Sunday 14 August 2011

Test Cricket Returns To Sharjah

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Pakistan and Sri Lanka in the UAE 2011

Sharjah will host its first test in nine years this November, after Pakistan and Sri Lanka signed an agreement to play the last of his three attempts in the UAE on the site. Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium has hosted more ODIs than any other reason, but no international cricket between the best team since 2003.

International Stadium under construction in Abu Dhabi and Dubai, Sharjah seemed unlikely that he would return as a place of great matches. However, the United Cricket Board, said it was there for the test begins Nov. 3.

"We have finally confirmed that Pakistan played a Test in Dubai," said Dilawar Mani, chief counsel of the Emirates, the Express Tribune "We have offered to Sharjah, in the early stages -. Outskirts of Dubai and Abu Dhabi - but it was necessary both parties agree to play in Sharjah Now we are pleased that what happened .. "

Two other places in Pakistan and Sri Lanka test series is on Sheikh Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi and Dubai International Cricket Stadium, which hosted the debut during the tests by Pakistan and South Africa series in November 2010.

Sharjah was once a popular venue for ODIs and neutral tri-series and has hosted 200 One-day Internationals, 24 of them between India and Pakistan. But the place was a blow when India played 72 one-dayers in Sharjah, stopped playing there. The Earth has welcomed its test debut in 2002, but after 2003 there was no international cricket until he was mentioned as Afghanistan home in 2010 and hosted two ODIs between them and Canada.

The stadium was broken without a high level of cricket but is now being reported at a higher level. "Renovation is in full swing and we hope to be completed by November 3," Mazhar Khan, said the administrator level. "The place was very interested in hosting matches during the two series, which Pakistan is playing [UAE]. After all, there are many in Pakistan in Sharjah and Sri Lanka followers who will now be able to watch their teams' .

Sri Lanka will play three tests, five ODIs and Twenty20 international against Pakistan from October 18 to count in the UAE.

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