List of international cricket centuries at Gaddafi Stadium
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Gaddafi Stadium
is a cricket
ground in Lahore
, Pakistan
, it has a capacity of over 60,000 spectators. The stadium was originally named the "Lahore Stadium", but was renamed in 1974, in honour of Colonel Gaddafi. 40 Test matches
have been played at the ground, the first of these was in 1959 when Pakistan played the touring Australian side. The ground has also hosted 58 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1978 between Pakistan and England.
In 1959 Australian Norm O'Neill
became the first player to score a Test Century
at the ground, his innings of 134 was scored against Pakistan. Inzamam-ul-Haq
holds the record for the highest individual innings at the ground, 329 from 436 deliveries
. Inzamam's innings, made against New Zealand
in 2002, is the only instance of a triple century at the ground. Gaddafi Stadium has been the scene of 9 double centuries, the highest of these was 254 made by the Indian Virender Sehwag
in 2006. Sehwag's innings is the highest by a non-Pakistan player at the ground. Mohammad Yousuf holds the record for most centuries scored at Gaddafi Stadium by an individual player with 5. The Indian player Mohinder Amarnath
is the only non-Pakistani to have scored 3 centuries at the ground.
31 ODI centuries have been scored at Gaddafi Stadium. Zaheer Abbas
became the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. Abbas's innings, 123 from 87 balls, was made against Sri Lanka in 1982. Abbas also scored the 2nd and 3rd ODI centuries at the ground, the only other player to have scored 3 ODI centuries at Gaddafi Stadium is Mohammad Yousuf. Ijaz Ahmed holds the record for highest ODI score at the ground with 139 not out from 84 deliveries. The highest score by a non-Pakistani, 137 not out from 139 deliveries, was made by the Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan
in 2009.
Gaddafi Stadium
Gaddafi Stadium is a cricket ground in Lahore, Pakistan. It was designed by Daghestani-born architect and engineer Nasreddin Murat-Khan who also designed Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan and constructed by Mian Abdul Khaliq and Company in 1959. Following the ground's renovation for the 1996 Cricket World...
is a cricket
Cricket
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ground in Lahore
Lahore
Lahore is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in the country. With a rich and fabulous history dating back to over a thousand years ago, Lahore is no doubt Pakistan's cultural capital. One of the most densely populated cities in the world, Lahore remains a...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, it has a capacity of over 60,000 spectators. The stadium was originally named the "Lahore Stadium", but was renamed in 1974, in honour of Colonel Gaddafi. 40 Test matches
Test cricket
Test cricket is the longest form of the sport of cricket. Test matches are played between national representative teams with "Test status", as determined by the International Cricket Council , with four innings played between two teams of 11 players over a period of up to a maximum five days...
have been played at the ground, the first of these was in 1959 when Pakistan played the touring Australian side. The ground has also hosted 58 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1978 between Pakistan and England.
In 1959 Australian Norm O'Neill
Norm O'Neill
Norman Clifford O'Neill OAM was an cricketer who played for New South Wales and Australia. A right-handed batsman known for his back foot strokeplay, O'Neill made his state debut aged 18, before progressing to Test selection aged 21 in late 1958...
became the first player to score a Test Century
Century (cricket)
In the sport of cricket, a batsman reaches his century when he scores 100 or more runs in a single innings. The term is also included in "century partnership" which occurs when two batsmen add 100 runs to the team total when they are batting together. A century is regarded as a landmark score for...
at the ground, his innings of 134 was scored against Pakistan. Inzamam-ul-Haq
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Inzamam-ul-Haq , also known as Inzamam, nicknamed Inzy, is a former Pakistan international cricketer who was national captain between 2003 and 2007. He is a right-handed batsman who has been regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of his era...
holds the record for the highest individual innings at the ground, 329 from 436 deliveries
Cricket ball
A cricket ball is a hard, solid leather ball used to play cricket. Constructed of cork and leather, a cricket ball is heavily regulated by cricket law at first class level...
