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Pakistan's performance on different test centres
Arshad Chughtai - 31 July 2001

Of 278 test matches played by Pakistan till now, 125 were home games while 153 have been played away. The 125 home tests were contested at 12 test centres, including Dacca (now Dhaka), which remained Pakistan's regular test venue from 1955 to 1971. In fact, Dacca has the unique distinction of staging the country's inaugural test match at home in 1955. The 153 away-tests have been played at 43 test centres, again including Dhaka, the neutral ground in Bangladesh where Pakistan won the final of the Asian Test Championship 1998-99 against Sri Lanka. Of the remaining 42 test centres where Pakistan have played test matches, 11 are in India, 6 each in England, Australia and New Zealand, 5 in West Indies, 3 each in Sri Lanka and South Africa and 2 in Zimbabwe. The most number of test matches at home have been played at Karachi (35). Lord's is the test centre outside Pakistan, where they have played the most number of matches (11). Colombo (Sri Lanka), Mumbai and Chennai in India and Lahore, Peshawar and Rawalpindi at home have staged test matches on more than one ground. Presented below is the complete break-up of Pakistan's performance at each test centre:

Performance outside Pakistan

India

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Delhi - 2 2
Lucknow 1 - -
Mumbai - 2 1
Chennai 1 1 3
Kolkata 1 - 4
Kanpur - - 2
Banglore 1 - 2
Jullundur - - 1
Nagpur - - 1
Jaipur - - 1
Ahmedabad - - 1
Total 4 5 18

England

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Lord's 3 3 5
Nottingham - 2 1
Old Trafford 1 - 3
The Oval 3 2 2
Leeds 1 4 3
Edgbaston - 3 3
Total 8 14 17

New Zealand

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Wellington 1 - 4
Auckland 2 1 4
Christchurch 2 1 2
Dunedin 1 1 -
Napier - - 1
Hamilton 1 1 -
Total 7 4 11


Australia

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Wellington - 1 3
Melbourne 2 3 2
Sydney 2 3 1
Brisbane - 3 1
Perth - 3 -
Hobart - 2 -
Total 4 15 7


West Indies

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Bridgetown - 2 -
Georgetown 1 1 2
Kingston - 2 -
Port of Spain 2 3 1
St John's - 1 1
Total 3 9 7


Sri Lanka

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Colombo 2 1 3
Kandy 2 - 1
Galle 1 - -
Total 5 1 4


Zimbabwe

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Harare 2 1 -
Bulawyo 1 - 1
Total 3 1 1

South Africa

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Durban 1 - -
Johannesburg - 1 1
Port Elizabeth - 1 -
Total 1 2 1


BANGLADESH

Centre Won Lost Drawn
Dacca 1 - -

Note: Pakistan played one test match at neutral ground (Dhaka) - the final of Asian Test Championship against Sri Lanka in 1998-99.

Summary of results of away test matches

Country Played Won Lost Drawn
India 27 4 5 18
England 39 8 14 17
New Zealand 22 7 4 11
West Indies 19 3 9 7
Sri Lanka 10 5 1 4
Zimbabwe 5 3 1 1
South Africa 4 1 2 1
Bangladesh 1 1 - -
Total 153 36 51 66


Pakistan Test Centres
  City, ground First Test
01 Dacca (Dhaka), Dacca Stadium (1955 to 1971) January 1, 1955
02 Bhawalpur, Dring (Bhawal) Stadium January 15, 1955
03 Lahore, Baghe-Jinnah Ground January 29, 1955
04 Peshawar, Services Club Ground February 13, 1955
05 Karachi, National Stadium February 26, 1955
06 Lahore, Gaddafi Stadium November 21, 1959
07 Rawalpindi, Club Ground March 27, 1966
08 Hyderabad, Niaz Stadium March 16, 1973
09 Faisalabad, Iqbal Stadium October 27, 1978
10 Multan, Qasim Bagh Stadium December 30, 1980
11 Sialkot, Jinnah Stadium October 27, 1985
12 Gujranwala, Municipal (Jinnah Stadium) December 20, 1991
13 Karachi, Defence Stadium December 1, 1993
14 Rawalpindi, Pindi Cricket Stadium December 9, 1993
15 Peshawar, Arbab Niaz Stadium September 8, 1995
16 Sheikhupura, Sheikhupura Cricket Ground October 17, 1996


Performance at home
Centre IND ENG NZ AUS WI SL ZIM SA Total
  W    L    D W    L    D W    L    D W    L    D W    L    D W    L    D W    L    D W    L    D W    L    D
Dacca  -   -    1  -   -    2  -   -    2  -   1    -  1   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  1   1   5
Bhawalpur  -   -    1  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    1
Lahore  1   -    5  1   1    5  4   2    1  1   1    3  -   2    3  1   -    1  -   -    2  -   -    -  8   6   19
Peshawar  -   -    1  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    1  1   -    -  1   1    -  -   1    -  -   -    -  2   2    2
Karachi  2   -    3  -   1    5  3   -    3  5   -    3  3   -    3  3   -    -  1   -    -  -   -    - 18   1  18
Rawalpindi  -   -    -  -   -    -  2   -    -  -   1    1  1   -    -  -   1    -  1   -    -  -   1    -  4   2    2
Hyderabad  1   -    -  -   -    2  2   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  3   -    2
Faisalabad  1   -    3  -   -    3  1   -    -  1   -    2  1   2    -  1   1    2  1   -    -  1   1    -  7   4   10
Multan  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    1  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    1
Sialkot  -   -    1  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    1  1   1    -  -   -    -  -   -    1  1   1   3
Gujranwala  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  1   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  1   -    -
Sheikhupura  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    -  -   -    1  -   -    1  -   -    2
Total  5  -   15  2   2    17  12   2    6  7   3    10  7   4    7  7   4    5  3   1    3  -   1    2 43  17  65

Summary of results of matches at home
PLAYED WON LOST DRAWN
125 43 17 65

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