Niaz Stadium
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Niaz Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Hyderabad, Pakistan. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 25,000 and hosted its first test match in 1973.
The first ever One day cricket hatrick took place at this stadium. In addition, Pakistan has never lost any match, whether test or one day, on this ground.
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad is situated in the heart of once the 2nd and now the 3rd most populous city of Pakistan. Hyderabad has been named after Niaz Ahmed the late sports loving commoner of Hyderabad who was the motivating factor for building this stadium. The inaugural first class match was played at Niaz Stadium between South Zone v Pakistan Education Board (PEB) on March 16-18, 1962. Niaz Stadium become the 32nd first class ground in Pakistan and 2nd in Hyderabad.
Only five Tests have so far been played at Hyderabad two each against England and New Zealand and one against India. The inaugural Test match at Hyderabad took place on March 16-21, 1973 against England, and it was left drawn after tall scoring England picked up 487 with Dennis Amiss scoring 158. Pakistan in reply, did even better, compiling 569 before declaring after nine wickets had fallen. Mushtaq Mohammad hit 157 and Intikhab Alam 138. England played out time by hitting 218 for 6 wickets.
The last Test was played at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad between Pakistan and New Zealand on 25-29 November 1984. Niaz Stadium celebrated staging this Test cricket's 1000th match with Pakistan winning the rubber with more than a day to spare. Javed Miandad became the second Pakistani after Hanif Mohammed to score a century in each innings of a Test. Niaz Stadium boasts of the fact that Pakistan never lost a Test or One-day International here.
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| 1987 Cricket World Cup Stadiums |
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| India | ||
| Barabati Stadium | Eden Gardens (Finals) | Feroz Shah Kotla | Green Park | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | MA Chidambaram Stadium | Chinnaswamy Stadium | Nehru Stadium (Pune) | Nehru Stadium (Indore) | Gujarat Stadium | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Sector 16 Stadium | VCA Ground | Wankhede Stadium (Semi-Finals) |
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| Pakistan | ||
| Arbab Niaz Stadium | Gaddafi Stadium (Semi-Finals) | Iqbal Stadium | Municipal Stadium | National Stadium | Niaz Stadium | Pindi Club Ground | ||
| 1996 Cricket World Cup Stadiums |
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| India | ||
| Barabati Stadium | Chinnaswamy Stadium | Eden Gardens (Semi-Finals) | Feroz Shah Kotla | Green Park | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | IPCL Ground | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | MA Chidambaram Stadium | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Nehru Stadium (Pune) | PCA Stadium (Semi-Finals) | Roop Singh Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium | Sawai Mansingh Stadium | VCA Ground | Wankhede Stadium |
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| Pakistan | ||
| Arbab Niaz Stadium | Gaddafi Stadium (Finals) | Iqbal Stadium | Municipal Stadium | National Stadium | Niaz Stadium | Pindi Club Ground | ||
| Sri-Lanka | ||
| Asgiriya Stadium | Premadasa Stadium | SSC Ground | ||
