West End Park International Cricket Stadium

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]

West End Park International Cricket Stadium
Ground information
LocationAsian Town, St., 100, Zone 56, bldg., number 355, M floor,, Ibn Ajayan Projects, PO.35028, Doha, Qatar
EstablishmentJune 2013
Capacity13,000
International information
First T20I4 July 2019:
 Qatar v  Kuwait
Last T20I29 October 2021:
 Qatar v  Kuwait
Team information
Qatar (2014-present)
As of 29 October 2021
Source: Cricinfo

In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premise. The stadium can seat 13,000.[2]

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 Aakash Chopra 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]

List of International five-wicket hauls

Twenty-20 Internationals

The following table summarizes the five-wicket hauls taken in T20Is at this venue.[7]

#FiguresPlayerCountryInningsOpponentDateResult
15/13Deusdedit Muhumuza Uganda2 Qatar15 February 2020Won

References
  1. "marhaba". Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  2. "marhaba". Archived from the original on 17 December 2014. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
  3. qatarliving
  6. "QCA announces start of International Qatar T10 League". CricBuzz. Retrieved 29 November 2019.
  7. "Statistics / Statsguru / Twenty20 Internationals / Bowling records". Retrieved 18 February 2020.

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