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Gaddafi Stadium hosted 40 Test matches, the first of these was in 1959 when Pakistan played the touring Australian side. The ground has also hosted 60 One Day Internationals (ODIs), the first was in 1978 between Pakistan and England.

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. This list details the five-wicket hauls taken in international cricket at Gaddafi Stadium.

The stadium also maintains an honor board.

Key

Test Match five-wicket hauls

As of 23 March 2022

Ten five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in Tests.

Five-wicket hauls in Test matches at Arbab Niaz Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Econ	Result
1	Lindsay Kline	21 November 1959	Australia	Pakistan	3	44	75	7	1.70	Won
2	Pervez Sajjad	30 October 1969	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	40	74	7	1.85	Lost
3	Andy Roberts	15 February 1975	West Indies	Pakistan	1	23	66	5	2.87	Drawn
4	Sarfraz Nawaz	15 February 1975	Pakistan	West Indies	2	27	89	6	3.30	Drawn
5	Richard Hadlee	9 October 1976	New Zealand	Pakistan	1	19	121	5	6.37	Lost
6	Ray Bright	18 March 1980	Australia	Pakistan	2	56	172	5	3.07	Drawn
7	Imran Khan	22 March 1982	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	29.3	58	8	1.97	Won
8	Imran Khan	22 March 1982	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	3	22.5	58	6	2.54	Won
9	Dilip Doshi	10 December 1982	India	Pakistan	1	32.5	90	5	2.74	Lost
10	Kapil Dev	23 January 1983	India	Pakistan	1	30.5	85	8	2.76	Drawn
11	Abdul Qadir	19 March 1984	Pakistan	England	1	30	84	5	2.80	Drawn
12	Neil Foster	19 March 1984	England	Pakistan	2	32	67	5	2.09	Drawn
13	Abdul Qadir	19 March 1984	Pakistan	England	3	42	110	5	2.62	Drawn
14	Norman Cowans	19 March 1984	England	Pakistan	4	14	42	5	3.00	Drawn
15	Azeem Hafeez	17 October 1984	Pakistan	India	2	23	46	6	2.00	Drawn
16	Malcolm Marshall	7 November 1986	West Indies	Pakistan	1	18	33	5	1.83	Lost
17	Imran Khan	7 November 1986	Pakistan	West Indies	2	30.5	59	5	1.91	Lost
18	Abdul Qadir	25 November 1987	Pakistan	England	1	37	56	9	1.51	Won
19	Willie Watson	18 October 1990	New Zealand	Pakistan	2	36	78	6	2.17	Lost
20	Waqar Younis	18 October 1990	Pakistan	New Zealand	3	37.5	86	7	2.27	Won
21	Curtly Ambrose	6 December 1990	West Indies	Pakistan	2	20	35	5	1.75	Drawn
22	Ian Bishop	6 December 1990	West Indies	Pakistan	2	19.2	41	5	2.121	Drawn
23	Wasim Akram	6 December 1990	Pakistan	West Indies	3	9	28	5	3.11	Drawn
24	David Brain	16 December 1993	Zimbabwe	Pakistan	1	15	42	5	2.80	Drawn
25	Waqar Younis	16 December 1993	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	2	34.4	100	5	2.88	Drawn
30	Pramodya Wickramasinghe	4 March 1999	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	1	29.1	103	6	3.53	Drawn
26	Shane Warne	1 November 1994	Australia	Pakistan	1	41.5	136	6	3.25	Drawn
27	Simon Doull	21 November 1996	New Zealand	Pakistan	2	16	46	5	2.87	Won
28	Mushtaq Ahmed	21 November 1996	Pakistan	New Zealand	3	32	84	6	2.62	Lost
29	Saqlain Mushtaq	10 December 1998	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	1	13.5	32	5	2.31	Drawn
31	Saqlain Mushtaq	15 November 2000	Pakistan	England	1	74	164	8	2.22	Drawn
32	Shoaib Akhtar	1 May 2002	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	8.2	11	6	1.32	Won
33	Danish Kaneria	1 May 2002	Pakistan	New Zealand	3	32	110	5	3.44	Won
34	Paul Adams	17 October 2003	South Africa	Pakistan	2	45	128	7	2.84	Lost
35	Danish Kaneria	17 October 2003	Pakistan	South Africa	3	28.3	46	5	1.61	Won
36	Umar Gul	5 April 2004	Pakistan	India	1	12	31	5	2.58	Won
37	Shoaib Akhtar	29 November 2005	Pakistan	England	3	19	71	5	3.74	Won
38	Umar Gul	11 November 2006	Pakistan	West Indies	1	15.1	65	5	4.28	Won
39	Umar Gul	1 March 2009	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	1	37	135	6	3.65	Drawn
40	Pat Cummins	21 March 2022	Australia	Pakistan	2	24	56	5	2.33	Won
41	Nathan Lyon	21 March 2022	Australia	Pakistan	4	37	83	5	2.24	Won

One Day International five-wicket hauls

As of 27 August 2019

Only one five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in ODIs.

Five-wicket hauls in One Day International matches at Gaddafi Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Econ	Result
1	Craig McDermott	4 November 1987	Australia	Pakistan	2	10	44	5	4.40	Won
2	Saleem Malik	2 November 1990	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	7	35	5	5.00	Won
3	Glenn McGrath	30 October 1994	Australia	Pakistan	2	10	52	5	5.20	Won
4	Shaukat Dukanwala	1 March 1996	United Arab Emirates	Netherlands	1	10	29	5	2.90	Won
5	Lance Klusener	6 November 1997	South Africa	Sri Lanka	2	10	49	6	4.90	Won
6	Shahid Afridi	27 October 2000	Pakistan	England	1	10	40	5	4.00	Won
7	Umar Gul	15 September 2003	Pakistan	Bangladesh	2	9	17	5	1.89	Won
8	Mohammad Sami	1 December 2003	Pakistan	New Zealand	2	7.5	10	5	1.28	Won
9	Sanath Jayasuriya	16 October 2004	Sri Lanka	Pakistan	2	8	17	5	2.12	Won
10	Shoaib Akhtar	12 December 2005	Pakistan	England	1	8.4	54	5	6.23	Won
11	Ajantha Mendis	26 June 2008	Sri Lanka	United Arab Emirates	2	6.3	22	5	3.38	Won

T20 International five-wicket hauls

As of 27 August 2019

Only one five-wicket hauls have been taken on the ground in T20Is.

Five-wicket hauls in Twenty20 International matches at Gaddafi Stadium

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing Team	Inn	O	R	W	Econ	Result
1	Dwaine Pretorius	13 February 2021	South Africa	Pakistan	1	4	17	5	4.40	Won

Notes

References

1. "Statsguru: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore / Test matches / Match result list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
2. "Statsguru: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore / One-Day Internationals matches / Match result list". Cricinfo. ESPN. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
3. Pervez, M. A. (2001). A Dictionary of Cricket. Orient Blackswan. p. 31. ISBN 978-81-7370-184-9.
4. "PCB decorates Gaddafi Stadium gallery with rare pictures". www.thenews.com.pk.
5. "Statistics - Statsguru - Test Matches - Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
6. "Statistics - Statsguru - One-Day Internationals - Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
7. "Statistics - Statsguru - One-Day Internationals - Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 27 August 2019.

External links

• Five-wicket hauls at Gaddafi Stadium, CricInfo

• Cricket grounds in Pakistan
• Lists of international cricket five-wicket hauls by ground
• Cricket in Lahore
• Lists of Pakistani cricket records and statistics