List of international cricket centuries at Iqbal Stadium

Iqbal Stadium has hosted 24 Tests since 1978 when Pakistan played India.[1] 16 One Day Internationals (ODIs) have been hosted, where the first of which was in 1984 when Pakistan played New Zealand.[2]

Zaheer Abbas became the first man to score a Test century at the ground, 176 against India in 1978. The score of 253 by Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya against Pakistan in 2004 stands as the highest score at the ground. Overall, 53 Test centuries have been scored at the ground, including 6 double centuries.[3]

Four ODI centuries have been scored at the ground, and the first by Saleem Malik who scored 100 against Sri Lanka in 1987. The highest score at the ground is 108 not out made by Mohammad Yousuf against Zimbabwe in 2008.[4]

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 Iqbal Stadium.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won

Test centuries
  • The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Iqbal Stadium.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1 176Zaheer Abbas (1/3) Pakistan NA1 India16 October 1978Drawn
2 154*Javed Miandad (1/5) Pakistan NA1 India16 October 1978Drawn
3 145Gundappa Viswanath India NA2 Pakistan16 October 1978Drawn
4 104Asif Iqbal Pakistan NA3 India16 October 1978Drawn
5 235Greg Chappell Australia 2631 Pakistan6 March 1980Drawn
6 172Graham Yallop Australia 4471 Pakistan6 March 1980Drawn
7 210*Taslim Arif Pakistan 3792 Australia6 March 1980Drawn
8 106*Javed Miandad (2/5) Pakistan 3792 Australia6 March 1980Drawn
9 157Sidath Wettimuny Sri Lanka 3301 Pakistan14 March 1982Drawn
10 111Mansoor Akhtar Pakistan 1911 Australia30 September 1982Won
11 126Zaheer Abbas (2/3) Pakistan 2051 Australia30 September 1982Won
12 106*Greg Ritchie Australia 2053 Pakistan30 September 1982Won
13 126Javed Miandad (3/5) Pakistan 2002 India3 January 1983Won
14 168Zaheer Abbas (3/3) Pakistan 1762 India3 January 1983Won
15 107Saleem Malik (1/3) Pakistan 1682 India3 January 1983Won
16 117Imran Khan Pakistan 1212 India3 January 1983Won
17 127*Sunil Gavaskar India 2623 Pakistan3 January 1983Lost
18 116Saleem Malik (2/3) Pakistan 2701 England12 March 1984Drawn
19 112Wasim Raja Pakistan 2101 England12 March 1984Drawn
20 152Wasim Raja England 3182 Pakistan12 March 1984Drawn
21 152Sandeep Patil India 2311 Pakistan24 October 1984Drawn
22 139Ravi Shastri India 2701 Pakistan24 October 1984Drawn
23 199Mudassar Nazar Pakistan 4082 India24 October 1984Drawn
24 210Qasim Umar (1/2) Pakistan 4422 India24 October 1984Drawn
25 102*Saleem Malik (3/3) Pakistan NA2 India24 October 1984Drawn
26 122Aravinda de Silva (1/2) Sri Lanka NA1 Pakistan16 October 1985Drawn
27 210Qasim Umar (2/2) Pakistan NZ2 Sri Lanka16 October 1985Drawn
28 203*Javed Miandad (4/5) Pakistan NZ2 Sri Lanka16 October 1985Drawn
29 116Chris Broad England 3391 Sri Lanka7 December 1987Drawn
30 122Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan 2211 Australia23 September 1988Drawn
31 113*Allan Border Australia 2372 Pakistan23 September 1988Drawn
32 107Javed Miandad (5/5) Pakistan 1863 Australia23 September 1988Drawn
33 117Aamer Malik Pakistan 3052 India23 November 1989Drawn
34 109Mohammad Azharuddin India 1743 Pakistan23 November 1989Drawn
35 142Shoaib Mohammad Pakistan 3683 New Zealand26 October 1990Won
36 115Hashan Tillakaratne Sri Lanka 1761 Pakistan15 September 1995Won
37 105Aravinda de Silva (2/2) Sri Lanka 3163 Pakistan15 September 1995Won
38 100*Gary Kirsten (1/2) South Africa 2081 Pakistan24 October 1997Won
39 100*Abdul Razzaq Pakistan 2253 England29 November 2000Drawn
40 128Imran Farhat Pakistan 2262 South Africa24 October 2003Drawn
41 118Gary Kirsten (2/2) South Africa 2323 Pakistan24 October 2003Drawn
42 100Thilan Samaraweera Sri Lanka 2321 Pakistan20 October 2004Won
43 253Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 3483 Pakistan20 October 2004Won
44 109Inzamam-ul-Haq (1/3) Pakistan 2001 England20 November 2005Drawn
45 115Ian Bell England 2722 Pakistan20 November 2005Drawn
46 100Kevin Pietersen England 1372 Pakistan20 November 2005Drawn
47 100*Inzamam-ul-Haq (2/3) Pakistan 1343 England20 November 2005Drawn
48 119Inzamam-ul-Haq (3/3) Pakistan 1931 India21 January 2006Drawn
49 156Shahid Afridi Pakistan 1281 India21 January 2006Drawn
50 103Rahul Dravid India 1282 Pakistan21 January 2006Drawn
51 148MS Dhoni India 1532 Pakistan21 January 2006Drawn
52 194Younis Khan Pakistan 2993 India21 January 2006Drawn
53 126Mohammad Yousuf Pakistan 1793 India21 January 2006Drawn

One Day International centuries
  • The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Iqbal Stadium.
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1100Saleem Malik Pakistan951 Sri Lanka25 October 1987Won
2106Mohammad Yousuf (1/2) Pakistan1271 Bangladesh12 September 2003Won
3117Hamish Marshall New Zealand1092 Pakistan3 December 2003Lost
4108*Mohammad Yousuf (2/2) Pakistan1112 Zimbabwe30 January 2008Won

References
  1. "Records / Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad / Test matches / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  2. "Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad / Records / One-Day Internationals / Match results". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 28 December 2016.
  3. "Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  4. "Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Batting records". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
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