The way the Dubai govt keeps taking grounds for development we perhaps should start devising a rooftop game

If some one is interested in dubai to make dubai to reach & play international circket
But he dont have support what i he have to do.

I totally agree with Joe.May be we can actually make something out of this pathetic situation and actually devise a brand new form of cricket-Rooftop Cricket.
It might catch on in other cities where there is a shortage(i'm sure there are none as bad as dubai)of space.

But it really is sad the way the government goes about destroying so many grounds.Never really seen them do that to a football stadium.

Football is the national sport-But the UAE does not even figure in the 75 of the world.

The "UAE" cricket team has atleast played a world cup and also taken part in the Asia Cup.This proves that there is talent.Just because the locals don't take much interest in cricket, it shouldn't mean that cricket grounds and facilities are destroyed with gay abandon.

If I am not mistaken about 70 % of Dubai's popoulation of about 1.5 Million is from the sub-continent , primarily Indian , Pakistani , Bangladeshi and Sri Lankan.

ICC is headquartered in Dubai sports city.

What an irony Dubai has no proper cricket ground!

Correction , until last year there were a few makeshift facilities , but those properties are now being "developed" not as cricket grounds but as plush up-market neghbourhoods that are beyond most average middle class people.

Does that sound familiar? It should if you live and work in Dubai. Cricket offers little or no money , in comparison to say - Golf. Incidentally there are at least 15 state of the art golf courses in Dubai , about 50 % of it have been built over the last 5 years. So there is space for golf courses but no space for cricket grounds.

Cricket is more about passion and less about money (many readers may disagree with this view). But I strongly believe that when India ( or any team from the sub continent) takes the field almost the entire population of the country is paying attention. A street vendor's attention to cricket is as important as that of say , Mick jagger. Thats passion.

Here is the conclusion , If ICC does not intervene and insist that Dubai builds " X " number of cricket grounds they should leave Dubai.

Comments are welcome.

Well its true that Dubai hasn't done anything to improve the cricket facilities. We children have to play on parking lots to play cricket it is a shame

If only matching fixing did not exist in Dubai, you could have seen more matches played here. Too much greed killed the golden goose. Some people just learn the hard way.

Yes, a sad state of affairs when the ICC Headquarters shifted there and yet the age old Darjeeling Cricket Club is being closed down and being forced to Move On!! This club is very well known in the Asian region and indeed cricketing world, yet the Dubai Government just goes ahead and does what it likes.

True, Dubai is suffering from shortage of grounds but to say Tariq single handedly keeping cricket alive is highly exaggerated fact. yes he does single handedly but his own interest of organising seven-a-side cricket for a company which pays him money. he keeps switching his loyalty from sharjah to dubai to abu dhabi to ajman and whatever council can give him permission to host non-de-script event each year. if there are people who strive to keep cricket alive in uae are mohammed lkokhandwala, mazhar khan, hyat yaar khan, farooqi, then there were people like kishan and of course abedul razzak... rest all serve their own selfish interest.

True, Dubai is suffering from shortage of grounds but to say Tariq single handedly keeping cricket alive is highly exaggerated fact. yes he does single handedly but his own interest of organising seven-a-side cricket for a company which pays him money. he keeps switching his loyalty from sharjah to dubai to abu dhabi to ajman and whatever council can give him permission to host non-de-script event each year. if there are people who strive to keep cricket alive in uae are mohammed lkokhandwala, mazhar khan, hyat yaar khan, farooqi, then there were people like kishan and of course abedul razzak... rest all serve their own selfish interest.