Buffalo Park.

East London · South Africa · 2002–2022

Buffalo Park sits in South Africa and has hosted 31 matches on record. It's a batting-friendly ground where par sits at 171. Defending a total pays off more often than not.

Explore records Who plays here

At a glance

Matches

All formats

Par score

171

1st-innings average

Chase success

44%

Defending edge

Bat-first win

48%

Long-sample record

Pitch & conditions

Reading the Buffalo Park deck

The patterns we see repeat across the matches on record — what works at Buffalo Park, and what captains should plan for.

Batting-friendly

Par of 171 points to a surface that rewards batters once set. Expect boundary-heavy middle and death phases.

Defending pays

Only 44% of chases succeed here. The side batting first has a clear historical advantage, and captains are well advised to post something and hunt wickets.

A back-loaded innings

Powerplay RPO of 44 climbs to 48 at the death, one of the sharper acceleration patterns in cricket. The finisher earns their money here.

Records get rewritten

Highest total: 369. When the pitch comes on and the outfield hums, the ceiling at Buffalo Park is as high as anywhere.

By the numbers

Historical records

Career aggregates from the matches LuckySpire tracks at Buffalo Park. Drawn from Cricsheet ball-by-ball data under ODC-BY licence.

Avg 1st inn

171

T20-era par

Avg 2nd inn

157

Chasing average

Chase success

44%

All formats

Highest total

369

On record

Lowest total

Complete innings

Phase-by-phase · scoring trajectory

Where the runs come

Cumulative scoring trajectory across a typical white-ball innings at Buffalo Park. Phase bands show Powerplay (overs 1–6), Middle (7–15) and Death (16–20) — the death-overs acceleration is where the ground's character shows up most sharply.