Dubai International Cricket Stadium: cricket results and records

Dubai International Cricket Stadium appears in 366 recorded matches, the first on 7 May 2009 and the latest on 13 September 2026. The matches are 167 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 127 in Twenty20 Internationals, 59 in One Day Internationals and 13 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are International League T20 (61 matches), Pakistan Super League (60 matches) and Indian Premier League (46 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Pakistan (79 matches), United Arab Emirates (40 matches), India (32 matches) and Desert Vipers (29 matches).

Of the 366 matches, 355 produced a winner, 3 were drawn, 7 were tied and 1 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 579/3 by Pakistan against West Indies on 13 October 2016.

The lowest completed total is 49 by United Arab Emirates against United States on 3 November 2025.

In the 345 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 153 (44.3%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Mohammad Hafeez (1,626 runs in 67 innings), Babar Azam (1,621 runs in 45 innings), Asad Shafiq (1,362 runs in 38 innings), Azhar Ali (1,348 runs in 28 innings) and Misbah-ul-Haq (1,233 runs in 38 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Saeed Ajmal (78 wickets), Yasir Shah (71 wickets), Shahid Afridi (56 wickets), Wahab Riaz (56 wickets) and Junaid Siddique (2) (50 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 302* by Azhar Ali against West Indies on 13 October 2016, 234 by GC Smith against Pakistan on 23 October 2013 and 196 by FDM Karunaratne against Pakistan on 6 October 2017.

The best bowling figures are 8 for 41 by Yasir Shah against New Zealand on 24 November 2018, 8 for 49 by D Bishoo against Pakistan on 13 October 2016 and 7 for 5 by AC Jayangani against Indonesia on 2 September 2026.

The first innings of 13 Test matches matches here averaged 336.2 runs.

In 59 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 225.3 and the side batting second 191.4.

In 127 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 140.0 and the side batting second 118.7.

In 167 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 157.5 and the side batting second 146.8.

The toss is recorded in 366 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 239 (65.3%) and to bat in 127.

Among the 355 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 205 times (57.7%).

Batters at the ground hit 9,763 fours and 3,168 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 9.9 balls; 50.0% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 59%, bowled 18%, lbw 10%, run out 7% and caught and bowled 3% of the 5,034 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 64%, bowled 19%, lbw 11%, caught and bowled 3% and stumped 3% of the 4,673 times.

That is 35.3 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (3), 2010s (159) and 2020s (204).

The competitions that have used the ground are International League T20 (61 matches), Pakistan Super League (60 matches), Indian Premier League (46 matches), ICC Men's Cricket World Cup League 2 (26 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (15 matches), Asia Cup (14 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (12 matches) and ICC Women's T20 World Cup (12 matches).