City Oval, Cricket stadium in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

City Oval is a multi-purpose stadium in Pietermaritzburg with a capacity of 12,000, used mainly for cricket by KwaZulu-Natal Inland, KwaZulu-Natal and Dolphins. Its pavilion follows the design of the Queen's Park cricket ground in Chesterfield, United Kingdom, and a tree stands inside the boundary ropes.

City Oval, formerly Alexandra Park, hosted its first first-class cricket match in 1894/95. Between 1895 and 1957 it staged nine first-class matches between Natal and the Marylebone Cricket Club. Ahead of the 2003 Cricket World Cup the ground was renovated and the Jubilee Stand added, named for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee of 1897.

The stadium maintains a tradition where cricketers who score a century or take five wickets in a match plant a tree within the grounds. This practice shapes how the place looks and connects sport with nature conservation in a direct way.

The ground sits in Pietermaritzburg and is shared by KwaZulu-Natal Inland men's and women's sides, KwaZulu-Natal and the Dolphins, who also play at Kingsmead in Durban. The Jubilee Stand, added before the 2003 World Cup, is named for Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee of 1897. Look for the tree standing inside the boundary ropes.

The stadium is one of only three top-tier cricket grounds worldwide where a tree stands within the official playing boundary. This tree is a visible marker of the long history of the place and its special connection to nature.