Dubai International Cricket Stadium
The Dubai International Stadium, previously known as the Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium, is a multi-reason arena in Dubai.
It is for the most part utilized for cricket and is one of three arenas in the country
the other two being Sharjah Cricket Stadium and Zayed Cricket Stadium in Abu Dhabi.
It has a limit of 25,000 onlookers, yet is expandable to 30,000 observers.
It is a piece of the Dubai Sports City in Dubai.
The planner of this undertaking was the Canadian draftsman, Awsam Matloob.
The arena was one of the devoted settings for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
it facilitated Semi Final 2 and the Final on November 11, 2021 and November 14, 2021 separately.
Arena History
The principal ODI cricket match played here was among Australia and Pakistan on April 22, 2009;
it was won by Pakistan.
The arena’s most memorable player to take a five-wicket pull was Shahid Afridi with 6/38,
which was his vocation best figures at that point.
The top score at this arena is 302* is held by Azhar Ali against West Indies in 2016
The arena facilitated its most memorable Test match when Pakistan played South Africa
on 12-16 November 2010; the match brought about a draw.
The November 2010 ODI series among Pakistan and South Africa finished with a
3-2 series win for South Africa.
South Africa fixed the series with a 57 run success against Pakistan.
Pakistan held a series against New Zealand and one Twenty20 International against England.
This followed with a five-match ODI series of which three matches were played at this arena.
The second match in the arena was additionally the last match by Australian global all-rounder Andrew Symonds.
In 2012 Pakistan met England in the principal test at Dubai.
Pakistan won it effectively, by 10 wickets. Saeed Ajmal was the Man-of-the-Match,
after his extraordinary 10 wicket pull.
In 2012 in mid-August Pakistan played three T20s against Australia,
which was a great achievement, not long before the ICC World T20, incorporating an over in the last match, which Pakistan won.
In 2014, The 2014 Indian Premier League competition was held in the arena
alongside Zayed Cricket Stadium and Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.
From that point onward, the competition moved back to country India.
In September 2019, it was named as one of the scenes to have cricket matches for the 2019
ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier competition.
Alongside Abu Dhabi and Sharjah the arena was utilized to have the IPL 2020 as well as the
last part of the 2021 competition after it was at first delayed following a Covid-19 flare-up in India.
In IPL 2020 Dubai International Stadium played host to the last as
Mumbai Indians crushed Delhi Capitals and in 2021 Chennai Super Kings
crushed Kolkata Knight Riders in finals.
The contribute conditions Dubai for T20 cricket were essentially improved during
IPL 2020 a reality brought into the world out by the higher typical T20
score in Dubai that was seen in that competition by correlation with matches previously.
Lighting framework
The Dubai International Stadium is lit by a unique arrangement of floodlights named “Ring of Fire”.
The 350 floodlights are fixed around the circuit of its round rooftop,
in this way limiting the shadows of articles in the ground and having no light pinnacles.
Occasions facilitated
Facilitated two consecutive day-night Test matches, first among
Pakistan and West Indies and afterward among Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
ODI matches among Pakistan and Australia from 22 to 24 April 2009.
Twenty20 matches among Pakistan and New Zealand from 12 to 13 November 2009.
Facilitated 3 Indian melodic shows on 1 and 2 November 2009 and 2 December 2013.
2 Twenty20 matches among Pakistan and England from 13 to 14 February 2010.
The Els Club, situated in Dubai sports city facilitated Callaways Odyssey.
Dubai Sports city facilitated World Twenty20 qualifier matches in February 2010.
The Facilitated 3 ODI matches among Pakistan and South Africa from 2 to 8 November 2010.
Also, Facilitated a Test match among Pakistan and South Africa on 12 November 2010.
Facilitated IPL7’s First Leg.
Facilitated 2017 Desert T20 Challenge.
(Pakistan Super League 2016) with Opening function and Final.
About, Facilitated PSL (Pakistan Super League 2017) with Opening ceremony.[13]
Facilitated PSL (Pakistan Super League 2018) with Opening function.
2018 Asia Cup and 2018 Asia Cup Final.
PSL (Pakistan Super League 2019) with Opening function.
Facilitated IPL (Indian Premier League 2020).
IPL (Indian Premier League 2021) second Phase.
first opportunity to Host an ICC Tournament 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup with Oman.
Sharjah Cricket Stadium
The Sharjah Cricket Stadium (Arabic: ملعب الشارقة للكريكيت) is in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates.
It holds the record for the most ODIs facilitated in a setting with 240 ODIs up to December 2019.
Therefore, It was initially developed in the mid 1980s and has been significantly better over the years.
Also, It facilitated its most memorable global matches in April 1984, in the Asia Cup.
The arena will be one of the devoted settings for the 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
In 2010, at the command of nearby cricketing supporter Abdul Rahman Bukhatir,
the Sharjah Cricket Stadium turned into the home ground for the Afghanistan
cricket crew for One Day International and top notch matches.
In 2016,
Afghanistan changed their home ground to Greater Noida Sports Complex Ground in Noida, India.
The Multan Sultans and the Quetta Gladiators utilized the Sharjah Cricket Stadium
for a large portion of their home games in the latest PSL season.
The cricket arena likewise facilitated the debut version of the T10 cricket association
which is an hour and a half cricket association from 14 to
17 December 2017 highlighting a few global cricket players.
The arena additionally facilitated the last of the 2018 Blind Cricket
World Cup highlighting India and Pakistan with India overcoming Pakistan by
2 wickets to get the Blind Cricket World Cup title.
It has 62 meter limits in lengthy on and 58 meter in straight. It has 65 meter limit in mid wicket.
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Test matches
Sharjah cricket arena is one of only a handful of exceptional Test Cricket
Grounds at which a Test match has been played not including a nation of origin member
(and the only one in a non-Test playing country)
Sharjah was the setting for four Test matches in 2002.
Due to security and wellbeing worries in Pakistan and its consequence)
the ground was picked as an impartial setting to have two
Test matches among Pakistan and the West Indies in February and two Test matches
among Pakistan and Australia in October.
The fifth Test match held at the ground occurred in November 2011
as the third Test between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.
Different games in the series were played at the Sheik Zayed Stadium
Abu Dhabi and Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
One Day Internationals
Somewhere in the range of 1984 and 2003, the Sharjah ground was the scene for 206
One Day Internationals held as a component of monetarily supported
one day competitions including three or four worldwide groups.
Sharjah was a famous setting drawing in great groups for the most part from the
South Asian populace of the United Arab Emirates.,
principal point was to respect cricketers of the over a wide
span of time ages from India and Pakistan, with benefit
satchels in acknowledgment of their administrations to the sport of cricket.
The arena at first began with a couple of restricted seats and exceptionally
unobtrusive offices however by 2002 had a 17,000 limit and floodlights.
Starting around 2003 the undeniably packed cricket schedule has blocked
the holding of any significant global
matches at Sharjah albeit the arena has been the scene for certain other matches,
for instance in the 2004 ICC Intercontinental Cup.
It has likewise been utilized by the Afghanistan public group beginning around 2010.
In 2011, the Guinness Book of Records recorded the Sharjah arena
as facilitating the best number of one-day matches.
As of December 2019, 240 ODIs had been played at the ground.
ICC Men’s T20 World Cup
The scene facilitated 11 gathering stage matches during 2021 ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
