The standalone Test match between Afghanistan and Ireland, scheduled to begin on February 28, 2024, had to be moved from Abu Dhabi’s primary ground.
Afghanistan will host Ireland in their home base in the United Arab Emirates for one Test match, three ODIs and three T20Is. Test matches were scheduled to be held in Abu Dhabi from February 28, followed by ODIs from March 7 and T20Is from March 15 at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium.
Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi’s premier cricket venue with a capacity of 20,000 spectators, hosted 13 Test matches against Pakistan from 2010/11 to 2018/19, and in 2020/21. Two more Test matches were held between Afghanistan and Zimbabwe. It also hosted over 100 limited edition games.
This time, however, the fourth day of the Afghanistan-Ireland friendly coincided with the1,000 teams and 25,000 athletesAbu Dhabi Schools Sports Championship.
The match had to be moved to the adjacent Tolerance Oval venue, which can accommodate 12,000 people. The venue has hosted 19 of his T20Is, including qualifiers for the 2021 Men’s T20 World Cup and 2023 Women’s T20 World Cup. Previously, in 2018/19, the UAE hosted Australia in a standalone men’s T20I tournament.
There were also cases where sports events had to be postponed for similar reasons. Perhaps the most famous incident occurred at his 1966 FIFA World Cup, where the match between Uruguay and France was held in the White City of London, which was not the traditional venue because the owners of Wembley did not want to reschedule the greyhound horse racing event.・It had to be changed to a stadium. event.
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and was selected to bat for the Test match. Rahmanullah Gurbaz made his debut for Afghanistan, while Ireland included the uncapped trio of Barry McCarthy, Craig Young and Theo van Woolkom. Afghanistan was her 10-0 at the time of this writing.
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