as follows:

Bulawayo Athletic Club - Matthew Williams, Tawanda Mupariwa, Tafadzwa Ngulube, John Nyumbu, Freedom Takarusenga, Tinashe Hove, Bonaparte Mujuru, Tafadzwa Madhiri, Mbekezeli Mabuza, Brian Mukondiwa

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