West End Park International Cricket Stadium
| Ground information | |||||
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| Location | Doha, Qatar | ||||
| Establishment | 2013 | ||||
| Capacity | 14,500 | ||||
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| International information | |||||
| First ODI | 21 January 2022: Afghanistan v  Netherlands | ||||
| Last ODI | 25 January 2022: Afghanistan v Netherlands | ||||
| First T20I | 4 July 2019: Qatar v  Kuwait | ||||
| Last T20I | 1 March 2024: Qatar v  Hong Kong | ||||
| First WODI | 10 January 2014: Ireland v  Pakistan | ||||
| Last WODI | 17 January 2014: Pakistan v  South Africa | ||||
| First WT20I | 19 January 2014: Pakistan v South Africa | ||||
| Last WT20I | 18 November 2021: Qatar v  Nepal | ||||
| Team information | |||||
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| As of 12 March 2024 Source: Cricinfo | |||||
West End Park International Cricket Stadium (official name) or Al-Arabi Stadium or Asian Town Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Doha, Qatar.[1] In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with the opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premise. The stadium can seat 13,000 spectators.[2]
History
[edit]West End Park is developed by the Qatar Property Management in collaboration with Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammad bin Thani Social Welfare Foundation. The sports club at West End Park project will also have a football ground, four cricket pitches for practice, four badminton and eight basketball courts.
The project comprises four cinemas, an open-air Amphitheatre with capacity 14,500 seats, children's theme park, restaurants and recreational facilities.
In December 2013, it was announced the hosting of first-ever triangular women's One-day and Twenty20 championship in Qatar in January 2014. Women's international teams from the Pakistan, South Africa and Ireland participated in the seven championship matches. This was the first championship ever to be sanctioned by the International Cricket Council.[3]
In October 2014, it hosted Eid T20 Challenge which was between Asia XI and World XI. Several famous players like Brian Lara, Herschelle Gibbs, Sanath Jayasuriya and Tamim Iqbal took part in the match.[4]
In 2015, the stadium was selected to host 1st edition of Pakistan Super League matches which will be played in February 2016. But it was then declared by PCB that the matches will be played in Dubai and Sharjah thus The stadium could not host its first big tournament yet.[5]
The stadium was selected to host all of the Qatar T10 League matches from 7–16 December 2019.[6]
In January 2022, Afghanistan used this venue as their home ground for a 3-match ODI series against Netherlands. The series was a part of 2020–2023 ICC Cricket World Cup Super League.[7]
It has been announced it will be the home ground for Afghanistan test cricket in the future.
Records
[edit]International centuries
[edit]ODI centuries
[edit]1 ODI century have been scored at the venue.[8]
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 103 | Rahmanullah Gurbaz | Afghanistan |
127 | Netherlands |
23 January 2022 | Won |
List of International five-wicket hauls
[edit]Twenty-20 Internationals
[edit]The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in T20Is at this venue.[9]
| # | Figures | Player | Country | Innings | Opponent | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5/13 | Deusdedit Muhumuza |  Uganda |
2 | Qatar |
15 February 2020 | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ "marhaba". Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
- ^ "marhaba". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- ^ qatarliving
- ^ "Full Scorecard of World XI vs Asia XI 2014/15 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com".
- ^ "Pakistan shift inaugural PSL from Doha to United Arab Emirates". 24 September 2015.
- ^ "QCA announces start of International Qatar T10 League". CricBuzz. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
- ^ "Afghanistan to Host Netherlands in Three-Match ODI Series in Qatar | Sports News Indiacom | Afghanistan Cricket Board". www.india.com. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records". Retrieved 18 February 2020.