List of international cricket centuries at the National Stadium
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The National Bank Cricket Arena is a cricket ground in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] The first Test match played at the National Stadium was in 1955 between Pakistan and India.[2] The most recent Test match hosted by the ground, was played in March 2021 between Pakistan and Australia.[3] The ground has also hosted 48 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1980 between Pakistan and the West Indies.[4]
90 Test centuries have been scored at the ground. The Pakistani Alimuddin became the first Test centurion at the ground, scoring 103 not out against India in 1955. Younis Khan's innings of 313 from 568 deliveries was highest, scored against Sri Lanka in 2009. It was during this match that the 2nd and 3rd highest Test centuries at the ground were made, the Sri Lankans Mahela Jayawardene and Thilan Samaraweera made 240 and 231 respectively. Saleem Malik holds the record for the most Test centuries scored at the ground, with 4.[5]
Zaheer Abbas scored the first ODI century at the ground making 113 from 99 deliveries against India in 1983. The West Indian Viv Richards holds the record for the highest ODI innings at the ground, 181 from 125 deliveries came against Sri Lanka in 1987. The highest ODI innings at the ground by a Pakistani is 136, made by Salman Butt in 2008.[6]
Babar Azam has scored centuries at the ground in all three formats of the game.
The stadium also maintains an honours board.[7]
Key
[edit]- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
- NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
- Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the National Stadium, Karachi.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,[8][9] lost[10][11] or if the match was drawn.[12]
Test centuries
[edit]- The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[5]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 103* | Alimuddin (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 26 February 1955 | Drawn |
2 | 103 | Hanif Mohammad (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 20 February 1959 | Won |
3 | 101* | Hanif Mohammad (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 4 December 1959 | Drawn |
4 | 109 | Alimuddin (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 2 February 1962 | Drawn |
5 | 205 | Ted Dexter | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 2 February 1962 | Drawn |
6 | 111 | Peter Parfitt | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 2 February 1962 | Drawn |
7 | 166 | Billy Ibadulla | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 24 October 1964 | Drawn |
8 | 153 | Bob Simpson (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 24 October 1964 | Drawn |
9 | 115 | Bob Simpson (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 4 | ![]() | 24 October 1964 | Drawn |
10 | 128 | John Reid | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 9 April 1965 | Lost |
11 | 172 | Saeed Ahmed | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 9 April 1965 | Won |
12 | 126 | Mohammad Ilyas | ![]() | NR | 4 | ![]() | 9 April 1965 | Won |
13 | 139 | Colin Milburn | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 6 March 1969 | Drawn |
