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National Stadium, Karachi.

The National Bank Cricket Arena is a cricket ground in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] The first Test match played at the National Stadium was in 1955 between Pakistan and India.[2] The most recent Test match hosted by the ground, was played in March 2021 between Pakistan and Australia.[3] The ground has also hosted 48 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1980 between Pakistan and the West Indies.[4]

90 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. The Pakistani Alimuddin became the first Test centurion at the ground, scoring 103 not out against India in 1955. Younis Khan's innings of 313 from 568 deliveries was highest, scored against Sri Lanka in 2009. It was during this match that the 2nd and 3rd highest Test centuries at the ground were made, the Sri Lankans Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera made 240 and 231 respectively. Saleem Malik holds the record for the most Test centuries scored at the ground, with 4.[5]

Zaheer Abbas scored the first ODI century at the ground making 113 from 99 deliveries against India in 1983. The West Indian Viv Richards holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground, 181 from 125 deliveries came against Sri Lanka in 1987. The highest ODI innings at the ground by a Pakistani is 136, made by Salman Butt in 2008.[6]

Babar Azam has scored centuries at the ground in all three formats of the game.

The stadium also maintains an honours board.[7]

Key

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  • * denotes that the batsman was not out.
  • Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
  • Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
  • NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
  • Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the National Stadium, Karachi.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[8][9] lost[10][11] or if the match was drawn.[12]

