Sharjah: The Guinness Book of Records recognized the accomplishment of Sharjah cricket arena for facilitating the most number of one-day matches during the Pakistan and Sri Lanka experience here on Sunday.

Sharjah arena, worked in the mid 1980s, was the center point of one-day cricket between 1984 to 2003 and had facilitated 200 one-day internationals – a world record for a restricted over matches setting.

The Pakistan-Sri Lanka coordinate on Sunday is the 201st at the arena.

Authority of the Guinness Records Book Vin Sharma introduced a testament to United Arab Emirates (UAE) serve for advanced education and logical examination Sheik Nahyan canister Mubarak Al Nahyan at the arena.

Sheik Nahyan said the accomplishment made UAE pleased.

“This is an accomplishment for Sharjah arena to get a section into the world record book,” said Sheik Nahyan, likewise the director of Emirates Cricket Board. “This is something which we are glad for.”

Sheik Nahyan said the Guinness Book section will urge UAE to have increasingly more game.

“This will energize us for more help to sports and cricket is picking up force and UAE is turning into a base for cricket,” said Sheik Nahyan.

The Gulf state hold significant tennis, golf and Formula One Grand Prix consistently next to being an impartial scene for Pakistan who are compelled to move their home matches in view of security fears since 2008.

Most despised adversaries Pakistan and India played at Sharjah routinely until New Delhi wouldn’t allow to their national group to play at the nonpartisan setting in 2000.

Sharjah Cricket Council secretary Mazhar Khan trusts the acknowledgment of the Guinness Book of Records will help Sharjah to organize more cricket.

“It is an incredible accomplishment and we guarantee to give the setting to increasingly more global cricket,” said Khan.