Boland Park

Location: Paarl, South Africa
Capacity: 10,000
Home teams:

• Boland cricket team
• Cape Cobras
• Paarl Rocks

Boland Park is a multi-purpose stadium in Paarl, South Africa; a region in the Western Province approximately 60 kilometres (37 miles) east of Cape Town. Primarily used for cricket, It is home to Boland cricket team, Cape Cobras and Paarl Rocks. With a capacity of 10,000, it is one of the smaller stadiums in South Africa, but what it lacks in size, it makes up for in beauty.

Boland, meaning ‘land above’ or ‘top country’ in Afrikaansis overlooked by the Boland mountain complex which is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site. Some of the peaks reach 2,000 metres (6,560 feet) making them hard to miss and providing picturesque views to spectators relaxing on grassed hills sitting in the shades of the many adjacent trees.

Although there are yet to be any international test matches held here, a number of ODIs have taken place including its first ODI between Zimbabwe and India in 1997 and three matches during the 2003 Cricket World Cup.