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Online tickets for opening ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match sold out

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Online tickets for the opening ICC Women’s T20 World Cup match between South Africa and Sri Lanka at Newlands Cricket Ground on Friday, 10 February have been sold out. Only a limited number of tickets are available through Western Province Cricket Club, who will be open for public sales on their online portal throughout the day.

The match is the start of 15 days of action-packed cricket across the three venues of Newlands, Boland Park and St George’s Park, where the world’s best cricketers will be challenging for the ultimate prize in T20 cricket.

Fans attending Newlands will be in for an entertaining experience with performers Rouge, DBN Gogo, GoodLuck and DJ Maphorisa bringing the party to go with the world-class cricket on show. The opening match will be packed with South African inspired performances and activities to kick-start the biggest celebration of women’s cricket in the country.

Spectator Information

Gates will open at 16h00

Live entertainment will start at 17h45 followed by the opening ceremony at 18h30.

The City of Cape Town’s services Metro Police, Law enforcement, Disaster Risk Management, Traffic services will be deployed at all Newlands Cricket Ground games to ensure event safety and assist with traffic flow management.

Fans, residents and motorists are reminded that Campground Road will be closed from the corner of Campground road and Mariendahl road to Palmyra Road between 15h00 and 23h00.

Public parking is available Westerford High School on Newlands Main Road, Groote Schuur Primary School in Campground Road and at Groote Schuur High School in Palmyra Road.

Cricket came to South Africa during the Napoleonic Wars and with the British forces occupying South Africa. The first match recorded was in 1808 in Cape Town between two service teams, for a prize of one thousand rix-dollars.

The oldest cricket club in South Africa is the Port Elizabeth Cricket Club, founded in 1843. Few clubs in the world can boast such a long existence. The first championship was held in Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha) in 1876 for the “champion bat.” Competing teams were Cape Town, Grahamstown, King Williams Town, and Port Elizabeth (now Gqeberha). It was won by King Williams Town and the year after that too.

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