Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot


Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, formerly known as Connelly Park or Jinnah Park), is a cricket ground in Sialkot, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest cricket grounds in Pakistan.

History

The stadium was founded in 1909 during the British Raj. It was named "Connelly Park" after the then British Deputy Commissioner of Sialkot, Mr. Connelly. In the 1950s, it was named Jinnah Park after the founding father of Pakistan. In 1979 it was upgraded to a stadium with a new pavilion and seating. It was the home ground of Sialkot Stallions.
The first Test at Jinnah Stadium was played in 1985 and the most recent one in 1995. Pakistan played its first ever ODI at home on this ground in 1976 against New Zealand, which was also the first ODI between New Zealand and Pakistan. Jinnah Stadium is known for its green-top pitches that help fast bowlers. Credit for these green-top pitches goes to the curator, Abdul Ghani, who has prepared pitches for all international matches played here.
In 1984, the Pakistan-India ODI here was stopped midway and abandoned after news of the assassination of the Indian PM, Indira Gandhi, reached the ground. India were batting.
During the India tour to Pakistan in 1989, the 4th test of the series was played in this stadium. During India's 2nd innings, Sachin Tendulkar was badly injured by a Waqar Younis bouncer. However, he returned to bat later and scored 57 runs, helping to save the Test match and the series for India.
In this stadium, India scored its lowest ODI total of 79 all out, against Pakistan during their 1978/79 tour.
In 2016, Sialkot Cricket Academy was established at the stadium. In September 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board named the stadium as one of the venues for hosting matches in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.
On 27th September 2022, Former Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan inaugrated the upgradation of Jinnah Stadium Sialkot.

Records

Test

One Day International

List of centuries

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 Edgbaston.
  • The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
  • The column title Result refers to the player's team result

Test centuries

This is the list of centuries scored in Test matches at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1101Saleem Malik207212 December 1991Drawn
2117*Moin Khan208422 September 1995Lost

One Day Internationals

Only one One-day international century has been scored at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
No.ScorePlayerTeamBallsInns.Opposing teamDateResult
1114Rameez Raja12316 November 1990Won

List of five-wicket hauls

Tests

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in Test matches.
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconResult
1Ravi Ratnayeke 27 10 19852838
2Imran Khan27 10 19853405Won
3Wasim Akram9 12 198911015Drawn
4Vivek Razdan9 12 1989227795Drawn
5Waqar Younis12 12 19911845Drawn

One Day Internationals

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in One-day Internationals.
No.BowlerDateTeamOpposing teamInnOversRunsWktsEconResult
1Waqar Younis06 11 199026185Won
2Chris Harris06 12 1996110425Lost