Gaddafi Stadium hosted 40 Test matches, the first of these was in 1959 when Pakistan played the touring Australian side. [1] The ground has also hosted 60 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1978 between Pakistan and England. [2]
In cricket, a five-wicket haul (also known as a "five-for" or "fifer") refers to a bowler taking five or more wickets in a single innings. This is regarded as a notable achievement. [3] This list details the five-wicket hauls taken in international cricket at Gaddafi Stadium.
The stadium also maintains an honor board. [4]
Symbol | Meaning |
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Date | Day the Test started or ODI was held |
Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
O | Number of overs bowled |
R | Number of runs conceded |
W | Number of wickets taken |
Result | Result of the match |
Ten five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in Tests. [5]
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Econ | Result |
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1 | Lindsay Kline | 21 November 1959 | Australia | Pakistan | 3 | 44 | 75 | 7 | 1.70 | Won |
2 | Pervez Sajjad | 30 October 1969 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 40 | 74 | 7 | 1.85 | Lost |
3 | Andy Roberts | 15 February 1975 | West Indies | Pakistan | 1 | 23 | 66 | 5 | 2.87 | Drawn |
4 | Sarfraz Nawaz | 15 February 1975 | Pakistan | West Indies | 2 | 27 | 89 | 6 | 3.30 | Drawn |
5 | Richard Hadlee | 9 October 1976 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 1 | 19 | 121 | 5 | 6.37 | Lost |
6 | Ray Bright | 18 March 1980 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 56 | 172 | 5 | 3.07 | Drawn |
7 | Imran Khan | 22 March 1982 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 1 | 29.3 | 58 | 8 | 1.97 | Won |
8 | Imran Khan | 22 March 1982 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 22.5 | 58 | 6 | 2.54 | Won |
9 | Dilip Doshi | 10 December 1982 | India | Pakistan | 1 | 32.5 | 90 | 5 | 2.74 | Lost |
10 | Kapil Dev | 23 January 1983 | India | Pakistan | 1 | 30.5 | 85 | 8 | 2.76 | Drawn |
11 | Abdul Qadir | 19 March 1984 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 30 | 84 | 5 | 2.80 | Drawn |
12 | Neil Foster | 19 March 1984 | England | Pakistan | 2 | 32 | 67 | 5 | 2.09 | Drawn |
13 | Abdul Qadir | 19 March 1984 | Pakistan | England | 3 | 42 | 110 | 5 | 2.62 | Drawn |
14 | Norman Cowans | 19 March 1984 | England | Pakistan | 4 | 14 | 42 | 5 | 3.00 | Drawn |
15 | Azeem Hafeez | 17 October 1984 | Pakistan | India | 2 | 23 | 46 | 6 | 2.00 | Drawn |
16 | Malcolm Marshall | 7 November 1986 | West Indies | Pakistan | 1 | 18 | 33 | 5 | 1.83 | Lost |
17 | Imran Khan | 7 November 1986 | Pakistan | West Indies | 2 | 30.5 | 59 | 5 | 1.91 | Lost |
18 | Abdul Qadir | 25 November 1987 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 37 | 56 | 9 | 1.51 | Won |
19 | Willie Watson | 18 October 1990 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 2 | 36 | 78 | 6 | 2.17 | Lost |
20 | Waqar Younis | 18 October 1990 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 37.5 | 86 | 7 | 2.27 | Won |
21 | Curtly Ambrose | 6 December 1990 | West Indies | Pakistan | 2 | 20 | 35 | 5 | 1.75 | Drawn |
22 | Ian Bishop | 6 December 1990 | West Indies | Pakistan | 2 | 19.2 | 41 | 5 | 2.121 | Drawn |
23 | Wasim Akram | 6 December 1990 | Pakistan | West Indies | 3 | 9 | 28 | 5 | 3.11 | Drawn |
24 | David Brain | 16 December 1993 | Zimbabwe | Pakistan | 1 | 15 | 42 | 5 | 2.80 | Drawn |
25 | Waqar Younis | 16 December 1993 | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | 2 | 34.4 | 100 | 5 | 2.88 | Drawn |
