Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium
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| place | Sharjah , United Arab Emirates |
| Coordinates | 25 ° 19 '51 " N , 55 ° 25' 15.4" E |
| surface | Natural grass |
| capacity | 15,000 |
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The Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium (often just Sharjah Cricket Stadium ) is a cricket stadium in Sharjah , United Arab Emirates . The stadium opened in 1982 and has been the home of the United Arab Emirates' national cricket team ever since .
Capacity & Infrastructure
The initially sparsely equipped stadium developed over time into a modern cricket stadium with up to 27,000 seats and floodlights. Today the capacity is around 15,000 seats. The ends of the pitches are called Pavilion End and Sharjah Club End .
International cricket
As the United Arab Emirates' national cricket team does not have full member status with the ICC , it is not allowed to play test matches . The Sharjah Stadium is one of the few cricket stadiums with test match status in the world where the country's national team is not allowed to play tests. The first One-Day International took place between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in 1984. Since then, the stadium has enjoyed great popularity for three or four-nation tournaments, so that numerous ODIs have taken place here. The first test match took place in 2002 between Pakistan and the West Indies . After the attack on the Sri Lankan national team in Lahore , the Pakistani Cricket Board was looking for a neutral venue for future international matches. The choice fell on the United Arab Emirates. The Sharjah Cricket Stadium has hosted home games for the Pakistani national cricket team since 2011 . It has also been the home stadium of the Afghan national cricket team since 2010 . In addition to international games, the stadium was also the venue for the 2014 Indian Premier League in 2014 .
Match-fixing scandal
In 2000 it became known that game fraud was regularly carried out in Sharjah, primarily by the Pakistani national team. This match-fixing scandal resulted in the Indian government refusing to allow its national team to continue playing in Sharjah. Since 2003 hardly any international games have been played here. See also betting fraud in cricket .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 1st Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah, Apr 6, 1984 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ↑ 1st Test: Pakistan v West Indies at Sharjah, Jan 31-Feb 4, 2002 ( English ) Cricinfo. Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ↑ Simon Briggs: Return to Sharjah, where 'match fixing started' ( English ) Cricinfo. November 2, 2011. Retrieved June 5, 2016.