# Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot

Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot (Urdu: جناح اسٹیڈیم), formerly known as Connelly Park or Jinnah Park, is a cricket ground located in Sialkot. It is one of the oldest cricket grounds in Pakistan.

## 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 after the founding father of Pakistan. In 1979 it was upgraded to a stadium with a new pavilion and seating. It was the home ground of Sialkot Stallions.
The first Test here was played in 1985 and the most recent one 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. Credit for these green-top pitches goes to the 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 was played in this stadium. During India's 2nd innings batting, Sachin Tendulkar was badly injured by a Waqar Younis bouncer. However, he returned to bat later and scored 57 runs, helping to save the Test match and the series for India.
On this stadium, Indian cricket team scored its lowest team total of 79 all out in its ODI history against Pakistan during their 1978/79 tour.
In 2016, Sialkot Cricket Academy was established at the stadium. In September 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board named the stadium as one of the venues for hosting matches in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

## Records
### Test

* Highest Team Total: Pakistan 423/5d v Sri Lanka 12 Dec 1991
* Lowest Team Total: Sri Lanka 157 v Pakistan 27 Oct 1985
* Highest Individual Score:Moin Khan Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 22 Sep 1995
* Highest Partnership: Saleem Malik and Imran Khan 132, Pakistan vs Sri Lanka 1991
* Best Bowling:Ravi Ratnayeke Sri Lanka 8/83 27 Oct 1985

### One Day International

* Highest team total: 277/9 Pakistan v New Zealand 6 Dec 1996
* Lowest team total: 79 India v Pakistan 13 Oct 1978
* Highest individual score:114 Rameez Raja Pakistan v New Zealand 6 Nov 1990
* Highest partnership:Saeed Anwar and Zahoor Elahi 177 (1st) Pakistan v New Zealand 6 Dec 1996
* Best Bowling:Waqar Younis 5/16 Pakistan v New Zealand 6 Nov 1990

## List of Centuries
### 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 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
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
| 1 | 101 | Saleem Malik | Pakistan | 207 | 2 | Sri Lanka | 12 December 1991 | Drawn |
| 2 | 117* | Moin Khan | Pakistan | 208 | 4 | Sri Lanka | 22 September 1995 | Lost |

### One Day Internationals

Only one One-day international century has been scored at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot
| No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Inns. | Opposing team | Date | Result |
| 1 | 114 | Rameez Raja | Pakistan | 123 | 1 | New Zealand | 6 November 1990 | Won |

## List of Five Wicket Hauls
### Key

| Symbol | Meaning |
| † | The bowler was man of the match |
| ‡ | 10 or more wickets taken in the match |
| § | One of two five-wicket hauls by the bowler in the match |
| Date | Day the Test started or ODI was held |
| Inn | Innings in which five-wicket haul was taken |
| Overs | Number of overs bowled. |
| Runs | Number of runs conceded |
| Wkts | Number of wickets taken |
| Econ | Runs conceded per over |
| Batsmen | Batsmen whose wickets were taken |
| Drawn | The match was drawn. |

### Tests

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in Test matches.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
| 1 | Ravi Ratnayeke † | 27 October 1985 | Sri Lanka | Pakistan | 2 | 23.2 | 83 | 8 | 3.55 | |
| 2 | Imran Khan | 27 October 1985 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 3 | 18.3 | 40 | 5 | 2.16 | Won |
| 3 | Wasim Akram | 9 December 1989 | Pakistan | India | 1 | 28.2 | 101 | 5 | 3.56 | Drawn |
| 4 | Vivek Razdan | 9 December 1989 | India | Pakistan | 2 | 27 | 79 | 5 | 2.92 | Drawn |
| 5 | Waqar Younis | 12 December 1991 | Pakistan | Sri Lanka | 1 | 30.5 | 84 | 5 | 2.72 | Drawn |

### One Day Internationals

This is a list of five-wicket hauls taken at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot in One-day Internationals.
| No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
| 1 | Waqar Younis | 6 November 1990 | Pakistan | New Zealand | 2 | 6 | 18 | 5 | 2.66 | Won |
| 2 | Chris Harris | 6 December 1996 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 1 | 10 | 42 | 5 | 4.20 | Lost |