List of international cricket centuries at the National Stadium

The National Stadium is a cricket ground in Karachi, Pakistan.[1] The first Test match played at the National Stadium was in 1955 between Pakistan and India. The most recent Test match hosted by the ground, was played in January 2021.[2] The ground has also hosted 48 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first of these was in 1980 between Pakistan and the West Indies.[3]

National Stadium, Karachi.

79 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.[4]

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.[5]

Key
  • * 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,[6][7] lost[8][9] or if the match was drawn.[10]

Test centuries
  • The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[4]
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 103* Alimuddin (1/2) Pakistan NR3 India26 February 1955Drawn
2 103Hanif Mohammad (1/2) Pakistan NR2 West Indies20 February 1959Won
3 101*Hanif Mohammad (2/2) Pakistan NR3 Australia4 December 1959Drawn
4 109 Alimuddin (2/2) Pakistan NR1 England2 February 1962Drawn
5 205Ted Dexter England NR2 Pakistan2 February 1962Drawn
6 111Peter Parfitt England NR2 Pakistan2 February 1962Drawn
7 166Billy Ibadulla Pakistan NR1 Australia24 October 1964Drawn
8 153Bob Simpson (1/2) Australia NR2 Pakistan24 October 1964Drawn
9 115Bob Simpson (2/2) Australia NR4 Pakistan24 October 1964Drawn
10 128John Reid New Zealand NR1 Pakistan9 April 1965Lost
11 172Saeed Ahmed Pakistan NR2 New Zealand9 April 1965Won
12 126Mohammad Ilyas Pakistan NR4 New Zealand9 April 1965Won
13 139Colin Milburn England NR1 Pakistan6 March 1969Drawn
14 105Tom Graveney England NR1 Pakistan6 March 1969Drawn
15 100Majid Khan (1/2) Pakistan NR1 West Indies1 March 1975Drawn
16 107*Wasim Raja Pakistan NR1 West Indies1 March 1975Drawn
17 115Alvin Kallicharran West Indies NR2 Pakistan1 March 1975Drawn
18 101Bernard Julien West Indies NR2 Pakistan1 March 1975Drawn
19 112Majid Khan (2/2) Pakistan NR1 New Zealand30 October 1976Drawn
20 206Javed Miandad (1/3) Pakistan NR1 New Zealand30 October 1976Drawn
21 107Mushtaq Mohammad Pakistan NR1 New Zealand30 October 1976Drawn
22 152Warren Lees New Zealand NR2 Pakistan30 October 1976Drawn
23 111Sunil Gavaskar (1/2) India NR1 Pakistan14 November 1978Lost
24 100Javed Miandad (2/3) Pakistan NR2 India14 November 1978Won
25 137Sunil Gavaskar (2/2) India 2403 Pakistan14 November 1978Lost
26 153Haroon Rasheed Pakistan 2421 Sri Lanka5 March 1982Won
27 100*Saleem Malik (1/4) Pakistan 1913 Sri Lanka5 March 1982Won
28 186Zaheer Abbas Pakistan 2462 India23 December 1982Won
29 119Mudassar Nazar (1/2) Pakistan 1992 India23 December 1982Won
30 128Ravi Shastri India 3271 Pakistan30 January 1983Drawn
31 152Mudassar Nazar (2/2) Pakistan 3082 India30 January 1983Drawn
32 103*Mohinder Amarnath India 1883 Pakistan30 January 1983Drawn
33 107John Wright New Zealand 2002 Pakistan10 December 1984Drawn
34 119*Saleem Malik (2/4) Pakistan 1693 New Zealand10 December 1984Drawn
35 105Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka NR3 Pakistan7 November 1985Lost
36 211Javed Miandad (3/3) Pakistan 4411 Australia15 September 1988Won
37 109*Imran Khan Pakistan 1461 India15 November 1989Drawn
38 102*Saleem Malik (3/4) Pakistan 1453 India15 November 1989Drawn
39 113*Sanjay Manjrekar India 2434 Pakistan15 November 1989Drawn
40 203*Shoaib Mohammad Pakistan 4112 New Zealand10 October 1990Won
41 117Desmond Haynes West Indies 2411 Pakistan15 November 1990Lost
42 102Saleem Malik (4/4) Pakistan 2082 West Indies15 November 1990Won
43 114*David Boon Australia 2203 Pakistan28 September 1994Lost
44 160Aamer Sohail (1/2) Pakistan 2552 West Indies6 December 1997Won
45 151Ijaz Ahmed (1/2) Pakistan 3372 West Indies6 December 1997Won
46 106Carl Hooper West Indies 903 Pakistan6 December 1997Lost
47 133Aamer Sohail (2/2) Pakistan 2722 Australia22 October 1998Drawn
48 117Mark Waugh Australia 2293 Pakistan22 October 1998Drawn
49 120*Ijaz Ahmed (2/2) Pakistan 2474 Australia22 October 1998Drawn
50 138 Inzamam-ul-Haq (1/3) Pakistan 2433 Sri Lanka12 March 2000Won
51 142 Inzamam-ul-Haq (2/3) Pakistan 2571 England7 December 2000Lost
52 117Mohammad Yousuf (1/3) Pakistan 2421 England7 December 2000Lost
53 125Mike Atherton England 4302 Pakistan7 December 2000Won
54 170Yasir Hameed (1/2) Pakistan 2532 Bangladesh20 August 2003Won
55 108Habibul Bashar Bangladesh 2183 Pakistan20 August 2003Lost
56 105Yasir Hameed (2/2) Pakistan 1614 Bangladesh20 August 2003Won
57 124Younis Khan (1/3) Pakistan 2152 Sri Lanka28 October 2004Won
58 117 Inzamam-ul-Haq (3/3) Pakistan 2442 Sri Lanka28 October 2004Won
59 107Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 1293 Pakistan28 October 2004Lost
60 138Kumar Sangakkara Sri Lanka 2513 Pakistan28 October 2004Lost
61 113Kamran Akmal (1/2) Pakistan 1481 India29 January 2006Won
62 139Faisal Iqbal Pakistan 2203 India29 January 2006Won
63 122Yuvraj Singh India 1444 Pakistan29 January 2006Lost
64 102Mohammad Yousuf (2/3) Pakistan 1581 West Indies27 November 2006Won
65 104Mohammad Hafeez Pakistan 2663 West Indies27 November 2006Won
66 124Mohammad Yousuf (3/3) Pakistan 1953 West Indies27 November 2006Won
67 155Jacques Kallis (1/2) South Africa 2491 Pakistan1 October 2007Won
68 100*Jacques Kallis (2/2) South Africa 2013 Pakistan1 October 2007Won
69 126Younis Khan (2/3) Pakistan 1604 South Africa1 October 2007Lost
70 240Mahela Jayawardene Sri Lanka 4241 Pakistan21 February 2009Drawn
71 231Thilan Samaraweera Sri Lanka 3181 Pakistan21 February 2009Drawn
72 313Younis Khan (3/3) Pakistan 5682 Sri Lanka21 February 2009Drawn
73 158*Kamran Akmal (2/2) Pakistan 1842 Sri Lanka21 February 2009Drawn
74 174Abid Ali Pakistan 2813 Sri Lanka19 December 2019Won
75 135Shan Masood Pakistan 1983 Sri Lanka19 December 2019Won
76 118Azhar Ali Pakistan 1573 Sri Lanka19 December 2019Won
77 100*Babar Azam Pakistan 1313 Sri Lanka19 December 2019Won
78 102Oshada Fernando Sri Lanka 1804 Pakistan19 December 2019Lost
79 109Fawad Alam Pakistan 2452 South Africa26 January 2021Won