. Inzamam's innings, made against New Zealand
New Zealand cricket team
The New Zealand cricket team, nicknamed the Black Caps, are the national cricket team representing New Zealand. They played their first in 1930 against England in Christchurch, New Zealand, becoming the fifth country to play Test cricket. It took the team until 1955–56 to win a Test, against the...
in 2002, is the only instance of a triple century at the ground. Gaddafi Stadium has been the scene of 9 double centuries, the highest of these was 254 made by the Indian Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag
Virender Sehwag , affectionately known as Viru, the Nawab of Najafgarh, or the Zen master of modern cricket, is one of the leading batsmen in the Indian cricket team. Sehwag is an aggressive right-handed opening batsman and a part-time right-arm off-spin bowler...
in 2006. Sehwag's innings is the highest by a non-Pakistan player at the ground. Mohammad Yousuf holds the record for most centuries scored at Gaddafi Stadium by an individual player with 5. The Indian player Mohinder Amarnath
Mohinder Amarnath
Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj is a former Indian cricketer and current cricket analyst. He is commonly known as "Jimmy". He is the son of Lala Amarnath, the first post-independence captain of India. His brother Surinder Amarnath was a Test player...
is the only non-Pakistani to have scored 3 centuries at the ground.
31 ODI centuries have been scored at Gaddafi Stadium. Zaheer Abbas
Zaheer Abbas
Syed Zaheer Abbas Kirmani , popularly known as Zaheer Abbas, is a former Pakistani cricketer, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by that country. He is widely known as the "Asian Bradman", a reference to former Australian great Sir Donald Bradman...
became the first player to score an ODI century at the ground. Abbas's innings, 123 from 87 balls, was made against Sri Lanka in 1982. Abbas also scored the 2nd and 3rd ODI centuries at the ground, the only other player to have scored 3 ODI centuries at Gaddafi Stadium is Mohammad Yousuf. Ijaz Ahmed holds the record for highest ODI score at the ground with 139 not out from 84 deliveries. The highest score by a non-Pakistani, 137 not out from 139 deliveries, was made by the Sri Lankan Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Dilshan
Tillakaratne Mudiyanselage Dilshan born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara, Sri Lanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer and captain of the Sri Lanka national cricket team since April 2011. He has been a member of the team since November 1999, and was also known as Tuwan Mohammad Dilshan prior to his conversion...
in 2009.
Key
- * denotes that the batsman was not outNot outIn cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
. - Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
- Balls denotes the number of ballsDelivery (cricket)A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman.During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman...
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 Gaddafi Stadium.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won, lost or if the match was drawn.
Test centuries
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Gaddafi Stadium.| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,340 134 | 0 NR | 2 | Won | ||||
| 2 | 1,660 166 | 0 NR | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 3 | 1,380 138 | 0 NR | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 4 | 1,390 139 | 0 NR | 2 | Won | ||||
| 5 | 2,031 203* | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 6 | 1,300 130 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 7 | 1,000 100 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 8 | 1,120 112 | 0 NR | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 9 | 1,190 119 | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 10 | 1,020 102 | (1/2) | 0 NR | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 11 | 1,230 123 | 0 NR | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 12 | 1,051 105* | 0 NR | 4 | Drawn | ||||
| 13 | 1,630 163 | (1/3) | 0 NR | 1 | Won | |||
| 14 | 1,660 166 | (2/2) | 0 NR | 1 | Won | |||
| 15 | 1,110 111 | 0 NR | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 16 | 1,140 114 | (1/3) | 449 449 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 17 | 1,220 122 | 244 244 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 18 | 2,351 235* | (1/4) | 0 NR | 2 | Won | |||
| 19 | 1,501 150* | (1/2) | 281 281 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 20 | 1,101 110* | 239 239 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 21 | 1,530 153 | (2/2) | 184 184 | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 22 | 1,230 123 | 199 199 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 23 | 1,090 109 | 179 179 | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 24 | 1,290 129 | (1/4) | 173 173 | 2 | Won | |||
| 25 | 1,340 134 | (2/4) | 148 148 | 2 | Won | |||
| 26 | 1,350 135 | (2/4) | 218 218 | 2 | Won | |||
| 27 | 1,380 138 | (2/3) | 264 264 | 2 | Won | |||
