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IND AUS New Zealand vs West Indies results. NZ WI fol New Zealand beat West Indies by an innings and 12 runs.
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New Zealand vs Pakistan upcoming. NZ December 22, South Africa vs Sri Lanka upcoming. SA December 26, SL IST. Australia vs India upcoming.
AUS December 26, NZ December 26, SA January 03, NZ January 03, The decision to buy the ground the stadium stands on was made by the Western Province Rugby and Football Union in The first official match at Newlands took place on 31 May when Stellenbosch defeated Villagers there in front of a crowd of about 2, people.
The following year the stadium hosted its first rugby test when the British Lions toured South Africa. It was not until that the first permanent concrete stands were erected on the grounds. Later, in , the new grandstand was erected and the field layout was changed to run from north—south.
Yet more changes came in when the South stand was also enlarged. In the s parts of a new grandstand as well as South stand were completed, facilities such as lifts and a Presidential room were added, a fourth bay was added to the grandstand, and an extension was added to the lower gallery.
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The s saw the stadium change once again as the headquarters of SA Rugby moved to Newlands, and several stands were built or renovated, while the s saw private suites and function rooms erected on top of the North stands as well as demolition of the old South stand and inauguration of the new Danie Craven stand also with private suites and function rooms.
The s also saw 10, seats added to the stadium. Between and the stadium was under constant renovation, adding technology, increasing capacity, and upgrading facilities, as part of a 3-phase redevelopment plan in anticipation of the Rugby World Cup , when Newlands hosted the opening match of the tournament. After the World Cup, development continued with several redevelopment and expansion projects to make the stadium more modern and increase capacity. Currently there are four main stands at Newlands: the all-seated Grandstand and Railway stands along both sidelines, and the Danie Craven and Jan Pickard stands behind the goals.
Both of the end stands feature many of the ground's corporate boxes: the Craven stand also has a large standing terrace area, while the alcohol-free Pickard stand is mostly seating while also playing home to the stadium's video screen. The stadium's name was changed several times by various sponsors, first from Newlands to Norwich Park Newlands in , then to Fedsure Park Newlands in due to a merger between Fedsure and Norwich, and finally back to simply Newlands by Investec when they became the main sponsor in In late , Vodacom became the stadium's main sponsor, but followed Investec's precedent and kept the stadium name as Newlands.
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The stadium hosted two pool games in Pool A. The stadium also hosted one quarter final with England defeating Australia 25— The stadium was then used for the semi final between England and New Zealand , with England losing 29— It was speculated that WP rugby would sell Newlands, and that the Stormers and Western Province would play their home matches at the newly built Cape Town Stadium for their home games. However, the Western Province Rugby Union have decided that they will not be using the stadium, but will rather remain at Newlands.
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