List of international cricket centuries at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is a sports ground in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, it has a capacity of 25,000. The ground have been hosted eight Test cricket since 1993 when Pakistan played Zimbabwe for the first time. 21 One Day Internationals (ODIs) have been hosted, where the first of which was in 1992 when Pakistan played Sri Lanka.
Australian batsman Michael Slater became the first man to score a Test century at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium when he made 110 against Pakistan in 1994. The score of 270 by Rahul Dravid of India stands as the highest score seen at the ground. Overall, there are 14 Test centuries have been scored at the ground.
Twelve ODI centuries have been scored at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, and the first by Pakistani maestro Inzamam-ul-Haq who scored 117 from 103 deliveries against Sri Lanka in 1992. The highest score achieved at the ground is unbeaten 188 made by South African opener Gary Kirsten against UAE in 1996, which was the highest ODI score at World Cups, until 200 mark was passed in 2015 World Cup.
Key
- * denotes that the batsman was not out.
- 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 Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
- The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
- The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won
Test centuries
The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
No. |
Score |
Player |
Team |
Balls |
Inns. |
Opposing team |
Date |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
110 |
Michael Slater (1/2) |
155 |
1 |
Drawn |
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2 |
237 |
Saleem Malik |
328 |
3 |
Drawn |
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3 |
149 |
Saeed Anwar (1/2) |
214 |
2 |
Won |
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4 |
125 |
Ijaz Ahmed |
198 |
2 |
Won |
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5 |
115 |
Ali Naqvi |
270 |
1 |
Drawn |
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6 |
128* |
Azhar Mahmood |
267 |
1 |
Won |
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7 |
160 |
Aamer Sohail |
297 |
2 |
Won |
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8 |
177 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq |
320 |
2 |
Won |
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9 |
145 |
Saeed Anwar (2/2) |
275 |
1 |
Lost |
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10 |
108 |
Michael Slater (2/2) |
238 |
2 |
Won |
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11 |
157 |
Steve Waugh |
325 |
2 |
Won |
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12 |
112 |
Aravinda de Silva |
276 |
2 |
Won |
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13 |
107 |
Younis Khan |
250 |
3 |
Lost |
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14 |
270 |
Rahul Dravid |
495 |
2 |
Won |
One Day International centuries
The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
No. |
Score |
Player |
Team |
Balls |
Inns. |
Opposing team |
Date |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
117 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq |
103 |
1 |
Lost |
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2 |
102 |
Saleem Malik |
108 |
1 |
Lost |
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3 |
110 |
Ijaz Ahmed (1/2) |
110 |
1 |
Won |
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4 |
121* |
Mark Waugh |
134 |
1 |
Lost |
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5 |
104* |
Saeed Anwar |
119 |
2 |
Won |
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6 |
188* |
Gary Kirsten |
159 |
1 |
Won |
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7 |
188* |
Andrew Hudson |
161 |
1 |
Won |
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8 |
132 |
Ijaz Ahmed (2/2) |
103 |
1 |
Won |
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9 |
105 |
Craig McMillan |
116 |
1 |
Lost |
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10 |
127* |
Yasir Hameed |
154 |
1 |
Won |
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11 |
107 |
Imran Farhat |
112 |
1 |
Won |
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12 |
141 |
Sachin Tendulkar |
135 |
2 |
Lost |