Cricket grounds in South Africa
The 9 grounds listed in South Africa average 70.2 m straight and 61.9 m square, enclosing a mean playing area of 13,703 m² — 2% below the global mean of 13,957 m².
The largest is Wanderers in Johannesburg (86.8 × 64.1 m); the smallest is Buffalo Park in East London (65 × 56 m).
Six-hitting difficulty across these grounds averages 39/100 against a global 40, close to the field as a whole.
Every ground in South Africa
Sorted by playing area. Select a column heading to re-sort.
Two kinds of figure in this table. 7 of these 9 grounds were measured here from satellite imagery; the other 2 are figures published by the ground or its governing body.
The two are not measured to quite the same edge of the field, so a satellite-measured ground and a published one can look closer in size than they really are. Comparing grounds of the same kind is sound. Comparing across the two is not, until every ground has been re-measured on one basis — work that is under way.
| Wanderers | Johannesburg | 86.8 | 64.1 | 17,479 | 70 hard | Published |
| Newlands | Cape Town | 78 | 68 | 16,663 | 62 hard | Published |
| Mangaung Oval | Bloemfontein | 76 | 65 | 15,519 | 54 moderate | Satellite |
| St George's Park | Gqeberha | 67 | 64 | 13,471 | 37 moderate | Satellite |
| Boland Park | Paarl | 63 | 63 | 12,469 | 29 easy | Satellite |
| Diamond Oval | Kimberley | 63 | 63 | 12,469 | 29 easy | Satellite |
| SuperSport Park | Centurion | 67 | 57 | 11,998 | 26 easy | Satellite |
| Kingsmead | Durban | 66 | 57 | 11,819 | 24 easy | Satellite |
| Buffalo Park | East London | 65 | 56 | 11,435 | 21 easy | Satellite |