National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi: cricket results and records

National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi appears in 80 recorded matches, the first on 17 December 2022 and the latest on 15 May 2026. The matches are 47 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 19 in One Day Internationals, 11 in Twenty20 Internationals and 3 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Pakistan Super League (47 matches), New Zealand tour of Pakistan (8 matches) and West Indies Women tour of Pakistan (8 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Pakistan (32 matches), Karachi Kings (19 matches), Islamabad United (15 matches) and Peshawar Zalmi (14 matches).

Of the 80 matches, 78 produced a winner, 2 were drawn.

The highest innings total in the records is 612/9 by New Zealand against Pakistan on 26 December 2022.

The lowest completed total is 80 by Hyderabad Kingsmen against Islamabad United on 24 April 2026.

In the 77 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 37 (48.1%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Babar Azam (1,580 runs in 29 innings), Mohammad Rizwan (867 runs in 23 innings), Agha Salman (813 runs in 23 innings), TWM Latham (679 runs in 12 innings) and DP Conway (678 runs in 16 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Abrar Ahmed (31 wickets), Naseem Shah (31 wickets), Shaheen Shah Afridi (26 wickets), Hasan Ali (25 wickets) and Imad Wasim (24 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 200* by KS Williamson against Pakistan on 26 December 2022, 161 by Babar Azam against New Zealand on 26 December 2022 and 141 by HK Matthews against Pakistan on 23 April 2024.

The best bowling figures are 6 for 86 by IS Sodhi against Pakistan on 26 December 2022, 5 for 23 by Imad Wasim against Multan Sultans on 18 March 2024 and 5 for 48 by Rehan Ahmed against Pakistan on 17 December 2022.

In 19 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 269.4 and the side batting second 216.8.

In 11 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 152.1 and the side batting second 120.5.

In 47 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 175.1 and the side batting second 151.3.

The toss is recorded in 80 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 45 (56.2%) and to bat in 35.

Among the 78 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 42 times (53.8%).

Batters at the ground hit 3,080 fours and 686 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 8.1 balls; 55.1% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 56%, bowled 20%, lbw 9%, run out 8% and stumped 3% of the 1,118 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 61%, bowled 22%, lbw 10%, stumped 3% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,028 times.

That is 47.1 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2020s (80).

The competitions that have used the ground are Pakistan Super League (47 matches), New Zealand tour of Pakistan (8 matches), West Indies Women tour of Pakistan (8 matches), South Africa Women tour of Pakistan (6 matches), Zimbabwe Women tour of Pakistan (4 matches), Pakistan Tri-Nation Series (2 matches), ICC Champions Trophy (2 matches) and ICC Women's Championship (2 matches).