14 | 105 | Tom Graveney | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 6 March 1969 | Drawn |
15 | 100 | Majid Khan (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 1 March 1975 | Drawn |
16 | 107* | Wasim Raja | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 1 March 1975 | Drawn |
17 | 115 | Alvin Kallicharran | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 1 March 1975 | Drawn |
18 | 101 | Bernard Julien | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 1 March 1975 | Drawn |
19 | 112 | Majid Khan (2/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 30 October 1976 | Drawn |
20 | 206 | Javed Miandad (1/3) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 30 October 1976 | Drawn |
21 | 107 | Mushtaq Mohammad | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 30 October 1976 | Drawn |
22 | 152 | Warren Lees | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 30 October 1976 | Drawn |
23 | 111 | Sunil Gavaskar (1/2) | ![]() | NR | 1 | ![]() | 14 November 1978 | Lost |
24 | 100 | Javed Miandad (2/3) | ![]() | NR | 2 | ![]() | 14 November 1978 | Won |
25 | 137 | Sunil Gavaskar (2/2) | ![]() | 240 | 3 | ![]() | 14 November 1978 | Lost |
26 | 153 | Haroon Rasheed | ![]() | 242 | 1 | ![]() | 5 March 1982 | Won |
27 | 100* | Saleem Malik (1/4) | ![]() | 191 | 3 | ![]() | 5 March 1982 | Won |
28 | 186 | Zaheer Abbas | ![]() | 246 | 2 | ![]() | 23 December 1982 | Won |
29 | 119 | Mudassar Nazar (1/2) | ![]() | 199 | 2 | ![]() | 23 December 1982 | Won |
30 | 128 | Ravi Shastri | ![]() | 327 | 1 | ![]() | 30 January 1983 | Drawn |
31 | 152 | Mudassar Nazar (2/2) | ![]() | 308 | 2 | ![]() | 30 January 1983 | Drawn |
32 | 103* | Mohinder Amarnath | ![]() | 188 | 3 | ![]() | 30 January 1983 | Drawn |
33 | 107 | John Wright | ![]() | 200 | 2 | ![]() | 10 December 1984 | Drawn |
34 | 119* | Saleem Malik (2/4) | ![]() | 169 | 3 | ![]() | 10 December 1984 | Drawn |
35 | 105 | Aravinda de Silva | ![]() | NR | 3 | ![]() | 7 November 1985 | Lost |
36 | 211 | Javed Miandad (3/3) | ![]() | 441 | 1 | ![]() | 15 September 1988 | Won |
37 | 109* | Imran Khan | ![]() | 146 | 1 | ![]() | 15 November 1989 | Drawn |
38 | 102* | Saleem Malik (3/4) | ![]() | 145 | 3 | ![]() | 15 November 1989 | Drawn |
39 | 113* | Sanjay Manjrekar | ![]() | 243 | 4 | ![]() | 15 November 1989 | Drawn |
40 | 203* | Shoaib Mohammad | ![]() | 411 | 2 | ![]() | 10 October 1990 | Won |
41 | 117 | Desmond Haynes | ![]() | 241 | 1 | ![]() | 15 November 1990 | Lost |
42 | 102 | Saleem Malik (4/4) | ![]() | 208 | 2 | ![]() | 15 November 1990 | Won |
43 | 114* | David Boon | ![]() | 220 | 3 | ![]() | 28 September 1994 | Lost |
44 | 160 | Aamer Sohail (1/2) | ![]() | 255 | 2 | ![]() | 6 December 1997 | Won |
45 | 151 | Ijaz Ahmed (1/2) | ![]() | 337 | 2 | ![]() | 6 December 1997 | Won |
46 | 106 | Carl Hooper | ![]() | 90 | 3 | ![]() | 6 December 1997 | Lost |
47 | 133 | Aamer Sohail (2/2) | ![]() | 272 | 2 | ![]() | 22 October 1998 | Drawn |
48 | 117 | Mark Waugh | ![]() | 229 | 3 | ![]() | 22 October 1998 | Drawn |
49 | 120* | Ijaz Ahmed (2/2) | ![]() | 247 | 4 | ![]() | 22 October 1998 | Drawn |
50 | 138 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (1/3) | ![]() | 243 | 3 | ![]() | 12 March 2000 | Won |
51 | 142 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (2/3) | ![]() | 257 | 1 | ![]() | 7 December 2000 | Lost |