Test centuries

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  • The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[5]
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 103* Alimuddin (1/2)  Pakistan NR 3  India 26 February 1955 Drawn
2 103 Hanif Mohammad (1/2)  Pakistan NR 2  West Indies 20 February 1959 Won
3 101* Hanif Mohammad (2/2)  Pakistan NR 3  Australia 4 December 1959 Drawn
4 109 Alimuddin (2/2)  Pakistan NR 1  England 2 February 1962 Drawn
5 205 Ted Dexter  England NR 2  Pakistan 2 February 1962 Drawn
6 111 Peter Parfitt  England NR 2  Pakistan 2 February 1962 Drawn
7 166 Billy Ibadulla  Pakistan NR 1  Australia 24 October 1964 Drawn
8 153 Bob Simpson (1/2)  Australia NR 2  Pakistan 24 October 1964 Drawn
9 115 Bob Simpson (2/2)  Australia NR 4  Pakistan 24 October 1964 Drawn
10 128 John Reid  New Zealand NR 1  Pakistan 9 April 1965 Lost
11 172 Saeed Ahmed  Pakistan NR 2  New Zealand 9 April 1965 Won
12 126 Mohammad Ilyas  Pakistan NR 4  New Zealand 9 April 1965 Won
13 139 Colin Milburn  England NR 1  Pakistan 6 March 1969 Drawn
14 105 Tom Graveney  England NR 1  Pakistan 6 March 1969 Drawn
15 100 Majid Khan (1/2)  Pakistan NR 1  West Indies 1 March 1975 Drawn
16 107* Wasim Raja  Pakistan NR 1  West Indies 1 March 1975 Drawn
17 115 Alvin Kallicharran  West Indies NR 2  Pakistan 1 March 1975 Drawn
18 101 Bernard Julien  West Indies NR 2  Pakistan 1 March 1975 Drawn
19 112 Majid Khan (2/2)  Pakistan NR 1  New Zealand 30 October 1976 Drawn
20 206 Javed Miandad (1/3)  Pakistan NR 1  New Zealand 30 October 1976 Drawn
21 107 Mushtaq Mohammad  Pakistan NR 1  New Zealand 30 October 1976 Drawn
22 152 Warren Lees  New Zealand NR 2  Pakistan 30 October 1976 Drawn
23 111 Sunil Gavaskar (1/2)  India NR 1  Pakistan 14 November 1978 Lost
24 100 Javed Miandad (2/3)  Pakistan NR 2  India 14 November 1978 Won
25 137 Sunil Gavaskar (2/2)  India 240 3  Pakistan 14 November 1978 Lost
26 153 Haroon Rasheed  Pakistan 242 1  Sri Lanka 5 March 1982 Won
27 100* Saleem Malik (1/4)  Pakistan 191 3  Sri Lanka 5 March 1982 Won
28 186 Zaheer Abbas  Pakistan 246 2  India 23 December 1982 Won
29 119 Mudassar Nazar (1/2)  Pakistan 199 2  India 23 December 1982 Won
30 128 Ravi Shastri  India 327 1  Pakistan 30 January 1983 Drawn
31 152 Mudassar Nazar (2/2)  Pakistan 308 2  India 30 January 1983 Drawn
32 103* Mohinder Amarnath  India 188 3  Pakistan 30 January 1983 Drawn
33 107 John Wright  New Zealand 200 2  Pakistan 10 December 1984 Drawn
34 119* Saleem Malik (2/4)  Pakistan 169 3  New Zealand 10 December 1984 Drawn
35 105 Aravinda de Silva  Sri Lanka NR 3  Pakistan 7 November 1985 Lost
36 211 Javed Miandad (3/3)  Pakistan 441 1  Australia 15 September 1988 Won
37 109* Imran Khan  Pakistan 146 1  India 15 November 1989 Drawn
38 102* Saleem Malik (3/4)  Pakistan 145 3  India 15 November 1989 Drawn
39 113* Sanjay Manjrekar  India 243 4  Pakistan 15 November 1989 Drawn
40 203* Shoaib Mohammad  Pakistan 411 2  New Zealand 10 October 1990 Won
41 117 Desmond Haynes  West Indies 241 1  Pakistan 15 November 1990 Lost
42 102 Saleem Malik (4/4)  Pakistan 208 2  West Indies 15 November 1990 Won
43 114* David Boon  Australia 220 3  Pakistan 28 September 1994 Lost
44 160 Aamer Sohail (1/2)  Pakistan 255 2  West Indies 6 December 1997 Won
45 151 Ijaz Ahmed (1/2)  Pakistan 337 2  West Indies 6 December 1997 Won
46 106 Carl Hooper  West Indies 90 3  Pakistan 6 December 1997 Lost
47 133 Aamer Sohail (2/2)  Pakistan 272 2  Australia 22 October 1998 Drawn
48 117 Mark Waugh  Australia 229 3  Pakistan 22 October 1998 Drawn
49 120* Ijaz Ahmed (2/2)  Pakistan 247 4  Australia 22 October 1998 Drawn
50 138 Inzamam-ul-Haq (1/3)  Pakistan 243 3  Sri Lanka 12 March 2000 Won
51 142 Inzamam-ul-Haq (2/3)  Pakistan 257 1  England 7 December 2000 Lost
52 117 Mohammad Yousuf (1/3)  Pakistan 242 1  England 7 December 2000 Lost
53 125 Mike Atherton  England 430 2  Pakistan 7 December 2000 Won
54 170 Yasir Hameed (1/2)  Pakistan 253 2  Bangladesh 20 August 2003 Won
55 108 Habibul Bashar  Bangladesh 218 3  Pakistan 20 August 2003 Lost
56 105 Yasir Hameed (2/2)  Pakistan 161 4  Bangladesh 20 August 2003 Won
57 124 Younis Khan (1/3)  Pakistan 215 2  Sri Lanka 28 October 2004 Won
58 117 Inzamam-ul-Haq (3/3)  Pakistan 244 2  Sri Lanka 28 October 2004 Won
59 107 Sanath Jayasuriya  Sri Lanka 129 3  Pakistan 28 October 2004 Lost
60 138 Kumar Sangakkara  Sri Lanka 251 3  Pakistan 28 October 2004 Lost
61 113 Kamran Akmal (1/2)  Pakistan 148 1  India 29 January 2006 Won
62 139 Faisal Iqbal  Pakistan 220 3  India 29 January 2006 Won
63 122 Yuvraj Singh  India 144 4  Pakistan 29 January 2006 Lost
64 102 Mohammad Yousuf (2/3)  Pakistan 158 1  West Indies 27 November 2006 Won
65 104 Mohammad Hafeez  Pakistan 266 3  West Indies 27 November 2006 Won
66 124 Mohammad Yousuf (3/3)  Pakistan 195 3  West Indies 27 November 2006 Won
67 155 Jacques Kallis (1/2)  South Africa 249 1  Pakistan 1 October 2007 Won
68 100* Jacques Kallis (2/2)  South Africa 201 3  Pakistan 1 October 2007 Won
69 126 Younis Khan (2/3)  Pakistan 160 4  South Africa 1 October 2007 Lost
70 240 Mahela Jayawardene  Sri Lanka 424 1  Pakistan 21 February 2009 Drawn
71 231 Thilan Samaraweera  Sri Lanka 318 1  Pakistan 21 February 2009 Drawn
72 313 Younis Khan (3/3)  Pakistan 568 2  Sri Lanka 21 February 2009 Drawn
73 158* Kamran Akmal (2/2)  Pakistan 184 2  Sri Lanka 21 February 2009 Drawn
74 174 Abid Ali  Pakistan 281 3  Sri Lanka 19 December 2019 Won
75 135 Shan Masood  Pakistan 198 3  Sri Lanka 19 December 2019 Won
76 118 Azhar Ali  Pakistan 157 3  Sri Lanka 19 December 2019 Won
77 100* Babar Azam (1/3)  Pakistan 131 3  Sri Lanka 19 December 2019 Won
78 102 Oshada Fernando  Sri Lanka 180 4  Pakistan 19 December 2019 Lost
79 109 Fawad Alam  Pakistan 245 2  South Africa 26 January 2021 Won
80 160 Usman Khawaja  Australia 369 1  Pakistan 12 March 2022 Drawn
81 196 Babar Azam (2/3)  Pakistan 425 4  Australia 12 March 2022 Drawn
82 104* Mohammad Rizwan  Pakistan 177 4  Australia 12 March 2022 Drawn
83 111 Harry Brook  England 150 2  Pakistan 17 December 2022 Won
84 161 Babar Azam (3/3)  Pakistan 280 1  New Zealand 26 December 2022 Drawn
85 103 Agha Salman  Pakistan 155 1  New Zealand 26 December 2022 Drawn
86 113 Tom Latham  New Zealand 191 2  Pakistan 26 December 2022 Drawn
87 200* Kane Williamson  New Zealand 395 2  Pakistan 26 December 2022 Drawn
88 122 Devon Conway  New Zealand 191 1  Pakistan 2 January 2023 Drawn
89 125* Saud Shakeel  Pakistan 341 2  New Zealand 2 January 2023 Drawn
90 118 Sarfaraz Ahmed  Pakistan 176 4  New Zealand 2 January 2023 Drawn