| 28 | 2,150 215 | (3/4) | 254 254 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 29 | 1,091 109* | (1/3) | 284 284 | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 30 | 1,011 101* | (3/4) | 161 161 | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 31 | 1,521 152* | (2/3) | 296 296 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 32 | 1,200 120 | (2/3) | 200 200 | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 33 | 1,731 173* | 284 284 | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 34 | 1,040 104 | (4/4) | 136 136 | 4 | Drawn | |||
| 35 | 1,681 168* | (4/4) | 341 341 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 36 | 1,011 101* | (3/3) | 0 NR | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 37 | 1,200 120 | (3/3) | 257 257 | 2 | Won | |||
| 38 | 2,180 218 | 401 401 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 39 | 1,130 113 | 273 273 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 40 | 1,450 145 | (3/3) | 289 289 | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 41 | 2,031 203* | (1/2) | 338 338 | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 42 | 1,050 105 | (2/2) | 223 223 | 2 | Won | |||
| 43 | 1,081 108* | 306 306 | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 44 | 1,340 134 | 220 220 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 45 | 1,151 115* | 185 185 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 46 | 1,430 143 | 242 242 | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 47 | 1,050 105 | 200 200 | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 48 | 1,091 109* | 165 165 | 4 | Lost | ||||
| 49 | 1,201 120* | (1/5) | 206 206 | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 50 | 1,330 133 | (1/2) | 238 238 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 51 | 1,230 123 | 208 208 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 52 | 1,000 100 | 144 144 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 53 | 1,211 121* | (2/2) | 303 303 | 3 | Drawn | |||
| 54 | 1,180 118 | 301 301 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 55 | 1,240 124 | (2/5) | 308 308 | 2 | Drawn | |||
| 56 | 2,300 230 | (1/2) | 327 327 | 2 | Won | |||
| 57 | 1,270 127 | 203 203 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 58 | 3,290 329 | (1/2) | 436 436 | 1 | Won | |||
| 59 | 1,110 111 | 247 247 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 60 | 1,120 112 | 129 129 | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 61 | 1,010 101 | 204 204 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 62 | 1,180 118 | (2/2) | 243 243 | 2 | Won | |||
| 63 | 2,230 223 | (3/5) | 373 373 | 2 | Won | |||
| 64 | 1,540 154 | (1/2) | 242 242 | 2 | Won | |||
| 65 | 1,990 199 | (1/2) | 336 336 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 66 | 1,730 173 | (4/5) | 199 199 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 67 | 1,030 103 | 80 80 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 68 | 1,021 102* | (2/2) | 81 81 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 69 | 2,540 254 | 247 247 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 70 | 1,281 128* | 233 233 | 2 | Drawn | ||||
| 71 | 1,920 192 | (5/5) | 330 330 | 2 | Won | |||
| 72 | 1,220 122 | 215 215 | 3 | Lost | ||||
| 73 | 1,330 133 | 296 296 | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 74 | 1,071 107* | 242 242 | 3 | Drawn | ||||
| 75 | 1,300 130 | (2/2) | 246 246 | 4 | Drawn | |||
| 76 | 1,040 104 | (2/2) | 210 210 | 1 | Drawn | |||
| 77 | 2,140 214 | 338 338 | 1 | Drawn | ||||
| 78 | 1,450 145 | 170 170 | 1 | Drawn |
One Day International centuries
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Gaddafi Stadium.| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,230 123 | (1/3) | 87 | 1 | Lost | |||
| 2 | 1,090 109 | (2/3) | 95 | 1 | Won | |||
| 3 | 1,050 105 | (3/3) | 82 | 1 | Lost | |||
| 4 | 1,191 119* | 77 | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 5 | 1,010 101 | (1/2) | 115 | 1 | Won | |||
| 6 | 1,071 107* | (1/2) | 124 | 2 | Won | |||
| 7 | 1,391 139* | (1/2) | 84 | 2 | Won | |||
| 8 | 1,050 105 | 101 | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 9 | 1,081 108* | (2/2) | 129 | 2 | Won | |||
| 10 | 1,341 134* | 114 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 11 | 1,021 102* | (2/2) | 90 | 2 | Won | |||
| 12 | 1,110 111 | (2/2) | 109 | 1 | Lost | |||
| 13 | 1,000 100 | (1/3) | 111 | 1 | Lost | |||
| 14 | 1,030 103 | 104 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 15 | 1,241 124* | 129 | 2 | Won | ||||
| 16 | 1,150 115 | (1/2) | 142 | 1 | Won | |||
| 17 | 1,101 110* | 131 | 2 | Lost | ||||
| 18 | 1,230 123 | 121 | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 19 | 1,070 107 | 104 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 20 | 1,110 111 | 114 | 1 | Lost | ||||
| 21 | 1,020 102 | (1/2) | 111 | 2 | Won | |||
| 22 | 1,080 108 | (2/2) | 120 | 1 | Lost | |||
| 23 | 1,020 102 | 128 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 24 | 1,031 103* | 95 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 25 | 1,170 117 | (2/3) | 143 | 1 | Won | |||
| 26 | 1,081 108* | (3/3) | 103 | 1 | Won | |||
| 27 | 1,320 132 | 127 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 28 | 1,000 100 | (2/2) | 81 | 1 | Won | |||
| 29 | 1,090 109 | 126 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 30 | 1,010 101 | 91 | 1 | Won | ||||
| 31 | 1,371 137* | 139 | 1 | Won |