United Arab EmiratesODI ground2013 to 2025
ICC Academy
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
ICC Academy in numbers
ICC Academy, in Dubai, the UAE, has staged 33 one-day internationals in CricArcade's archives. The first was an ODI between Canada and Kenya in 2013, and the most recent international here was in 2025. The scorecards know it by 2 names: ICC Global Cricket Academy (2013 to 2019) and ICC Academy (2014 to 2025).
Of the 33 ODIs played at ICC Academy, sides batting first have won 14 and chasing sides 18; 1 produced no result. Decided ODIs have split close to evenly between the side batting first and the side batting second. United Arab Emirates have played only 2 of them; the most frequent sides are United Arab Emirates (20), Scotland (8) and Ireland (7). The average first-innings total was 242 in the 2010s (26 ODIs) and 232 in the 2020s (7 ODIs). Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 26 ODIs. Shaiman Anwar has made more ODI runs here than anyone, 417 in 13 innings, and Zahoor Khan has taken the most wickets, 26 in 11 ODIs. The highest total is Ireland's 331 for 6 in 2018; the lowest completed innings United Arab Emirates' 97 in 2019; the highest individual score Anshy Rath's 143 not out against Papua New Guinea in 2017; the best bowling Zahoor Khan's 6 for 34 in 2017. The widest margin by runs was Nepal's 145-run win over United Arab Emirates in 2019.
ODIs at ICC Academy
33 ODIs, 2013 to 2025. The first was Canada v Kenya on 11 March 2013: Kenya won by 6 wickets (with 14 balls remaining).
- Won batting first
- Won batting second
- Tied / NR
First-innings totals by decade
| Decade | ODIs | Average first-innings total |
|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 26 | 242 |
| 2020s | 7 | 232 |
Most runs
| Batter | Team | Inns | Runs | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaiman Anwar | United Arab Emirates | 13 | 417 | 0 |
| William Porterfield | Ireland | 6 | 349 | 2 |
| Rameez Shahzad | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 305 | 1 |
| Andy Balbirnie | Ireland | 6 | 278 | 1 |
| Khurram Khan | United Arab Emirates | 3 | 270 | 1 |
Most wickets
| Bowler | Team | ODIs | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zahoor Khan | United Arab Emirates | 11 | 26 |
| Mohammad Naveed | United Arab Emirates | 13 | 19 |
| Rohan Mustafa | United Arab Emirates | 13 | 19 |
| Sandeep Lamichhane | Nepal | 6 | 13 |
| Junaid Siddique | United Arab Emirates | 7 | 13 |
ODI records
- Highest total
- 331/6
- Lowest completed total
- 97
- Highest score
- 143* · Anshy Rath
- Best bowling
- 6/34 · Zahoor Khan
- Biggest win by runs
- 145 runs
Most recent matches
- Nepal v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 5 November 2025): United Arab Emirates won by 4 wickets
- Nepal v United States (ODI, 1 November 2025): United States of America won by 4 wickets
- Nepal v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 30 October 2025): United Arab Emirates won by 5 wickets
- Oman v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 9 March 2022): Oman won by 8 runs
- Namibia v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 8 March 2022): United Arab Emirates won by 3 wickets (with 17 balls remaining)
- Namibia v Oman (ODI, 6 March 2022): Namibia won by 110 runs
- Oman v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 5 March 2022): Oman won by 12 runs
- Scotland v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 15 December 2019): United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
- United States v Scotland (ODI, 14 December 2019): Scotland won by 4 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
- United States v United Arab Emirates (ODI, 12 December 2019): United States won by 98 runs
Names in the scorecards
Grounds are renamed and sponsors change; the archive keeps the name each scorecard used. This page brings them together as one ground.
| Name | Used |
|---|---|
| ICC Global Cricket Academy | 2013 to 2019 |
| ICC Academy | 2014 to 2025 |
Sources
- CricArcade ODI archive: 33 scorecards at this ground
- Figures computed with scripts/build-archive-derived.ts over the scorecards