Dubai to Host First International Cricket Match

Tickets are now available for the first ever international cricket match to be held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The event, a one-day international between Australia and Pakistan, will take place on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 at the Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium.

The one-day international (ODI) will be the first in a series of five matches between the two teams. A second match in Dubai on April 24th will be followed by three matches in Abu Dhabi. On May 7th, the two teams will meet up in Dubai again for a one-off Twenty:20 match.

As the inaugural event at the new Stadium, organizers expect the event to sell out quickly and are hopeful that the other matches in the series will also play to a full house. Cricket fans traveling for the match should have no problem finding a Dubai UAE hotel near the stadium.

The Dubai Sports City Cricket Stadium seats 25,000 specatators and was designed for world-class matches. Shaped like a bowl, the circular stadium provides great viewpoints from almost every seat. It can host ODIs, test matches, and Twenty20 tournaments. Dubai Sports City is also building three additional stadiums to host a wide-range of sports from fild hockey to football, basketball, to track and field, as well as volleyball, ice hockey, and handball.

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