The Niaz Stadium is a

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. The ground has a capacity of 7,000 and hosted its first

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in 1973. It was established in November 1961 by then Commissioner of Hyderabad, Niaz Ahmed, and the stadium is named after him. The first ever

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was taken by Pakistan's Jalal-ud-Din at this stadium during Australia's 1982-83 tour of Pakistan. Jalal-ud-Din removed Rod Marsh, Bruce Yardley and Geoff Lawson with the last three balls of his seventh over. Pakistan restricted Australia for 170 for 9 to win by 59 runs. A right-arm seamer from Karachi, Jalal-ud-Din played only seven other one-dayers and six Tests. Niaz Stadium celebrated staging Test cricket's 1000th match. In addition, Pakistan has never lost any match, whether a test or one-day, at this ground.

History

Niaz Stadium is situated in the heart of Hyderabad, one of the most populous city of

. The stadium has been named after Niaz Ahmed, the late sports loving commoner of Hyderabad, who was the motivating factor for building this stadium. The complex is in front of the Indus Hotel. The inaugural first class match was played at Niaz Stadium between South Zone v Pakistan Education Board (PEB) on 16–18 March 1962. Niaz Stadium become the 32nd first class ground in Pakistan and 2nd in Hyderabad. Only five Tests have so far been played at Hyderabad; two each against

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and

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, and one against India. The inaugural Test match at Hyderabad took place on 16–21 March 1973 against England, and it was left drawn after big scoring England picked up 487 with

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scoring 158. Pakistan in reply, did even better, compiling 569 before declaring after nine wickets had fallen.

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hit 157 and

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138. England played out time by hitting 218 for 6 wickets for the match to end in a draw. The last Test was played at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad between

and New Zealand on 25–29 November 1984. Niaz Stadium celebrated staging the Test cricket's 1000th match with Pakistan winning the rubber with more than a day to spare.

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became the second Pakistani after

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to score a century in each innings of a Test. Niaz Stadium boasts of the fact that Pakistan never lost a Test or

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here. An international match was played on 24 January 2008 between Pakistan and Zimbabwe after ten years. In April 2018, the

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(PCB) announced that the venue, along with several others in the country, would get a makeover to get them ready for future international matches and fixtures in the

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Records and statistics

First Test Pakistan v England – 16–21 Mar 1973 Last Test Pakistan v New Zealand – 25–29 Nov 1984 First ODI Pakistan v Australia – 20 Sep 1982 Last ODI Pakistan v Zimbabwe – 24 Jan 2008

Test

* Highest Team Total: ''581/3d by ''Pakistan'' against ''India'' on 14 January 1983. * Lowest Team Total : ''189'' by ''India'' against ''Pakistan'' on 14 January 1983. * Highest Individual Score : ''280 N.O.'' by ''Javed Miandad'' for Pakistan against India on 14 January 1983. * Highest partnership : ''451'' for the 3rd wicket by ''Mudassar Nazar'' and ''Javed Miandad'' for Pakistan against India on 14 January 1983. * Most Wickets : ''16'' wickets in 3 matches by ''Abdul Qadir''(Pakistan). * Most Runs : ''661'' runs in 4 matches by ''Javed Miandad''(Pakistan).

One Day International

* Highest team total: ''267/6'' by ''Pakistan'' against ''Sri Lanka'' on 8 October 1987. * Lowest team total: ''127'' by ''Sri Lanka'' against ''Pakistan'' on 3 November 1985. * Highest individual score: ''115 N.O.'' ''(103 balls)'' by ''Javed Miandad'' for Pakistan against Sri Lanka on 15 January 1992. * Highest partnership: ''137'' for the 3rd wicket by ''H Masakadza'' and ''T Taibu'' for Zimbabwe against Pakistan on 24 January 2008. * Most Runs: ''335'' runs in 5 matches by ''Javed Miandad''(Pakistan). * Most Wickets: ''7'' wickets in 2 matches by ''Aaqib Javed''(Pakistan).

Key

Tests

Two five wicket hauls have been taken at Niaz Stadium

References

External links

Location on Wikimaps, 2009

Pictures of the recent match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe

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