Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi: cricket results and records

Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi appears in 237 recorded matches, the first on 18 April 2006 and the latest on 17 October 2026. The matches are 105 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 78 in Twenty20 Internationals, 41 in One Day Internationals and 13 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are International League T20 (44 matches), Indian Premier League (37 matches) and Pakistan Super League (24 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Pakistan (56 matches), MI Emirates (26 matches), Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (25 matches) and Ireland (23 matches).

Of the 237 matches, 231 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 54 by United States against Thailand on 1 May 2024.

In the 222 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 107 (48.2%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Misbah-ul-Haq (1,695 runs in 33 innings), Mohammad Hafeez (1,519 runs in 52 innings), Younis Khan (1,329 runs in 35 innings), Azhar Ali (1,307 runs in 27 innings) and Babar Azam (1,113 runs in 29 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Saeed Ajmal (54 wickets), Yasir Shah (48 wickets), Fazalhaq Farooqi (40 wickets), Hasan Ali (39 wickets) and Junaid Khan (36 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 41 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 250.2 and the side batting second 207.5.

In 78 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 133.2 and the side batting second 122.0.

In 105 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 163.5 and the side batting second 148.3.

The toss is recorded in 237 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 130 (54.9%) and to bat in 107.

Among the 231 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 129 times (55.8%).

Batters at the ground hit 7,332 fours and 1,840 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 10.3 balls; 49.4% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 53%, bowled 23%, lbw 11%, run out 8% and stumped 3% of the 3,273 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 58%, bowled 25%, lbw 12%, stumped 3% and caught and bowled 2% of the 3,005 times.

That is 38.7 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (10), 2010s (86) and 2020s (141).

The competitions that have used the ground are International League T20 (44 matches), Indian Premier League (37 matches), Pakistan Super League (24 matches), ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (22 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier (13 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (12 matches), Pakistan v New Zealand ODI Series (5 matches) and New Zealand tour of United Arab Emirates (5 matches).