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National Stadium Ground information Location Karachi Coordinates 24°53′46″N 67°4′53″E / 24.89611°N 67.08139°ECoordinates: 24°53′46″N 67°4′53″E / 24.89611°N 67.08139°E Establishment 21 April 1955 Capacity 34,228 Owner Pakistan Cricket Board Operator Karachi City Cricket Association Tenants Karachi, Pakistan International Airlines, Pakistan End names Pavilion End
University EndInternational information First Test 26 Feb - 1 Mar 1955: Pakistan v India Last Test 21 Feb - 25 Feb 2009: Pakistan v Sri Lanka First ODI 21 Nov 1980: Pakistan v West Indies Last ODI 21 Jan 2009: Pakistan v Sri Lanka As of 25 February 2009
Source: National Stadium, CricinfoThe National Stadium (Urdu: نیشنل اسٹڈیم) is a cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. It is currently used for cricket matches, and is home to Karachi's domestic cricket teams. The stadium is able to hold 34,228 spectators,[1] making it the second largest cricket stadium in Pakistan after Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. Its widely criticised that the city of this size with a population of over 15 million having such a small capacity stadium. In the recent past, PCB has announced on different occasions that the capacity of the stadium will be increased to 50,000 but this approval looks a bit stale at the moment.
The Pakistani cricket team have a remarkable Test record at the ground, having only lost twice (vs. England, December 2000-01, and South Africa, October 2007-08) and have won 21 times in 40 Test Matches and in over 50 years. The stadium has witnessed several memorable moments, such as Viv Richards 181 against Sri Lanka at the 1987 Cricket World Cup, Mohammad Yousuf's record ninth century of the year to break Viv Richards record of most runs in a calendar year, and Kamran Akmal's famous century against India on a very difficult pitch in 2006, after Pakistan had collapsed to 39 for 6, as part of a memorable come-from-behind victory.
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History
Karachi, Pakistan's largest and most populous city, presents an interesting and colourful combination of the old and new. The National Stadium became Karachi's fifth and Pakistan's 11th first-class ground. The inaugural first-class match was played at NSK between Pakistan and India on 21–24 April 1955, and it became a fortress of Pakistan Cricket. In 34 Tests between that first match and December 2000, Pakistan won 17 and were never beaten. Their only Test defeat on the ground came in the gloom against England in 2000-01.
The first ODI at the National Stadium was against West Indies on 21 November 1980, and it went down to the last ball as Gordon Greenidge drove Imran Khan imperiously to the cover boundary with three needed. It has been a far less successful limited-overs venue, with defeats outnumbering victories. In fact, in a little under five years from the start of 1996, Pakistan failed to win on the ground. It also staged a quarter-final match in the 1996-97 World Cup.
Sachin Tendulkar played his first test match in this stadium.
Records
Test
- Highest Team Total:765/6d, by Pakistan against Sri Lanka in 2009.
- Lowest Team Total: 80, by Australia against Pakistan in 1956.
- Highest Run Chase Achieved: 315/9, by Pakistan against Australia in 1994-95.
- Highest Individual Score: 313, by Younis Khan against Sri Lanka in 2009.
- Highest partnership: 437, by Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera against Pakistan in 2009.
One Day International
- Highest team total: 374/4, by India against Hong Kong, 25 June 2008.
- Lowest team total: 115, by Bangladesh against Pakistan, 4 July 2008.
- Highest Run Chase Achieved: 310/4, by India against Sri Lanka, 3 July 2008.
- Highest Run Chase (Won or Loss) 344/8 by Pakistan against India, 13 March 2004.
- Highest individual score: 181, by Viv Richards against Sri Lanka, 13 October 1987.
- Highest partnership: 201, by Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara against Bangladesh, 30 June 2008.
Image gallery
See also
- Pakistan Cricket Board
- List of Test cricket grounds
- List of international cricket centuries at the National Stadium, Karachi
References
External links
- Cricinfo.com ground profile
- Ground Profile - PCB.com
- List of all Test matches played at National Stadium, Karachi
- List of all ODI matches played at National Stadium, Karachi
- Large re-play screen being installed at National Stadium Karachi - The News
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