Inaugural home venues of the 10 Test playing nations

#3 St. George’s Park, Port Elizabeth, 1889

Beautiful St. George’s Park during a Test match

Match count: 27

St. George’s Park in Port Elizabeth hosted the first Test match played outside Australia and England in the year 1889. The England cricket team paid a visit to the Rainbow Nation and won the first Test with ease in a low-scoring game. Also known as the Crusaders Ground, it is also the home stadium of one of the oldest clubs in South Africa, the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club.

Port Elizabeth was one of the 15 venues selected to host the 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup and staged five matches which included three group stage fixtures, one super six game and the crucial semi-final tie between Australia and Sri-Lanka.