Sharjah Cricket Stadium

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Established 1982
Capacity 16,000
Floodlights Yes
End names Pavilion End, Sharjah Club End
Home team United Arab Emirates
Current local time 03:52, Sun May 28, 2023 (UTC +0400)

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Records and statistics

First Test	Pakistan v West Indies - Jan 31-Feb 4, 2002	Scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v West Indies - Oct 30-Nov 3, 2016	Scorecard
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First ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Apr 6, 1984	Scorecard
Last ODI	Nepal v Papua New Guinea - Mar 16, 2022	Scorecard
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First T20I	Afghanistan v Scotland - Mar 3, 2013	Scorecard
Last T20I	Afghanistan v Pakistan - Mar 27, 2023	Scorecard
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Profile

The Sharjah Cricket Stadium, in the emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, was built in the early 1980s and very quickly became a regular home for tournaments as the popularity of one-day cricket exploded following India's World Cup win in 1983. Between 1984 and 2003 the ground hosted 198 ODIs and four Tests (in 2002 when Pakistan played games there due to political instability at home), attracting good crowds, mainly from the area's large Asian expat population. It also hosted Masters (veterans) events and other second-string tournaments. All were played under the auspices of The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS)" which had been established in 1981 by Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, and whose main aim was to honour cricketers of the past and present generations from India and Pakistan, with benefit purses in recognition of their services to the game of cricket. The stadium initially started with a few limited seats and very modest facilities but by 2002 had a 27,000 capacity and floodlights.

But when the match-fixing scandals began to emerge in the late 1990s, Sharjah's star began to wane, and although nothing was ever proved, sides started to move away, and in 2001 the Indian government banned the national side from playing there. Between April 2003 and February 2010, the venue hosted no internationals, but that changed with Associates beginning to play games there and Pakistan needing an off-shore venue because of security problems in their country. It is now, with Dubai and Abu Dhabi, one of the UAE's international venues and has even resumed Test duties.
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Fixtures

2023
Sun Jun 4 (50 ovs) 16:30 local \| 12:30 GMT 08:30 EDT \| 07:30 CDT \| 05:30 PDT	1st ODI - United Arab Emirates v West Indies
Tue Jun 6 (50 ovs) 16:30 local \| 12:30 GMT 08:30 EDT \| 07:30 CDT \| 05:30 PDT	2nd ODI - United Arab Emirates v West Indies
Fri Jun 9 (50 ovs) 16:30 local \| 12:30 GMT 08:30 EDT \| 07:30 CDT \| 05:30 PDT	3rd ODI - United Arab Emirates v West Indies
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