One Day International centuries
  • The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the National Stadium, Karachi.[5]
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1113Zaheer Abbas Pakistan992 India21 January 1983Won
2105Desmond Haynes West Indies1241 Sri Lanka13 October 1987Won
3181Viv Richards West Indies1251 Sri Lanka13 October 1987Won
4113Ramiz Raja Pakistan1482 England20 October 1987Won
5110Richie Richardson West Indies1351 Pakistan30 October 1987Won
6142Graham Gooch England1341 Pakistan20 November 1987Won
7111Aamer Sohail Pakistan1391 South Africa29 February 1996Lost
8111Brian Lara West Indies941 South Africa11 March 1996Won
9103Darren Lehmann Australia1011 Pakistan6 November 1998Won
10119*Marvan Atapattu Sri Lanka1351 Pakistan13 February 2000Won
11125Mohammad Yousuf (1/2) Pakistan1551 New Zealand21 April 2002Won
12122 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pakistan1022 India13 March 2004Lost
13107*Mohammad Yousuf (2/2) Pakistan1212 Sri Lanka6 October 2004Won
14109Kamran Akmal Pakistan1111 England15 December 2005Won
15107*Yuvraj Singh India932 Pakistan19 February 2006Won
16101Shivnarine Chanderpaul West Indies1421 Pakistan16 December 2006Lost
17136Salman Butt (1/2) Pakistan1241 Bangladesh19 April 2008Won
18109*MS Dhoni India961 Hong Kong25 June 2008Won
19101Suresh Raina (1/2) India681 Hong Kong25 June 2008Won
20125*Shoaib Malik Pakistan1191 India26 June 2008Lost
21119Virender Sehwag India952 Pakistan26 June 2008Won
22115Alok Kapali Bangladesh961 India28 June 2008Lost
23116*Suresh Raina (2/2) India1072 Bangladesh28 June 2008Won
24112Kumar Sangakkara (1/2) Sri Lanka1101 Pakistan29 June 2008Won
25130Sanath Jayasuriya (1/2) Sri Lanka881 Bangladesh30 June 2008Won
26121Kumar Sangakkara (2/2) Sri Lanka1281 Bangladesh30 June 2008Won
27123*Younis Khan Pakistan1172 India2 July 2008Won
28125Sanath Jayasuriya (2/2) Sri Lanka1141 India6 July 2008Won
29100*Salman Butt (2/2) Pakistan1172 Sri Lanka20 January 2009Won
30115Babar Azam Pakistan1051 Sri Lanka30 September 2019Won
31133Danushka Gunathilaka  Sri Lanka1341 Pakistan2 October 2019Lost

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