Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi: cricket results and records

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi appears in 150 recorded matches, the first on 18 April 2006 and the latest on 21 December 2025. The matches are 54 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 46 in Twenty20 Internationals, 37 in One Day Internationals and 13 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Indian Premier League (29 matches), Pakistan Super League (24 matches) and ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (13 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Pakistan (54 matches), United Arab Emirates (15 matches), Ireland (12 matches) and New Zealand (11 matches).

Of the 150 matches, 144 produced a winner, 4 were drawn, 2 were tied.

The highest innings total in the records is 598/9 by England against Pakistan on 13 October 2015.

The lowest completed total is 70 by Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals on 26 April 2014.

In the 135 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 68 (50.4%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Misbah-ul-Haq (1,695 runs in 33 innings), Mohammad Hafeez (1,487 runs in 51 innings), Younis Khan (1,329 runs in 35 innings), Azhar Ali (1,307 runs in 27 innings) and Babar Azam (1,043 runs in 28 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Saeed Ajmal (54 wickets), Yasir Shah (48 wickets), Hasan Ali (38 wickets), Junaid Khan (36 wickets) and Umar Gul (30 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 278* by AB de Villiers against Pakistan on 20 November 2010, 263 by AN Cook against Pakistan on 13 October 2015 and 245 by Shoaib Malik against England on 13 October 2015.

The best bowling figures are 6 for 25 by Abdur Rehman against England on 25 January 2012, 6 for 43 by HMRKB Herath against Pakistan on 28 September 2017 and 6 for 62 by MS Panesar against Pakistan on 25 January 2012.

The first innings of 13 Test matches matches here averaged 363.8 runs.

In 37 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 245.6 and the side batting second 211.4.

In 46 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 130.8 and the side batting second 122.5.

In 54 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 162.6 and the side batting second 147.1.

The toss is recorded in 150 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 62 (41.3%) and to bat in 88.

Among the 144 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 82 times (56.9%).

Batters at the ground hit 5,126 fours and 996 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 12.1 balls; 46.3% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 51%, bowled 23%, lbw 13%, run out 8% and stumped 3% of the 2,214 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 55%, bowled 25%, lbw 14%, stumped 3% and caught and bowled 2% of the 2,028 times.

That is 40.8 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (10), 2010s (86) and 2020s (54).

The competitions that have used the ground are Indian Premier League (29 matches), Pakistan Super League (24 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (13 matches), ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (9 matches), Pakistan v New Zealand ODI Series (5 matches), New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates (5 matches), Pakistan v South Africa ODI Series (4 matches) and Pakistan v England ODI Series (4 matches).