National Stadium, Karachi: cricket results and records

National Stadium, Karachi appears in 91 recorded matches, the first on 21 September 2003 and the latest on 25 September 2022. The matches are 50 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 24 in One Day Internationals, 11 in Twenty20 Internationals and 6 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Pakistan Super League (50 matches), Asia Cup (10 matches) and West Indies tour of Pakistan (6 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Pakistan (36 matches), Karachi Kings (20 matches), Peshawar Zalmi (19 matches) and Quetta Gladiators (17 matches).

Of the 91 matches, 88 produced a winner, 2 were drawn, 1 were tied.

The highest innings total in the records is 765/6 by Pakistan against Sri Lanka on 21 February 2009.

The lowest completed total is 101 by Bangladesh against Pakistan on 20 April 2008.

In the 84 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 37 (44.0%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Babar Azam (1,926 runs in 38 innings), Mohammad Rizwan (1,135 runs in 23 innings), Younis Khan (1,120 runs in 17 innings), Shoaib Malik (1,115 runs in 32 innings) and Kamran Akmal (1,019 runs in 27 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Shaheen Shah Afridi (36 wickets), Shadab Khan (35 wickets), Hasan Ali (30 wickets), Haris Rauf (27 wickets) and Mohammad Hasnain (27 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 313 by Younis Khan against Sri Lanka on 21 February 2009, 240 by DPMD Jayawardene against Pakistan on 21 February 2009 and 231 by TT Samaraweera against Pakistan on 21 February 2009.

The best bowling figures are 6 for 13 by BAW Mendis against India on 6 July 2008, 6 for 19 by Faheem Ashraf against Lahore Qalandars on 9 March 2019 and 5 for 20 by Naseem Shah against Karachi Kings on 29 January 2022.

In 24 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 279.6 and the side batting second 218.2.

In 11 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 189.7 and the side batting second 148.2.

In 50 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 172.0 and the side batting second 164.8.

The toss is recorded in 91 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 60 (65.9%) and to bat in 31.

Among the 88 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 43 times (48.9%).

Batters at the ground hit 3,769 fours and 980 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 8.6 balls; 55.0% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 58%, bowled 19%, lbw 10%, run out 8% and caught and bowled 2% of the 1,252 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 64%, bowled 20%, lbw 11%, caught and bowled 2% and stumped 2% of the 1,142 times.

That is 52.2 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (23), 2010s (15) and 2020s (53).

The competitions that have used the ground are Pakistan Super League (50 matches), Asia Cup (10 matches), West Indies tour of Pakistan (6 matches), England tour of Pakistan (5 matches), West Indies Women tour of Pakistan (3 matches), South Africa tour of Pakistan (2 matches), Sri Lanka in Pakistan ODI Series (2 matches) and Sri Lanka in Pakistan Test Series (2 matches).