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{{short description|Cricket stadium}}
{{distinguish|Boland Stadium}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name       = Boland Park
| nickname          = 
| image             = Boland Park Cricket Ground.jpg
| caption           = Boland Park Cricket Ground during the South Africa vs Pakistan One Day International on 17 December 2024
| country           = South Africa
| location          = [[Paarl]], [[South Africa]]
| coordinates      = {{coord|33|44|29|S|18|59|54|E|type:landmark|display=title}}
| establishment     = 1996
| seating_capacity  = 10,000
| owner             = 
| operator          = [[Boland cricket team|Boland]]
|architect          = 
| tenants           = 
| end1             = Riebeeck Kelders End
| end2             = Stables End
| international    = true
| firsttestdate    = 
| firsttestyear    = 
| firsttesthome    =
| firsttestaway    = 
| lasttestdate     = 
| lasttestyear     = 
| lasttesthome     = 
| lasttestaway     = 
| firstodidate     = 27 January
| firstodiyear     = 1997
| firstodihome     = India
| firstodiaway     = Zimbabwe
| lastodidate      = 21 December 
| lastodiyear      = 2023
| lastodihome      = South Africa
| lastodiaway      = India
| firstt20idate    = 
| firstt20iyear    = 
| firstt20ihome    = 
| firstt20iaway    = 
| lastt20idate     = 
| lastt20iyear     = 
| lastt20ihome     = 
| lastt20iaway     =
| onlyt20idate     = 29 November
| onlyt20iyear     = 2020
| onlyt20ihome     = South Africa
| onlyt20iaway     = England

|     firstwtestdate = 
|     firstwtestyear = 
|     firstwtesthome = 
|     firstwtestaway = 
|      lastwtestdate = 
|      lastwtestyear = 
|      lastwtesthome = 
|      lastwtestaway = 
|      onlywtestdate = 19–22 March
|      onlywtestyear = 2002
|      onlywtesthome = South Africa
|      onlywtestaway = India
|      firstwodidate = 16 October
|      firstwodiyear = 2009
|      firstwodihome = South Africa
|      firstwodiaway = West Indies
|       lastwodidate = 24 October
|       lastwodiyear = 2016
|       lastwodihome = South Africa
|       lastwodiaway = New Zealand
|      firstwt20idate = 25 October
|      firstwt20iyear = 2009
|      firstwt20ihome = South Africa
|      firstwt20iaway = West Indies
|       lastwt20idate = 19 February
|       lastwt20iyear = 2023
|       lastwt20ihome = New Zealand
|       lastwt20iaway = Sri Lanka
| year1            = 1996-present
| club1            = [[Boland cricket team|Boland]]
| year2            = 2005-2021
| club2            = [[Cape Cobras]]
| year3            = 2018-2019
| club3            = [[Paarl Rocks]]
| year4            = 2023-present
| club4            = [[Paarl Royals]]
| date             = 21 December 
| year             = 2023
| source           = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/59147.html Cricinfo
|image_size=300px}}

'''Boland Park''' is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Paarl]], [[South Africa]].  It is currently used mostly for [[cricket]] matches and hosted three matches during the [[2003 Cricket World Cup]].  [[Boland (cricket team)|Boland cricket team]] and the [[Paarl Royals]] both stage home matches at the ground.  The stadium has a capacity of 10,000 people.

==History==
*In 1997, the stadium hosted its first [[One Day International]] (ODI) match between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]]. It was a Tri-Series match which ended in a tie. 
*On 11 January 2012, hosts South Africa beat [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] by a margin of 258 [[Run (cricket)|runs]] in an ODI. Sri Lanka were [[Dismissal (cricket)|dismissed]] for a low total of 43, the lowest ODI total in their history.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/south-africa-v-sri-lanka-2011/content/story/549000.html|title=Sri Lanka's surrender in numbers|access-date=28 December 2016}}</ref>

===2003 Cricket World Cup===
The following [[2003 Cricket World Cup]] matches were played at Boland Park.

