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They join Donald Bradman, Alan Davidson and Arthur Morris in being honoured at the iconic ground

And which batter has the highest Test score away from home?

Field placements have come to the fore at the high-scoring ground

Twelve games in, have the pitches and conditions been as teams and fans have expected them to be?

This week, we bring you unforgettable moments from the venue that's hosted more ODIs than any other

Cricket in Sharjah has a long and colourful history, and the future doesn't look set to be much different

The Emirates have been a home away from home for Pakistan for three decades now. To see the IPL, which excludes Pakistan, being played there must feel like betrayal

An opening stand of 227 between Matt Prior and Vikram Solanki hurried England A to victory over the United Arab Emirates in the fourth and final match of their brief stay in Sharjah

Sharjah will host its first Test in nine years this November, since Pakistan and Sri Lanka have reached an agreement to play the last of their three Test-matches in the UAE at the venue

The neutral venue that stood like a beacon of hope for other offshore cricket venues

The Sharjah Cricket Stadium, which has hosted the most number of ODIs, has been named Afghanistan's "home ground" for ODI and first-class cricket

The Abu Dhabi Cricket Council has offered to step in as host for Pakistan's home series against India scheduled early next year, if concerns over security in Pakistan persisted

Five counties will join UAE in a six-team event in the United Arab Emirates next March as part of their pre-season preparations

The rise of Abu Dhabi as a venue for one-day cricket is the final nail in the coffin of the Emirates' original cricket stadium, Sharjah. But even as it staged its first major international match last month, the future of the state-of-the-art Sheikh Zayed

Media Release: PCB on final scedule for Sharjah

Terming as discriminatory India's decision to refuse permission to its team to play in Sharjah, CBFS, the organisers there, expressed the hope that the country would reverse its stance in near future

The announcement was not unexpected

India will not participate in the Sharjah triangular cricket tournament after the Government on Sunday in New Delhi expressed its reservations over the team playing at non-regular venues

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman Tauqir Zia's sudden, unilateral and mind-boggling decision to break "all cricketing relations with India" was nothing less than a rude shock for the lovers of the game in this country

The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series (CBFS), chairman Abdul Rehman Bukhatir on Tuesday lobbied with Indian officials to reconsider their reservations over participating in the tri-nation series even as the CBFS sounded New Zealand about taking India's