National Stadium, Karachi: cricket results and records

National Stadium, Karachi appears in 108 recorded matches, the first on 21 September 2003 and the latest on 15 May 2026. The matches are 63 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 23 in One Day Internationals, 18 in Twenty20 Internationals and 4 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Pakistan Super League (63 matches), West Indies Women tour of Pakistan (11 matches) and New Zealand tour of Pakistan (8 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Pakistan (44 matches), Karachi Kings (25 matches), Islamabad United (20 matches) and Peshawar Zalmi (19 matches).

Of the 108 matches, 104 produced a winner, 3 were drawn, 1 were tied.

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 103 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 52 (50.5%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Babar Azam (2,342 runs in 44 innings), Mohammad Rizwan (1,647 runs in 37 innings), Fakhar Zaman (978 runs in 24 innings), Shan Masood (822 runs in 31 innings) and Agha Salman (813 runs in 23 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Shadab Khan (40 wickets), Shaheen Shah Afridi (39 wickets), Naseem Shah (37 wickets), Mohammad Wasim (34 wickets) and Hasan Ali (33 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 200* by KS Williamson against Pakistan on 26 December 2022, 196 by Babar Azam against Australia on 12 March 2022 and 161 by Babar Azam against New Zealand on 26 December 2022.

The best bowling figures are 6 for 86 by IS Sodhi against Pakistan on 26 December 2022, 5 for 20 by Naseem Shah against Karachi Kings on 29 January 2022 and 5 for 23 by Imad Wasim against Multan Sultans on 18 March 2024.

In 23 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 263.1 and the side batting second 213.7.

In 18 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 166.4 and the side batting second 139.9.

In 63 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 176.4 and the side batting second 155.5.

The toss is recorded in 108 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 67 (62.0%) and to bat in 41.

Among the 104 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 54 times (51.9%).

Batters at the ground hit 4,068 fours and 1,029 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 8.0 balls; 55.6% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 58%, bowled 20%, lbw 9%, run out 8% and stumped 3% of the 1,473 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 63%, bowled 22%, lbw 9%, stumped 3% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,350 times.

That is 47.2 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (1) and 2020s (107).

The competitions that have used the ground are Pakistan Super League (63 matches), West Indies Women tour of Pakistan (11 matches), New Zealand tour of Pakistan (8 matches), South Africa Women tour of Pakistan (6 matches), England tour of Pakistan (5 matches), Zimbabwe Women tour of Pakistan (4 matches), West Indies tour of Pakistan (3 matches) and Pakistan Tri-Nation Series (2 matches).