CRICKnowledge: Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Established 1982

Capacity 27,000Floodlights YesEnd names Pavilion End, Sharjah Club EndHome team United Arab Emirates

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First Test Pakistan v West Indies - Jan 31-Feb 4, 2002 Scorecard

Last Test Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Nov 3-7, 2011 Scorecard

Statsguru Tests | Records: Match results | Highest totals | Most runs | Most wickets

First ODI Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Apr 6, 1984 Scorecard

Last ODI Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Nov 20, 2011 Scorecard

Statsguru ODIs | Records: Match results | Highest totals | Most runs | Most wickets

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. It was a blow from which Sharjah never recovered, and the construction of the state-of-the-art Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, which stage its first ODI in April 2006, signaled the end of Sharjah as a home for top-flight cricket.

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First Test	Pakistan v West Indies - Jan 31-Feb 4, 2002	Scorecard
Last Test	Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Nov 3-7, 2011	Scorecard
Statsguru Tests \| Records: Match results \| Highest totals \| Most runs \| Most wickets
First ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Apr 6, 1984	Scorecard
Last ODI	Pakistan v Sri Lanka - Nov 20, 2011	Scorecard
Statsguru ODIs \| Records: Match results \| Highest totals \| Most runs \| Most wickets 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. It was a blow from which Sharjah never recovered, and the construction of the state-of-the-art Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi, which stage its first ODI in April 2006, signaled the end of Sharjah as a home for top-flight cricket.