One Day International centuries

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  • The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[6]
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 113 Zaheer Abbas  Pakistan 99 2  India 21 January 1983 Won
2 105 Desmond Haynes  West Indies 124 1  Sri Lanka 13 October 1987 Won
3 181 Viv Richards  West Indies 125 1  Sri Lanka 13 October 1987 Won
4 113 Ramiz Raja  Pakistan 148 2  England 20 October 1987 Won
5 110 Richie Richardson  West Indies 135 1  Pakistan 30 October 1987 Won
6 142 Graham Gooch  England 134 1  Pakistan 20 November 1987 Won
7 111 Aamer Sohail  Pakistan 139 1  South Africa 29 February 1996 Lost
8 111 Brian Lara  West Indies 94 1  South Africa 11 March 1996 Won
9 103 Darren Lehmann  Australia 101 1  Pakistan 6 November 1998 Won
10 119* Marvan Atapattu  Sri Lanka 135 1  Pakistan 13 February 2000 Won
11 125 Mohammad Yousuf (1/2)  Pakistan 155 1  New Zealand 21 April 2002 Won
12 122 Inzamam-ul-Haq  Pakistan 102 2  India 13 March 2004 Lost
13 107* Mohammad Yousuf (2/2)  Pakistan 121 2  Sri Lanka 6 October 2004 Won
14 109 Kamran Akmal  Pakistan 111 1  England 15 December 2005 Won
15 107* Yuvraj Singh  India 93 2  Pakistan 19 February 2006 Won
16 101 Shivnarine Chanderpaul  West Indies 142 1  Pakistan 16 December 2006 Lost
17 136 Salman Butt (1/2)  Pakistan 124 1  Bangladesh 19 April 2008 Won
18 109* MS Dhoni  India 96 1  Hong Kong 25 June 2008 Won
19 101 Suresh Raina (1/2)  India 68 1  Hong Kong 25 June 2008 Won
20 125* Shoaib Malik  Pakistan 119 1  India 26 June 2008 Lost
21 119 Virender Sehwag  India 95 2  Pakistan 26 June 2008 Won
22 115 Alok Kapali  Bangladesh 96 1  India 28 June 2008 Lost
23 116* Suresh Raina (2/2)  India 107 2  Bangladesh 28 June 2008 Won
24 112 Kumar Sangakkara (1/2)  Sri Lanka 110 1  Pakistan 29 June 2008 Won
25 130 Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2)  Sri Lanka 88 1  Bangladesh 30 June 2008 Won
26 121 Kumar Sangakkara (2/2)  Sri Lanka 128 1  Bangladesh 30 June 2008 Won
27 123* Younis Khan  Pakistan 117 2  India 2 July 2008 Won
28 125 Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2)  Sri Lanka 114 1  India 6 July 2008 Won
29 100* Salman Butt (2/2)  Pakistan 117 2  Sri Lanka 20 January 2009 Won
30 115 Babar Azam  Pakistan 105 1  Sri Lanka 30 September 2019 Won
31 133 Danushka Gunathilaka  Sri Lanka 134 1  Pakistan 2 October 2019 Lost
32 101 Devon Conway  New Zealand 92 1  Pakistan 11 January 2023 Won
33 101 Fakhar Zaman  Pakistan 122 1  New Zealand 13 January 2023 Lost
34 107 Babar Azam  Pakistan 117 1  New Zealand 5 May 2023 Won

T20 International centuries

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  • The following table summarises the T20 International centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[13]
No. Score Player Team Balls Inns. Opposing team Date Result
1 110* Babar Azam  Pakistan 66 2  England 22 September 2022 Won

References

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  1. ^ "National Stadium – Cricinfo profile". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ January 2020, Salim Parvez Friday 3. "Testing Times - National Stadium, Karachi". Cricket World.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. ^ "Statsguru: National Stadium, Karachi / Test matches / Match result list". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  4. ^ "Statsguru: National Stadium, Karachi / One-Day Internationals matches / Match result list". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  6. ^ a b "Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 19 April 2010.
  7. ^ "Cricket legends visit honour boards at National Stadium Karachi, share old s". www.geosuper.tv.
  8. ^ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  10. ^ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  11. ^ "Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  12. ^ "Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  13. ^ "Batting records | Twenty20 Internationals | Cricinfo Statsguru | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo.
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