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 |
Forty-four five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in Tests. [5]
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing Team | Inn | O | R | W | Result |
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1 | Lindsay Kline | 21 November 1959 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 44 | 75 | 7 | Australia won |
2 | Pervez Sajjad | 30 October 1969 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 40 | 74 | 7 | New Zealand won |
3 | Andy Roberts | 15 February 1975 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 23 | 66 | 5 | Drawn |
4 | Sarfraz Nawaz | 15 February 1975 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 27 | 89 | 6 | Drawn |
5 | Richard Hadlee | 9 October 1976 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 19 | 121 | 5 | Pakistan won |
6 | Ray Bright | 18 March 1980 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 56 | 172 | 5 | Drawn |
7 | Imran Khan | 22 March 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 29.3 | 58 | 8 | Pakistan won |
8 | Imran Khan | 22 March 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 22.5 | 58 | 6 | Pakistan won |
9 | Dilip Doshi | 10 December 1982 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 32.5 | 90 | 5 | Pakistan won |
10 | Kapil Dev | 23 January 1983 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 30.5 | 85 | 8 | Drawn |
11 | Abdul Qadir | 19 March 1984 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 30 | 84 | 5 | Drawn |
12 | Neil Foster | 19 March 1984 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 32 | 67 | 5 | Drawn |
13 | Abdul Qadir | 19 March 1984 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 42 | 110 | 5 | Drawn |
14 | Norman Cowans | 19 March 1984 | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 14 | 42 | 5 | Drawn |
15 | Azeem Hafeez | 17 October 1984 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 23 | 46 | 6 | Drawn |
16 | Malcolm Marshall | 7 November 1986 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 18 | 33 | 5 | West Indies won |
17 | Imran Khan | 7 November 1986 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 30.5 | 59 | 5 | West Indies won |
18 | Abdul Qadir | 25 November 1987 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 37 | 56 | 9 | Pakistan won |
19 | Willie Watson | 18 October 1990 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 36 | 78 | 6 | Pakistan won |
20 | Waqar Younis | 18 October 1990 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 37.5 | 86 | 7 | Pakistan won |
21 | Curtly Ambrose | 6 December 1990 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 20 | 35 | 5 | Drawn |
22 | Ian Bishop | 6 December 1990 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 19.2 | 41 | 5 | Drawn |
23 | Wasim Akram | 6 December 1990 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 9 | 28 | 5 | Drawn |
24 | David Brain | 16 December 1993 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 15 | 42 | 5 | Drawn |
25 | Waqar Younis | 16 December 1993 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 34.4 | 100 | 5 | Drawn |
30 | Pramodya Wickramasinghe | 4 March 1999 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 29.1 | 103 | 6 | Drawn |
26 | Shane Warne | 1 November 1994 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 41.5 | 136 | 6 | Drawn |
27 | Simon Doull | 21 November 1996 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 16 | 46 | 5 | Won |
28 | Mushtaq Ahmed | 21 November 1996 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 32 | 84 | 6 | New Zealand won |
29 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 10 December 1998 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 13.5 | 32 | 5 | Drawn |
31 | Saqlain Mushtaq | 15 November 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 74 | 164 | 8 | Drawn |
32 | Shoaib Akhtar | 1 May 2002 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 8.2 | 11 | 6 | Pakistan won |
33 | Danish Kaneria | 1 May 2002 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 32 | 110 | 5 | Pakistan won |
34 | Paul Adams | 17 October 2003 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 45 | 128 | 7 | Pakistan won |
35 | Danish Kaneria | 17 October 2003 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 28.3 | 46 | 5 | Pakistan won |
36 | Umar Gul | 5 April 2004 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 12 | 31 | 5 | Pakistan won |
37 | Shoaib Akhtar | 29 November 2005 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 19 | 71 | 5 | Pakistan won |
38 | Umar Gul | 11 November 2006 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 15.1 | 65 | 5 | Pakistan won |
39 | Umar Gul | 1 March 2009 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 37 | 135 | 6 | Drawn |
40 | Pat Cummins | 21 March 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 24 | 56 | 5 | Australia won |
41 | Nathan Lyon | 21 March 2022 | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | 37 | 83 | 5 | Australia won |
42 | Senuran Muthusamy | 12 October 2025 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 32 | 117 | 6 | Pakistan won |
43 | Noman Ali | 12 October 2025 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 35 | 112 | 6 | Pakistan won |
44 | Senuran Muthusamy | 12 October 2025 | ![]() | ![]() | 3 | 17 | 57 | 5 | Pakistan 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 | Result |
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1 | Craig McDermott | 4 November 1987 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 44 | 5 | Austrlia won |
2 | Saleem Malik | 2 November 1990 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 7 | 35 | 5 | Pakistan won |
3 | Glenn McGrath | 30 October 1994 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 52 | 5 | Australia won |
4 | Shaukat Dukanwala | 1 March 1996 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 29 | 5 | UAE won |
5 | Lance Klusener | 6 November 1997 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 10 | 49 | 6 | South Africa won |
6 | Shahid Afridi | 27 October 2000 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 10 | 40 | 5 | Pakistan won |
7 | Umar Gul | 15 September 2003 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 9 | 17 | 5 | Pakistan won |
8 | Mohammad Sami | 1 December 2003 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 7.5 | 10 | 5 | Pakistan won |
9 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 16 October 2004 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 8 | 17 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
10 | Shoaib Akhtar | 12 December 2005 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 8.4 | 54 | 5 | Pakistan won |
11 | Ajantha Mendis | 26 June 2008 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 6.3 | 22 | 5 | Sri Lanka won |
12 | Azmatullah Omarzai | 26 February 2025 | ![]() | ![]() | 2 | 9.5 | 58 | 5 | Afghanistan 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 | Result |
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1 | Dwaine Pretorius | 13 February 2021 | ![]() | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 17 | 5 | South Africa won |