5 Grounds with the lowest opening stands average in Test cricket

#3 Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah

A Test match in progress at the Sharjah Cricket Stadium

It is, as everyone knows, not a regular ground and although it has hosted hundreds of one-day internationals, the Sharjah Cricket Ground has only over hosted a handful of Test matches as a neutral venue. As a matter of fact, the ground in the desert has only hosted 9 Test matches so far but during the course of those games, it has established its reputation as a bit of a troublesome ground for opening batsmen.

It has never been a particularly tough pitch to bat on opening stand average of only 27.55 tells its own story. There have only ever been two century opening stands at this ground and it is interesting to note that the number of 1st wicket stands that ended for zero stands only at 2.