Test matches at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan

Test matches at Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan by Rajesh Kumar

Ground:

Dates       Toss   Teams and Scores   Result               Captains
Aug.29-31,  Ban.   Ban.134 & 148      Pak. won by an       Naimur Rahman (B)
2001 ##            Pak.546/3d.        innings and 264 runs Waqar Younis (P)
                                      
 
Sept.3-6,   Ban.   Ban.281 & 154      Pak. won by 1 wkt.   Khaled Mahmud (B)
2003               Pak.175 & 262/9                         Rashid Latif (P)
 
 ## Part of the Asian Test Championship.

Centurions:

138*    Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)        Sept.2003
110*    Abdul Razzaq   (Pakistan)        Aug. 2001
105*    Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)        Aug. 2001
104     Taufeeq Umar   (Pakistan)        Aug. 2001
102*    Yousuf Youhana (Pakistan)        Aug. 2001
101     Saeed Anward   (Pakistan)        Aug. 2001

An extraordinary feat:

Five centuries in Pakistan's first innings score of 546 for 3 wickets declared in August 2001, equalled the world record for most centuries in a Test innings. In Australia's total of 758 for 8 declared vs. West Indies at Kingston in 1954-55, five batsmen had recorded hundreds.

Younis Khan in Bangladesh's second innings of 148 in August 2001, took four catches as substitute fielder - a record.

The top three Partnerships:

168 (1st wkt.) Saeed Anwar & Taufeeq Umar     (P)       Aug.2001
165*(4th wkt.) Abdul Razzaq & Yousuf Youhana  (P)       Aug.2001
123*(4th wkt.) Inzamam-ul-Haq & Yousuf Youhana(P)       Aug.2001

Best Bowling in an innings:

6/42  Danish Kaneria (Pakistan)                  Aug.2001
6/52  Danish Kaneria (Pakistan)                  Aug.2001
5/36  Mohammad Rafique (Bangladesh)              Sept.2003

Most wickets in a Test match:

12/94 (6/42 + 6/52) Danish Kaneria (Pakistan)    Aug.2001

(27 Mar 2004)