National Stadium Karachi

The National Stadium is a cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan. It is currently used for cricket matches, and is home to Pakistan's national and Karachi's domestic cricket teams. The stadium is able to hold 34,228 spectators, making it the second largest stadium in Pakistan after Gddafi 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 Pakistan 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.

Records

Test

• Highest Team Total: 599, by Pakistan against India in 2006.
• 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: 211, by Javed Miandad against Australia in 1988.
• Highest partnership: 298, by Aamir Sohail and Ijaz Ahmed against West Indies in 1997-98.

One Day International

• Highest team total: 374/4, by India against Hong Kong, June 25, 2008.
• Lowest team total: 115, by Bangladesh against Pakistan, July 4,2008.
• Highest Run Chase Achieved: 310/4, by India against Sri Lanka, July3,2008.
• Highest Run Chase (Won or Loss) 344/8 by Pakistan against India, March 13, 2004.
• Highest individual score: 181, by Viv Richards against Sri Lanka, October 13,1987.
• Highest partnership: 201, by Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumara Sangakkara against Bangladesh, June 30, 2008.