Lights Up Night Sky In Dubai

Dubai Sports City’s cricket stadium stood bold and bright on the Dubai skyline as officials making final preparations for the grand opening tested the 365 floodlights that will create ideal playing conditions at the new venue

Engineers are conducting the final testing of the stadium infrastructure ahead of the much anticipated opening.

The state-of-the-art lighting system has been uniquely installed into the rim of the roof of the stadium, creating what is being described as a ‘ring of fire’ which will light up the field of play. The design is such that it will prevent any distracting shadows of the players.

“The stadium really comes to life at night,” said Macky Dudhia, General Manager – Sports Business, Dubai Sports City. “To sit inside the arena with the lights on, passionate cricket fans in full voice, and cricket action on the lush field, this all conjures up a sense of excitement. It will create an imposing and electric atmosphere comparable to the biggest matches in the sport.”

The Dubai Sports City cricket stadium has been designed to provide a world class venue, ideally suited to act as a neutral venue for world cricket and has the facilities to host Test Matches, One-Day internationals, and Twenty:20 tournaments. The stadium is bowl shaped, providing excellent views from every seat in the ground and simultaneously bringing the spectators closer than ever to the action. 

The player’s changing rooms will be among the most luxurious and spacious of any cricket ground in the world. With indoor and outdoor pitch-side seating, physiotherapy and massage rooms, a raised lounge with a view of the pitch, locker rooms and dining areas, the Dubai Sports City cricket stadium will provide the world-class player with everything they need.

Within the media centre there are 82 indoor press seats with cable and wireless internet connection and excellent views of the stadium. The exceptionally well appointed VVIP and Gold boxes will hold more than 100 people, with 24 luxurious boxes on the lower level adjacent to VVIP and Gold Boxes and 17 high quality corporate boxes looking out on to the pitch from the top level of the venue.

Dubai Sports City’s cricket stadium will be the first of four stadiums to be completed, with a 60,000 capacity multi-purpose stadium for football, track and field, and rugby; a field Hockey Stadium capable of holding up to 5,000 spectators, and an indoor arena that will house 10,000 supporters for a wide range of sports including basketball,indoor hockey, volleyball, handball, netball and ice hockey.

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Established 1982

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

 

Records and statistics

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.

MELBOURNE CRICKET GROUND

Capacity: 100,000 Melbourne,Australia

Cricket was first played on the MCG in 1856. Since then, the ground has been the scene of many cricket firsts, according to the MCG website, The world record first-class score (1107 – Victoria v NSW, 1926);

The First Test match (Australia v England, 1877); First century in Test cricket (Charles Bannerman); World’s first cricket scoreboard showing batsman’s name andmethod of dismissal; First full-colour cricket scoreboard with instant replays, The first major stadium to use “Super Sopper” to dry surface; and The world’s first one-day international cricket match (January 5, 1971)

The MCG hosted the historic 1992 Cricket World Cup final between Pakistan and England with a crowd of more than 87,000. Pakistan won the match after sterling all-round performance by Wasim Akram who scored 33 runs and picked up 3 crucial wickets to make Pakistan cricket world champions for the first and as of yet only time. The match was also Imran Khan's last match after which he retired.

#It is the Biggest Cricket Ground and the other grounds which comes next are defined below,

ANZ STADIUM 83

Capacity : 83,500 Sydney,Australia

The ANZ Stadium was primarily designed as the main Stadium and centrepiece of the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games and opened 1999. Initially the Stadium had a seating capacity of more than 110,000, which made it the largest Olympic stadium in history and at that time the largest stadium in Australia, but in 2002, a reconfiguration, which allows the ground to be transformed from rectangular mode to oval mode in 12 hours, reduced its capacity to 83,500. Cricket has been played at the ground since 2003.

