Sheikh Zayed Cricket Stadium
The $23 million stadium, built by Concor, opened in May 2004,[1] with its inaugural first-class match being an Intercontinental Cup fixture between Scotland and Kenya in November of that year.The stadium has a large stand at either end, with the areas square of the wicket offering grass banks for additional seating.Following the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team, Pakistan was unable to host home matches and played a number of home series matches in the UAE, including series against Australia, England, West Indies, New Zealand, South Africa and Sri Lanka The 2021 ICC Men's T20 World Cup is the first ICC tournament to be hosted by the UAE.In 2009, the stadium hosted numerous cricket games, mostly fixtures in the Nissan Gulf Cup, with first-class teams from England and India competing against each other.[6] In September 2019, Tolerance Oval was named as one of the venues to host cricket matches for the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament.
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