30 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 4 March 1999 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 1 | 29.1 | 103 | 6 | 3.53 | Drawn |
26 | Shane Warne | 1 November 1994 | Australia | Pakistan | 1 | 41.5 | 136 | 6 | 3.25 | Drawn |
27 | Simon Doull | 21 November 1996 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 2 | 16 | 46 | 5 | 2.87 | Won |
28 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 21 November 1996 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 32 | 84 | 6 | 2.62 | Lost |
29 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 December 1998 | Pakistan | Zimbabwe | 1 | 13.5 | 32 | 5 | 2.31 | Drawn |
31 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 15 November 2000 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 74 | 164 | 8 | 2.22 | Drawn |
32 | Shoaib Akhtar | 1 May 2002 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 8.2 | 11 | 6 | 1.32 | Won |
33 | Danish Kaneria | 1 May 2002 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 3 | 32 | 110 | 5 | 3.44 | Won |
34 | Paul Adams | 17 October 2003 | South Africa | Pakistan | 2 | 45 | 128 | 7 | 2.84 | Lost |
35 | Danish Kaneria | 17 October 2003 | Pakistan | South Africa | 3 | 28.3 | 46 | 5 | 1.61 | Won |
36 | Umar Gul | 5 April 2004 | Pakistan | India | 1 | 12 | 31 | 5 | 2.58 | Won |
37 | Shoaib Akhtar | 29 November 2005 | Pakistan | England | 3 | 19 | 71 | 5 | 3.74 | Won |
38 | Umar Gul | 11 November 2006 | Pakistan | West Indies | 1 | 15.1 | 65 | 5 | 4.28 | Won |
39 | Umar Gul | 1 March 2009 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 1 | 37 | 135 | 6 | 3.65 | Drawn |
40 | Pat Cummins | 21 March 2022 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 24 | 56 | 5 | 2.33 | Won |
41 | Nathan Lyon | 21 March 2022 | Australia | Pakistan | 4 | 37 | 83 | 5 | 2.24 | Won |
Only one five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in ODIs. [6]
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Econ | Result |
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1 | Craig McDermott | 4 November 1987 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 10 | 44 | 5 | 4.40 | Won |
2 | Saleem Malik | 2 November 1990 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 7 | 35 | 5 | 5.00 | Won |
3 | Glenn McGrath | 30 October 1994 | Australia | Pakistan | 2 | 10 | 52 | 5 | 5.20 | Won |
4 | Shaukat Dukanwala | 1 March 1996 | United Arab Emirates | Netherlands | 1 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 2.90 | Won |
5 | Lance Klusener | 6 November 1997 | South Africa | Sri Lanka | 2 | 10 | 49 | 6 | 4.90 | Won |
6 | Shahid Afridi | 27 October 2000 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 10 | 40 | 5 | 4.00 | Won |
7 | Umar Gul | 15 September 2003 | Pakistan | Bangladesh | 2 | 9 | 17 | 5 | 1.89 | Won |
8 | Mohammad Sami | 1 December 2003 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 7.5 | 10 | 5 | 1.28 | Won |
9 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 16 October 2004 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 2.12 | Won |
10 | Shoaib Akhtar | 12 December 2005 | Pakistan | England | 1 | 8.4 | 54 | 5 | 6.23 | Won |
11 | Ajantha Mendis | 26 June 2008 | Sri Lanka | United Arab Emirates | 2 | 6.3 | 22 | 5 | 3.38 | Won |
Only one five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in T20Is. [7]
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Econ | Result |
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1 | Dwaine Pretorius | 13 February 2021 | South Africa | Pakistan | 1 | 4 | 17 | 5 | 4.40 | Won |
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