Overview
SuperSport Park is a multi-format international venue in Centurion, situated just north of Pretoria in South Africa's Gauteng province. Across 142 matches recorded between 2002 and 2025, the ground has staged 44 ODIs, 20 Tests, 22 SA20 fixtures, 17 T20 Internationals and a further scattering of domestic and franchise competitions including the IPL and Ram Slam. It is best known for its seam-friendly conditions early in the piece, a historically dominant South African home record, and a series of very large individual Test innings, three of which have exceeded 200 runs.
The ground serves as the home of the Pretoria Capitals in the SA20, which has added a regular franchise cricket audience to a venue already well-established on the international calendar. South Africa Cricket's 66% win rate from 70 matches here makes SuperSport Park one of their most productive home venues, a fact reinforced by some of the country's most celebrated batting and bowling performances being recorded on this turf.
Pitch and conditions
The surface at SuperSport Park has a reputation for assisting seamers in the early stages of an innings, and the toss data bears that out. Captains have chosen to field first on 67% of occasions across the 142 matches in our records, reflecting a consistent view that the pitch and conditions favour the new ball. The average powerplay yield of 39 runs at 1.23 wickets per innings across all formats is relatively measured, suggesting the opening overs here tend to be a contest rather than a run-fest.
Middle-overs scoring averages 135 runs per innings, where the bulk of batting value is accumulated once the surface settles. Death-overs contributions average 30 runs, pointing to a ground where the bowlers retain some authority throughout rather than conceding freely at the back end. In T20 and limited-overs formats, this tends to make SuperSport Park a venue where middle-order efficiency can matter more than it does on flatter surfaces.
The first-innings average of 216 compared to 195 in the second innings hints at slightly improving conditions for batting sides as a match develops, which may partly explain why the chase success rate across all formats sits at 53%. The advantage for the team batting second exists, but it is narrow enough that conditions alone do not settle the matter.
Historical records
The highest individual scores at SuperSport Park are overwhelmingly Test innings, which reflects both the match counts by format and the ground's tendency to offer something for batters once they are settled. Hashim Amla's 208 off 371 balls against West Indies in December 2014 is the ground record, and his 205 off 368 balls against England in January 2016 sits directly beneath it, making him the only batter with two double-hundreds here. Jacques Kallis (201 not out off 270 balls against India in December 2010) and Faf du Plessis (199 off 276 balls against Sri Lanka in December 2020) are the other South African batters in the top five, with Shaun Marsh's 192 for Australia in February 2014 completing the group.
On the bowling side, the January 2016 Test against England produced the ground's finest match return: Kagiso Rabada took 13 wickets for 144 runs across the match, a performance that comfortably leads the all-time list. Mitchell Johnson's 12 for 127 in the February 2014 Test against South Africa is the only other 10-wicket haul in double figures. Dale Steyn (10 for 91 vs New Zealand, November 2007), Vernon Philander (10 for 102 vs Sri Lanka, December 2011) and Makhaya Ntini (10 for 145 vs New Zealand, April 2006) all achieved 10-wicket match returns here, underlining how consistently the Centurion surface has rewarded South African pace bowling across different generations.
Who plays here
SuperSport Park is South Africa Cricket's primary home in the Gauteng region, and the national side's 44 wins from 70 matches underlines the ground's importance to their home schedule. The Titans, the provincial franchise historically affiliated with the venue, have a record of 17 wins from 30 matches (61%) across domestic competitions. The Pretoria Capitals carry on that association in the SA20 era, posting a 53% win rate from 18 matches in the franchise format. Among regular visitors, Australia Cricket (62% win rate from 14 matches) have proven far more competitive here than most touring sides, while Pakistan Cricket (47% from 17 matches) have found results fairly evenly split. England Cricket (33% from 10 matches) and New Zealand Cricket (11% from 9 matches) have found SuperSport Park considerably tougher to navigate.
