Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi: cricket results and records

Zayed Cricket Stadium, Abu Dhabi appears in 86 recorded matches, the first on 20 September 2021 and the latest on 30 December 2025. The matches are 51 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 32 in Twenty20 Internationals and 3 in One Day Internationals. The competitions seen most often are International League T20 (43 matches), ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (13 matches) and ICC Men's T20 World Cup (12 matches).

The sides that appear most often are MI Emirates (26 matches), Abu Dhabi Knight Riders (25 matches), Ireland (11 matches) and Sri Lanka (9 matches).

Of the 86 matches, 86 produced a winner.

The highest innings total in the records is 343/5 by South Africa against Ireland on 4 October 2024.

The lowest completed total is 54 by United States against Thailand on 1 May 2024.

In the 86 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 38 (44.2%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Waseem Muhammad (821 runs in 26 innings), N Pooran (774 runs in 25 innings), T Banton (687 runs in 17 innings), KA Pollard (610 runs in 21 innings) and AD Russell (583 runs in 25 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Fazalhaq Farooqi (40 wickets), JO Holder (24 wickets), AD Russell (20 wickets), MR Adair (20 wickets) and TA Boult (15 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 120* by AGS Gous against MI Emirates on 30 December 2025, 112* by T Stubbs against Ireland on 4 October 2024 and 110 by AD Hales against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders on 20 January 2023.

The best bowling figures are 4 for 8 by KE Bryce against Ireland on 5 May 2024, 4 for 12 by AU Rashid against Abu Dhabi Knight Riders on 7 February 2024 and 4 for 12 by T Putthawong against United States on 1 May 2024.

In 32 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 136.7 and the side batting second 121.3.

In 51 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 164.5 and the side batting second 149.5.

The toss is recorded in 86 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 68 (79.1%) and to bat in 18.

Among the 86 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 46 times (53.5%).

Batters at the ground hit 2,157 fours and 839 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 6.8 balls; 56.6% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 57%, bowled 22%, lbw 8%, run out 7% and stumped 2% of the 1,041 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 62%, bowled 24%, lbw 9%, stumped 3% and caught and bowled 3% of the 959 times.

That is 34.8 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2020s (86).

The competitions that have used the ground are International League T20 (43 matches), ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifier (13 matches), ICC Men's T20 World Cup (12 matches), Indian Premier League (8 matches), Ireland vs South Africa (5 matches) and Men's T20 Asia Cup (5 matches).