Iqbal Stadium

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Iqbal Stadium is a Test cricket ground in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Previous names for the ground include Lyallpur Stadium, National Stadium, and City Stadium. The current name honours Pakistani poet Sir Allama Muhammad Iqbal.

[edit] Ground records

• First Test: 1st Test, Pakistan vs. India, October 1978.
• First ODI: Pakistan vs. New Zealand, November 1984.

[edit] Tests

• Highest innings total: 6-674 by Pakistan vs. India, October 1984.
• Lowest innings total: 53 all out by West Indies vs. Pakistan, October 1986.
• Highest individual score: 253 by Sanath Jayasuriya for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan, October 2004.
• Best bowling figures (match): 12-130 (7-76 & 5-54) by Waqar Younis for Pakistan vs. New Zealand, October 1990.

[edit] One-day internationals

• Highest innings total: 7-314 (50 overs) by Pakistan vs. New Zealand, December 2003.
• Highest individual score: 106 by Mohammad Yousuf for Pakistan vs. Bangladesh, September 2003.
• Best bowling figures: 4-27 (4 overs) by Mudassar Nazar for Pakistan vs. New Zealand, November 1984.