A cricket stadium dubbed the "Lords of Africa" is set to open in one of the unlikeliest locations imaginable.

Former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan and South Africa's Herschelle Gibbs joined the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, at a reception ahead of Saturday's opening.

England T20 player Sam Billings, also at the opening, called the facilities "world class".

Billings is taking part in a charity T20 match at the stadium on Saturday, alongside Vaughan and Trinidadian batting legend Brian Lara.
The stadium has been built with the help of a British charity, the Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation (RCSF), the Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) and President Paul Kagame's government.
The pavilion is designed to look like the path of a bouncing cricket ball, and the rolling hills of Rwanda.

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The game is growing fast in Rwanda and RCSF's director, 27-year-old Alby Shale, said the stadium could move the sport into the "fast lane".