United Arab Emirates vs Ireland (UAE vs IRE), 1st ODI: Weather Forecast And Pitch Report – Ireland’s Tour Of United Arab Emirates 2021
Published - 08 Jan 2021, 02:38 AM | Updated - 23 Aug 2024, 12:39 AM
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The four-match ODI series between the hosts United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the visitors Ireland will begin on Friday (8th January). Sheikh Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi) will organise the first ODI of this series.
Since March 2019, it will be the first ODI at Sheikh Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi). The last ODI at this venue was between Pakistan and Australia on 27th March 2019, where Australia won by 80 runs.
Meanwhile, it will be the first international cricket meeting between UAE and Ireland since October 2019, when they last time played a T20I at this same venue.
United Arab Emirates vs Ireland (UAE vs IRE), 1st ODI: Weather Forecast
The opening game of the ODI series between UAE and Ireland will be played at Sheikh Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi). This match has been scheduled to begin at 09:30 AM local time on Friday (8th January). So, it will be a day game.
According to AccuWeather forecast, the match time temperature will be between 15°C and 22°C. The temperature of the venue will increase with the time progress of this ODI match.
According to the weather forecast, the entire day is expected to be clean and sunny. There is no rain forecast on entire Friday. So, the cricket fans can expect a good uninterrupted ODI match on Friday.
United Arab Emirates vs Ireland (UAE vs IRE), 1st ODI: Pitch Report
Sheikh Zayed Stadium (Abu Dhabi) will host the first ODI of this series between UAE and Ireland. In ODI cricket, the first batting sides generally enjoy more than the chasing teams. If we see the record of 45 resulted ODIs at this venue, the first batting sides won 29 games and the second batting teams won 16 other ODIs.
However, we can see more differences in the record of only day ODI matches at this venue as the first batting sides have hardly lost the game. In the 9 day ODIs at this venue, the batting first teams achieved ultimate victories for 7 times and the chasing teams recorded victories for only twice.
So, watching the venue stats, we can easily say that the both teams will try to bat first on Friday morning.
Venue Stats (Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi)
Ground’s history in 1st and 2nd batting in ODIs
| Overall ODIs | |||
| Stats | Overall | 1st batting | 2nd batting |
| Win | 45 | 29 | 16 |
| Innings average (Average run-rate) | 228.77 (4.84) | 249.22 (5.01) | 208.11 (4.65) |
| Only day ODIs | |||
| Stats | Overall | 1st batting | 2nd batting |
| Win | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Innings average (Average run-rate) | 221.22 (4.65) | 247.67 (4.98) | 194.78 (4.29) |
(Special Note: Included all out, target reached and complete innings. Excluded only incomplete innings)
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