Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium: cricket results and records

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium appears in 83 recorded matches, the first on 18 September 2003 and the latest on 13 October 2026. The matches are 36 in franchise Twenty20 leagues, 19 in Twenty20 Internationals, 18 in One Day Internationals and 10 in Test matches. The competitions seen most often are Pakistan Super League (36 matches), New Zealand tour of Pakistan (8 matches) and Pakistan T20I Tri-Series (7 matches).

The sides that appear most often are Pakistan (43 matches), Islamabad United (18 matches), Peshawar Zalmi (17 matches) and Sri Lanka (13 matches).

Of the 83 matches, 78 produced a winner, 2 were drawn, 1 were tied and 2 ended without a result.

The highest innings total in the records is 657 by England against Pakistan on 1 December 2022.

The lowest completed total is 90 by New Zealand against Pakistan on 20 April 2024.

In the 70 limited-overs matches here that produced a winner, the side batting first won 29 (41.4%).

The leading run scorers at the ground are Babar Azam (2,073 runs in 47 innings), Mohammad Rizwan (1,210 runs in 33 innings), Fakhar Zaman (925 runs in 23 innings), Saim Ayub (791 runs in 31 innings) and Sahibzada Farhan (741 runs in 16 innings).

The leading wicket takers are Shaheen Shah Afridi (49 wickets), Naseem Shah (40 wickets), Haris Rauf (32 wickets), Abrar Ahmed (26 wickets) and Shadab Khan (25 wickets).

The highest individual scores are 270 by R Dravid against Pakistan on 13 April 2004, 191 by Mushfiqur Rahim against Pakistan on 21 August 2024 and 185 by Azhar Ali against Australia on 4 March 2022.

The best bowling figures are 7 for 102 by KA Maharaj against Pakistan on 20 October 2025, 6 for 42 by Nauman Ali against England on 24 October 2024 and 6 for 50 by SR Harmer against Pakistan on 20 October 2025.

The first innings of 10 Test matches matches here averaged 349.2 runs.

In 18 One Day Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 237.8 and the side batting second 236.7.

In 17 Twenty20 Internationals matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 159.7 and the side batting second 145.1.

In 36 franchise Twenty20 leagues matches with two innings, the side batting first averaged 194.3 and the side batting second 163.8.

The toss is recorded in 83 of these matches. The toss winner chose to field in 51 (61.4%) and to bat in 32.

Among the 78 of those matches that produced a winner, the side that won the toss also won the match 41 times (52.6%).

Batters at the ground hit 3,555 fours and 961 sixes in the recorded innings, one boundary every 8.9 balls; 56.9% of the runs came in boundaries.

Batters were dismissed caught 57%, bowled 21%, lbw 11%, run out 5% and caught and bowled 3% of the 1,200 times.

Wickets credited to bowlers fell caught 60%, bowled 22%, lbw 12%, caught and bowled 3% and stumped 3% of the 1,134 times.

That is 54.4 boundaries a match, counting every recorded innings.

Matches by decade: 2000s (9), 2010s (1) and 2020s (73).

The competitions that have used the ground are Pakistan Super League (36 matches), New Zealand tour of Pakistan (8 matches), Pakistan T20I Tri-Series (7 matches), Zimbabwe tour of Pakistan (6 matches), Sri Lanka tour of Pakistan (6 matches), South Africa tour of Pakistan (5 matches), Bangladesh tour of Pakistan (3 matches) and England tour of Pakistan (3 matches).