Test matches The first
Test match at Centurion was held in November 1995, as the opening match of the first post-apartheid
tour of South Africa by the
England cricket team; however, the match was drawn after being severely affected by rain. Centurion was the venue for the notorious fifth Test match of the
next England tour in 2000, when (after three days' play were lost to rain) South African captain
Hansie Cronje forfeited his team's second innings to allow for a result on the final day of the match, which England won. It was later revealed that Cronje had done so after being approached by a
bookmaker and offered money to stop the match ending in a draw. Further controversy occurred in 2001, when the scheduled third Test
between South Africa and India at Centurion was declared to be an "unofficial" Test after the
Board of Control for Cricket in India refused to accept the
International Cricket Council's match referee,
Mike Denness, who had
disciplined several Indian players in the previous match at Port Elizabeth. In December 2010, India batsman
Sachin Tendulkar scored his 50th Test century at Centurion in the first Test of the
2010–11 Indian tour of South Africa. From the summer of 2018/19, the ground usually hosts a
Boxing Day Test.
One-Day Internationals Centurion was a venue for the
2003 Cricket World Cup which took place in South Africa. It was also selected as a venue for the
2009 ICC Champions Trophy and hosted the final on 5 October 2009.
SA20 Centurion is the home ground of the
Pretoria Capitals, who play in the
SA20.
Other cricket competitions The
2009 Indian Premier League was held in South Africa, and Centurion was one of eight grounds used. It hosted twelve matches, including one of the semi-finals. Supersport Park also hosted a domestic and continental Sixes tournament, where home side, the
Titans, came out on top in the domestic competition, and
South Africa winning the continental competition against
Kenya in the final.
Other sports Centurion hosted an
Australian rules football practice match in 2008 between
Carlton and
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