DY. PATIL STADIUM

Capacity: 60,000  Mumbai,India

The stadium was officially inaugurated on the 4th of March 2008,This stadiumincorporates many best-practice aspects of cricket stadiums. It boasts India’s first and largest fabric roof and its giant LED screens are the largest in the country. For the ground, 250 tons of clay were imported from South Africa. Stadiums around India typically have outfields made from red soil, which causes this part of the ground to become sluggish when it rains. To minimise rain interruption, DY Patil’s outfield is sand based, with a completely concealed underground drainage system to quickly remove water.

JAWARHARLAL NEHRU STADIUM

Capacity: 60,000 Kochi,India.

Named after the first Prime Minister of India, the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium was constructed to host the 9th Asian Games in 1982. More recently the stadium hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games, for which its capacity was reduced from 78,000 to 60,000 spectators.Jawaharlal Nehru International Stadium is the fourth largest stadium in India. It is also the third largest cricket stadium in India.

Originally constructed as a football stadium, it has played host to a number of international cricket and football matches. The extensive grounds of the stadium serve as venue for important exhibitions, cinema events and political rallies in the city. The stadium is quipped with floodlights for night play. The architecture of the stadium is unique compared to other stadiin India. The Most Innovative aspect of the stadium is its unique Lighting Towers of 2 kW Floodlights which when switched on fully can provideLighting levels for HDTV telecast

GADDAFI STADIUM

Capacity: 60,000 Lahore,Pakistan

 Gaddafi Stadium is a cricket ground in Lahore, Pakistan. It was designed by Daghestani-born architect and engineer Nasreddin Murat-Khan who also designed Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan and constructed by Mian Abdul Khaliq and Company in 1959. 

Originally Lahore Stadium, the facility was renamed in 1974 in honour of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi following a speech he gave at an Organisation of the Islamic Conference meeting in favour of Pakistan's right to pursue nuclear weapons. The stadium houses the headquarters of the Pakistan Cricket Board.

Three hat-tricks have been taken at the stadium, by Peter Petherick of New Zealand

against Pakistan, October 9, 1976, Wasim Akram of Pakistan against Sri Lanka, March 6, 1999 and Mohammad Sami of Pakistan against Sri Lanka ,

Pakistan have enjoyed some memorable moments on the ground, including a fifth-wicket stand of 281 between Javed Miandad and Asif Iqbal against New Zealand in 1976 and an innings and 324 run win against New Zealand  in 2002.The stadium hosted the final of the 1996 World Cup, which was watched by over 60,000 spectators. 

CHINNASWAMY STADIUM

Capacity: 55,000 Bangalore,India 

Regarded as one of the premier cricket stadiums in India, the ground was renamed from Karnataka State Cricket Association Stadium to M Chinnaswamy to honour the president of the Indian board from 1977 until 1980, who was also involved in Karnataka cricket for over 40 years. The stadium, despite not being completed, gained Test status in 1974-75 and hosted the West Indies in the opening match. In 1982 it hosted the first ODI in India and was renovated in the mid 1990s for the Indian Premier League. It is also the home of the National Cricket Academy.

RAJIV GANDHI STADIUM

Capacity: 55,000 Hyderabad,India

This is the principal cricket stadium in Hyderabad, India and is the home ground of the Hyderabad Cricket Association. Stretched over 16 acres of land, the Rajiv GandhiInternational Cricket Stadium used to have a capacity of 55,000 but this has been reduced to 40,000 for the Indian Premier League. . The ends are named Pavilion End and NorthEnd.The jinx about this stadium is that the home team has never won a match here.Weirdly, the home team has never won a match here.

Most of the funding for the project came after an open auction of the stadium's title was held. Visaka Industries Limited won the auction with a bid price of Rs. 65,00,00,000. A sum of Rs. 43,00,00,000 was paid in advance and the stadium was named as VisakhaInternational Stadium in 2004.

By 2005 when most of the stadium was built, it was ready to host its first ODI Matches between India and South Africa. However, Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy the former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh decided to change the name of the stadium to Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium, in memory of the former Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi