West End Park International Cricket Stadium

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West End Park International Cricket Stadium
Ground information
Location Doha, Qatar
EstablishmentJune 2013
Capacity14,500
International information
First ODI21 January 2022:
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan v Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Last ODI25 January 2022:
Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan v Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
First T20I4 July 2019:
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar v Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Last T20I5 October 2023:
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait v Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia
First WODI10 January 2014:
Cricket Ireland flag.svg  Ireland v Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Last WODI17 January 2014:
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
First WT20I19 January 2014:
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan v Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Last WT20I18 November 2021:
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar v Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal
Team information
Qatar (2019-present)
Afghanistan (2022)
As of 26 February 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]

Contents

History

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]

Records

International centuries

ODI centuries

1 ODI century have been scored at the venue. [8]

No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsOpposing teamDateResult
1103 Rahmanullah Gurbaz Flag of Afghanistan (2013-2021).svg  Afghanistan Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 23 January 2022Won

List of International five-wicket hauls

Twenty-20 Internationals

The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in T20Is at this venue. [9]

#FiguresPlayerCountryInningsOpponentDateResult
15/13 Deusdedit Muhumuza Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 2Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 15 February 2020Won

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