52 | 117 | Mohammad Yousuf (1/3) | ![]() | 242 | 1 | ![]() | 7 December 2000 | Lost |
53 | 125 | Mike Atherton | ![]() | 430 | 2 | ![]() | 7 December 2000 | Won |
54 | 170 | Yasir Hameed (1/2) | ![]() | 253 | 2 | ![]() | 20 August 2003 | Won |
55 | 108 | Habibul Bashar | ![]() | 218 | 3 | ![]() | 20 August 2003 | Lost |
56 | 105 | Yasir Hameed (2/2) | ![]() | 161 | 4 | ![]() | 20 August 2003 | Won |
57 | 124 | Younis Khan (1/3) | ![]() | 215 | 2 | ![]() | 28 October 2004 | Won |
58 | 117 | Inzamam-ul-Haq (3/3) | ![]() | 244 | 2 | ![]() | 28 October 2004 | Won |
59 | 107 | Sanath Jayasuriya | ![]() | 129 | 3 | ![]() | 28 October 2004 | Lost |
60 | 138 | Kumar Sangakkara | ![]() | 251 | 3 | ![]() | 28 October 2004 | Lost |
61 | 113 | Kamran Akmal (1/2) | ![]() | 148 | 1 | ![]() | 29 January 2006 | Won |
62 | 139 | Faisal Iqbal | ![]() | 220 | 3 | ![]() | 29 January 2006 | Won |
63 | 122 | Yuvraj Singh | ![]() | 144 | 4 | ![]() | 29 January 2006 | Lost |
64 | 102 | Mohammad Yousuf (2/3) | ![]() | 158 | 1 | ![]() | 27 November 2006 | Won |
65 | 104 | Mohammad Hafeez | ![]() | 266 | 3 | ![]() | 27 November 2006 | Won |
66 | 124 | Mohammad Yousuf (3/3) | ![]() | 195 | 3 | ![]() | 27 November 2006 | Won |
67 | 155 | Jacques Kallis (1/2) | ![]() | 249 | 1 | ![]() | 1 October 2007 | Won |
68 | 100* | Jacques Kallis (2/2) | ![]() | 201 | 3 | ![]() | 1 October 2007 | Won |
69 | 126 | Younis Khan (2/3) | ![]() | 160 | 4 | ![]() | 1 October 2007 | Lost |
70 | 240 | Mahela Jayawardene | ![]() | 424 | 1 | ![]() | 21 February 2009 | Drawn |
71 | 231 | Thilan Samaraweera | ![]() | 318 | 1 | ![]() | 21 February 2009 | Drawn |
72 | 313 | Younis Khan (3/3) | ![]() | 568 | 2 | ![]() | 21 February 2009 | Drawn |
73 | 158* | Kamran Akmal (2/2) | ![]() | 184 | 2 | ![]() | 21 February 2009 | Drawn |
74 | 174 | Abid Ali | ![]() | 281 | 3 | ![]() | 19 December 2019 | Won |
75 | 135 | Shan Masood | ![]() | 198 | 3 | ![]() | 19 December 2019 | Won |
76 | 118 | Azhar Ali | ![]() | 157 | 3 | ![]() | 19 December 2019 | Won |
77 | 100* | Babar Azam (1/3) | ![]() | 131 | 3 | ![]() | 19 December 2019 | Won |
78 | 102 | Oshada Fernando | ![]() | 180 | 4 | ![]() | 19 December 2019 | Lost |
79 | 109 | Fawad Alam | ![]() | 245 | 2 | ![]() | 26 January 2021 | Won |
80 | 160 | Usman Khawaja | ![]() | 369 | 1 | ![]() | 12 March 2022 | Drawn |
81 | 196 | Babar Azam (2/3) | ![]() | 425 | 4 | ![]() | 12 March 2022 | Drawn |
82 | 104* | Mohammad Rizwan | ![]() | 177 | 4 | ![]() | 12 March 2022 | Drawn |
83 | 111 | Harry Brook | ![]() | 150 | 2 | ![]() | 17 December 2022 | Won |
84 | 161 | Babar Azam (3/3) | ![]() | 280 | 1 | ![]() | 26 December 2022 | Drawn |
85 | 103 | Agha Salman | ![]() | 155 | 1 | ![]() | 26 December 2022 | Drawn |
86 | 113 | Tom Latham | ![]() | 191 | 2 | ![]() | 26 December 2022 | Drawn |
87 | 200* | Kane Williamson | ![]() | 395 | 2 | ![]() | 26 December 2022 | Drawn |
88 | 122 | Devon Conway | ![]() | 191 | 1 | ![]() | 2 January 2023 | Drawn |
89 | 125* | Saud Shakeel | ![]() | 341 | 2 | ![]() | 2 January 2023 | Drawn |
90 | 118 | Sarfaraz Ahmed | ![]() | 176 | 4 | ![]() | 2 January 2023 | Drawn |
One Day International centuries
[edit]- The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[6]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 113 | Zaheer Abbas | ![]() | 99 | 2 | ![]() | 21 January 1983 | Won |
