PakistanTest ground1993
Defence Cricket Stadium
Karachi, Pakistan
Defence Cricket Stadium in numbers
Defence Cricket Stadium, in Karachi, Pakistan, has staged 1 Test in CricArcade's archives. The first was a Test between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in 1993, and the most recent international here was in 1993.
None of the 1 Test played at Defence Cricket Stadium has been drawn, 1 won by the side batting first and 0 by the side batting second. Pakistan have played only 1 of them; the most frequent sides are Pakistan (1) and Zimbabwe (1). Aamer Sohail has made more Test runs here than anyone, 92 in 2 innings, and Waqar Younis has taken the most wickets, 13 in 1 Test. The highest total is Pakistan's 423 for 8 in 1993; the highest individual score Shoaib Mohammad's 81 against Zimbabwe in 1993; the best bowling Waqar Younis's 7 for 91 in 1993.
Tests at Defence Cricket Stadium
1 Test, 1993. The first was Pakistan v Zimbabwe on 1 December 1993: Pakistan won by 131 runs.
First-innings totals by decade
| Decade | Tests | Average first-innings total |
|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1 | 423 |
Most runs
| Batter | Team | Inns | Runs | 100s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aamer Sohail | Pakistan | 2 | 92 | 0 |
| Andy Flower | Zimbabwe | 2 | 84 | 0 |
| Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 2 | 82 | 0 |
| Shoaib Mohammad | Pakistan | 1 | 81 | 0 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 2 | 78 | 0 |
Most wickets
| Bowler | Team | Tests | Wkts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 1 | 13 |
| Eddo Brandes | Zimbabwe | 1 | 4 |
| Ata-ur-Rehman | Pakistan | 1 | 3 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | Pakistan | 1 | 3 |
| Stephen Peall | Zimbabwe | 1 | 2 |
Test records
- Highest total
- 423/8
- Lowest completed total
- 134
- Highest score
- 81 · Shoaib Mohammad
- Best bowling
- 7/91 · Waqar Younis
- Biggest win by runs
- 131 runs
Most recent matches
- Pakistan v Zimbabwe (Test, 1 December 1993): Pakistan won by 131 runs
Sources
- CricArcade Test archive: 1 scorecards at this ground
- Figures computed with scripts/build-archive-derived.ts over the scorecards