{{Limited overs international
 | date = 12 February 2003 
 | daynight = 
 | team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
 | score1 = 204 (48.5 overs)
 | score2 = 136 (48.1 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr|NED}}
 | runs1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 52 (72)
 | wickets1 = [[Tim de Leede]] 4/35 (9.5 overs) 
 | runs2 =  [[Daan van Bunge]] 62 (116)
 | wickets2 = [[Javagal Srinath]] 4/30 (9.1 overs) 
 | result = {{cr|IND}} won by 68 runs
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65241.html Scorecard]
 | venue = Boland Park, [[Paarl]], South Africa 
 | Attendance: 
 | umpires = [[Daryl Harper]] and [[Peter Willey]]
 | motm = [[Tim de Leede]] (NED)
 | rain = India won the toss and elected to bat first. 
}}
{{Limited overs international
 | date = 19 February 2003 
 | daynight = 
 | team1 = {{cr|CAN}}
 | score1 = 36 (18.4 overs)
 | score2 = 37/1  (4.4 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
 | runs1 = [[Joseph Harris (cricketer)|Joe Harris]] 9 (13)
 | wickets1 =  [[Prabath Nissanka]] 4/12 (7 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Marvan Atapattu]] 24* (14)
 | wickets2 = [[Sanjayan Thuraisingam]] 1/22 (2.4 overs)
 | result = {{cr|SL}} won by 9 wickets.
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65251.html Scorecard]
 | venue = Boland Park, [[Paarl]], South Africa
 | umpires = [[Neil Mallender]] and [[David Shepherd (umpire)|David Shepherd]]
 | motm = [[Prabath Nissanka]] (SL)
 | rain = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field first.
}}
{{Limited overs international
 | date = 25 February 2003 
 | daynight = 
 | team1 = {{cr|PAK}}
 | score1 = 253/9 (39 overs)
 | score2 = 156 (39.3 overs)
 | team2 = {{cr-rt|NED}}
 | runs1 = [[Yousuf Youhana]] 58 (59)
 | wickets1 = [[Daan van Bunge]] 2/27 (4 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Daan van Bunge]] 31 (60)
 | wickets2 = [[Wasim Akram]] 3/24 (8.3 overs)
 | result = {{cr|PAK}} won by 97 runs
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65260.html Scorecard]
 | venue = Boland Park, [[Paarl]], South Africa
 | Attendance:
 | umpires = [[Steve Bucknor]] and [[Srinivas Venkataraghavan]]
 | motm = [[Yousuf Youhana]] (PAK)
 | rain = Netherlands won the toss and elected to field first.
}}

==International centuries==
Ten ODI [[Century (cricket)|centuries]] have been scored at the venue.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=2;filter=advanced;ground=1031;orderby=start;runsmin1=100;runsval1=runs;size=200;template=results;type=batting;view=innings|title=Statistics - Statsguru - One-Day Internationals - Batting records|access-date=27 December 2016|work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%"
! No. !! Score !! Player !! Team !! Balls !! Innings !! Opposing team !! Date !! Result
|-
| 1 || 100* || [[Jacques Kallis]] || {{cr|SA}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 139 || 2 || {{cr|SL}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2001|January|9}} || Won
|-
| 2 || 111 || [[Saurav Ganguly]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 124 || 1 || {{cr|KEN}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2001|October|24}} || Won
|-
| 3 || 146 || [[Sachin Tendulkar]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 132 || 1 || {{cr|KEN}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2001|October|24}} || Won
|-
| 4 || 102* || [[Gary Kirsten]] || {{cr|SA}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 118 || 2 || {{cr|PAK}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2002|December|16}} || Won
|-
| 5 || 112 || [[Hashim Amla]] || {{cr|SA}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 128 || 1 || {{cr|SL}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2012|January|11}} || Won
|-
| 6 || 176 || [[AB De Villiers]] || {{cr|SA}} || {{ntsh|1100}} 104 || 1 || {{cr|BAN}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2017|October|18}} || Won
|-
| 7 || 123 || [[Heinrich Klaasen]] || {{cr|SA}} || {{ntsh|1140}} 114 || 1 || {{cr|AUS}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2020|February|29}} || Won
|-
| 8 || 110 || [[Temba Bavuma]] || {{cr|SA}} || {{ntsh|1430}} 143 || 1 || {{cr|IND}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2022|January|19}} || Won
|-
| 9 || 129 || [[Rassie van der Dussen]] || {{cr|SA}} || {{ntsh|980}} 98 || 1 || {{cr|IND}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2022|January|19}} || Won
|-
| 10 || 108 || [[Sanju Samson]] || {{cr|IND}} || {{ntsh|1140}} 114 || 1 || {{cr|SA}} || {{dts|format=dmy|2023|December|23}} || Won
|}

==International five-wicket hauls==
{{updated|7 March 2020}}
Two [[Five-wicket haul|five-wicket hauls]] have been taken on the ground, both in men's One Day Internationals.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Five-wicket hauls in Men's One Day Internationals at Boland Park
|-
! No.
! Bowler
! Date
! Team
! Opposing Team
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|Inn
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|O
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|R
! scope="col" style="width:20px;"|W
! Result
|-
| 1 || [[Eddo Brandes]] || {{dts|format=dmy|1997|1|27}} || {{cr|ZIM}} || {{cr|IND}} || 2 || 9.5 || 41 || 5  || Tie<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66070.html 3rd Match (D/N), Standard Bank International One-Day Series at Paarl, Jan 27 1997], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2020-03-07.</ref>
|-
| 2 || [[Lasith Malinga]] || {{dts|format=dmy|2012|1|11}} || {{cr|SL}} || {{cr|SA}} || 1 || 10 || 54 || 5 || South Africa won<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/514035.html 1st ODI (D/N), Sri Lanka tour of South Africa at Paarl, Jan 11 2012], [[CricInfo]]. Retrieved 2020-03-07.</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{cricinfo|ref=southafrica/content/ground/59147.html|check-wikidata=no}}
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/23/1629.html Cricket Archive page]

[[Category:Cricket grounds in South Africa]]
[[Category:Multi-purpose stadiums in South Africa]]
[[Category:Sports venues in the Western Cape]]
[[Category:Paarl]]