Jinnah Stadium Sialkot


Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot is one of the oldest cricket grounds in Pakistan. This stadium was constructed in the 1920s by the British. In the 1950s it was named Jinnah Park. In 1979 it was upgraded and renamed Jinnah Stadium. It was initially named Connelly Park by the British and after independence, it was renamed as Jinnah Park. It is the home ground of Sialkot Stallions.
The first Test here was played in 1985 and the last in 1995. Pakistan played its first ever ODI at home on this ground in 1976 against New Zealand. It was also New Zealand's first ODI against Pakistan. Jinnah Stadium is known for its green-top pitches that help fast bowlers. The stadium has a lot of memories attached with it.
In 1984, Pakistan-India ODI here was stopped midway and abandoned after news of the assassination of the then Indian PM, Indira Gandhi, reached the ground. India were batting.
During the India tour to Pakistan in 1989, the 4th test of the series played on this stadium. During the India's batting of the 2nd innings, Sachin Tendulkar was badly injured by a Waqar Younis bouncer, however, he came back later to bat and scored a key 57 runs to save the test match and a series for India.
On this stadium, Indian cricket team scored its lowest team total of 79 in its ODI history against Pakistan on 1978/79 tour. The stadium has hosted 9 one day internationals and 4 test matches.
In September 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board named it as one of the venues to host matches in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

Records

Test

Key

This is the list of centuries scored in Test matches at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1101Saleem Malik207212 December 1991Drawn
2117*Moin Khan208422 September 1995Lost

One Day Internationals

Only one One-day international century has been scored at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1114Rameez Raja12316 November 1990Won

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Tests

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in Test matches.
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconResult
1Ravi Ratnayeke 27 10 19852838
2Imran Khan27 10 19853405Won
3Wasim Akram9 12 198911015Drawn
4Vivek Razdan9 12 1989227795Drawn
5Waqar Younis12 12 19911845Drawn

One Day Internationals

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in One-day Internationals.
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconResult
1Waqar Younis06 11 199026185Won
2Chris Harris06 12 1996110425Lost