Jinnah Stadium (

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, ), formerly known as Connelly Park or Jinnah Park, is a

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located in

Sialkot Sialkot ( ur, ) is a city located in Punjab, Pakistan. It is the capital of Sialkot District and the 13th most populous city in Pakistan. The boundaries of Sialkot are joined with Jammu (the winter capital of Indian administered Jammu and Ka ...

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. It is one of the oldest cricket grounds in

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. In 1979 it was upgraded into a stadium with new

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and seating and was renamed Jinnah Stadium. It was the home ground of

Sialkot Stallions The Sialkot Stallions () was a National T20 Cup team, based in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground was Jinnah Stadium located in Sialkot. The Stallions was the most successful team in Pakistani Twen ...

. The first Test here was played in 1985 and the last in 1995. Pakistan played its first ever ODI at home on this ground in 1976 against New Zealand. It was also New Zealand's first ODI against Pakistan. Jinnah Stadium is known for its green-top pitches that help fast bowlers. And credit of these green top pitches goes to Curator Abdul Ghani who has prepared pitches for all international matches played here (4 Tests and 9 ODIs). The stadium has a lot of memories attached with it. In 1984, Pakistan-India ODI here was stopped midway and abandoned after news of the assassination of the then Indian PM, Indira Gandhi, reached the ground. India were batting. During the India tour to Pakistan in 1989, the 4th test of the series played on this stadium. During the India's batting of the 2nd innings,

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was badly injured by a

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bouncer, however, he came back later to bat and scored a key 57 runs to save the test match and a series for India. On this stadium, Indian cricket team scored its lowest team total of 79 in its ODI history against Pakistan on 1978/79 tour. The stadium has hosted 9 one day internationals and 4 test matches. In 2016, Sialkot Cricket Academy was established at the stadium. In September 2019, the

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named it as one of the venues to host matches in the

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Records

Test

* Highest Team Total:

423/5d v

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12 Dec 1991 * Lowest Team Total:

157 v

27 Oct 1985 * Highest Individual Score:

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22 Sep 1995 * Highest Partnership:

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and

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132,

1991 * Best Bowling:

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8/83 27 Oct 1985

One Day International

* Highest team total: 277/9

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6 Dec 1996 * Lowest team total: 79

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13 Oct 1978 * Highest individual score:114

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6 Nov 1990 * Highest partnership: Saeed Anwar and

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177 (1st)

6 Dec 1996 * Best Bowling:

5/16

6 Nov 1990

List of Centuries

Key

* * denotes that the batsman was

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. * 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

One Day Internationals

Only one One-day international century has been scored at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Tests

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in Test matches.

One Day Internationals

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in One-day Internationals.

References

External links

Sialkot Cricket
Sports venues in Pakistan Test cricket grounds in Pakistan Buildings and structures in Sialkot Cricket grounds in Pakistan 1920 establishments in British India Sport in Sialkot Memorials to Muhammad Ali Jinnah {{Pakistan-sports-venue-stub

History

Records

Test

One Day International

List of Centuries

Key

Test Centuries

One Day Internationals

List of Five Wicket Hauls

Key

Tests

One Day Internationals

See also

References

External links