2 | 105 | Desmond Haynes | ![]() | 124 | 1 | ![]() | 13 October 1987 | Won |
3 | 181 | Viv Richards | ![]() | 125 | 1 | ![]() | 13 October 1987 | Won |
4 | 113 | Ramiz Raja | ![]() | 148 | 2 | ![]() | 20 October 1987 | Won |
5 | 110 | Richie Richardson | ![]() | 135 | 1 | ![]() | 30 October 1987 | Won |
6 | 142 | Graham Gooch | ![]() | 134 | 1 | ![]() | 20 November 1987 | Won |
7 | 111 | Aamer Sohail | ![]() | 139 | 1 | ![]() | 29 February 1996 | Lost |
8 | 111 | Brian Lara | ![]() | 94 | 1 | ![]() | 11 March 1996 | Won |
9 | 103 | Darren Lehmann | ![]() | 101 | 1 | ![]() | 6 November 1998 | Won |
10 | 119* | Marvan Atapattu | ![]() | 135 | 1 | ![]() | 13 February 2000 | Won |
11 | 125 | Mohammad Yousuf (1/2) | ![]() | 155 | 1 | ![]() | 21 April 2002 | Won |
12 | 122 | Inzamam-ul-Haq | ![]() | 102 | 2 | ![]() | 13 March 2004 | Lost |
13 | 107* | Mohammad Yousuf (2/2) | ![]() | 121 | 2 | ![]() | 6 October 2004 | Won |
14 | 109 | Kamran Akmal | ![]() | 111 | 1 | ![]() | 15 December 2005 | Won |
15 | 107* | Yuvraj Singh | ![]() | 93 | 2 | ![]() | 19 February 2006 | Won |
16 | 101 | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | ![]() | 142 | 1 | ![]() | 16 December 2006 | Lost |
17 | 136 | Salman Butt (1/2) | ![]() | 124 | 1 | ![]() | 19 April 2008 | Won |
18 | 109* | MS Dhoni | ![]() | 96 | 1 | ![]() | 25 June 2008 | Won |
19 | 101 | Suresh Raina (1/2) | ![]() | 68 | 1 | ![]() | 25 June 2008 | Won |
20 | 125* | Shoaib Malik | ![]() | 119 | 1 | ![]() | 26 June 2008 | Lost |
21 | 119 | Virender Sehwag | ![]() | 95 | 2 | ![]() | 26 June 2008 | Won |
22 | 115 | Alok Kapali | ![]() | 96 | 1 | ![]() | 28 June 2008 | Lost |
23 | 116* | Suresh Raina (2/2) | ![]() | 107 | 2 | ![]() | 28 June 2008 | Won |
24 | 112 | Kumar Sangakkara (1/2) | ![]() | 110 | 1 | ![]() | 29 June 2008 | Won |
25 | 130 | Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2) | ![]() | 88 | 1 | ![]() | 30 June 2008 | Won |
26 | 121 | Kumar Sangakkara (2/2) | ![]() | 128 | 1 | ![]() | 30 June 2008 | Won |
27 | 123* | Younis Khan | ![]() | 117 | 2 | ![]() | 2 July 2008 | Won |
28 | 125 | Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2) | ![]() | 114 | 1 | ![]() | 6 July 2008 | Won |
29 | 100* | Salman Butt (2/2) | ![]() | 117 | 2 | ![]() | 20 January 2009 | Won |
30 | 115 | Babar Azam | ![]() | 105 | 1 | ![]() | 30 September 2019 | Won |
31 | 133 | Danushka Gunathilaka | ![]() | 134 | 1 | ![]() | 2 October 2019 | Lost |
32 | 101 | Devon Conway | ![]() | 92 | 1 | ![]() | 11 January 2023 | Won |
33 | 101 | Fakhar Zaman | ![]() | 122 | 1 | ![]() | 13 January 2023 | Lost |
34 | 107 | Babar Azam | ![]() | 117 | 1 | ![]() | 5 May 2023 | Won |
T20 International centuries
[edit]- The following table summarises the T20 International centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[13]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 110* | Babar Azam | ![]() | 66 | 2 | ![]() | 22 September 2022 | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ "National Stadium – Cricinfo profile". ESPNcricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
- ^ January 2020, Salim Parvez Friday 3. "Testing Times - National Stadium, Karachi". Cricket World.
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