Sharjah stadium, built in the early 1980s, was the hub of one-day cricket between 1984 to 2003 and had hosted 200 one-day internationals — a world record for a limited over matches venue.

The Pakistan-Sri Lanka match on Sunday was the 201st at the stadium and in true Sharjah tradition it turned out to be another thriller as Shahid Afridi’s scintillating all-round display secured Pakistan a series-clinching 26-run victory against Sri Lanka in a low-scoring fourth ODI.