The Lahore Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan will host three matches in the upcoming Asia Cup 2023, check out the stadium ODI stats and records, stadium details, pitch report, and more
The Asia Cup 2023 begins on Wednesday, August 30, with the Pakistan vs Nepal opener at the Multan Cricket Stadium.
Lahore Gaddafi Cricket Stadium pitch report today, weather, ODI records, average score, stats, capacity Asia Cup 2023
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2023 – Venues at Pakistan 🇵🇰
Stadium : Gaddafi Stadium
Location : Lahore
Capacity : 27,000
Matches : 3 #AsiaCup #AsiaCup23 pic.twitter.com/igBhfDDhAd— Sayantan Pandit (@codziac) August 29, 2023
Following the opener, the Pallekele International Cricket Stadium in Kandy, Sri Lanka will host the second match before the action shifts to the Gaddafi stadium.
Lahore Gaddafi Stadium Asia Cup 2023 matches schedule
Given below are the three matches set to take place at the Lahore Gaddafi Stadium in the Asia Cup 2023:
| Fixture | Date | Stage |
| Bangladesh vs Afghanistan | September 3 | Group Stage |
| Afghanistan vs Sri Lanka | September 5 | Group Stage |
| A1 and B2 | September 6 | Super 4 match |
Lahore Gaddafi Stadium pitch report
The Lahore Gaddafi Stadium has previously hosted 64 One Day Internationals, aside from 21 T20Is and 41 Tests. The most recent ODI match hosted at the venue was a 3-match series between Pakistan and Australia. The series took place from March-April 2022. Prior to that, the venue did not host any matches from 2015. In general, the pitches at the Gaddafi Stadium, usually tends to assist batters and the pace bowlers.
Lahore Gaddafi stadium details
Given below are some general details of the Lahore Gaddafi stadium:
- Year established – 1959
- Total seating capacity – 27,000 seats
- Ends – The Pavillion End and the Forman Christian College End
- Internationals matches hosted so far – 41 Tests, 21 T20Is and 64 ODIs
Lahore Gaddafi Stadium ODI stats and records
| Stats | Records |
| Matches | 64 |
| Home Side (Pakistan) Won | 33 |
| Visiting Team Won | 19 |
| Neutral Team Won | 10 |
| Tied | 1 |
| No Result | 1 |
| Won Batting First | 32 |
| Won Chasing | 30 |
| Highest match total | 375/3 by Pakistan vs Zimbabwe in 2015 |
| Highest Successful Chase | 349/4 in 49 overs by Pakistan vs Australia in 2022 |
| Average First Innings Score | 252 |
| Lowest match total | 75 All Out by Pakistan vs Sri Lanka in 2009 |
| Lowest total score Defended | 150/8 (37 over match) by Pakistan vs India in 1989 |
| Highest Score by a single player | Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan) – 139 not out off 84 balls vs India in 1997 |
| Best Bowling Innings by a single player | Lance Klusener (South Africa) – 6 for 49 in 10 overs vs Sri Lanka in 1997 |
| Most Runs | Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – 1030 runs in 22 innings |
| Most Wickets | Wasim Akram (Pakistan) – 23 wickets in 18 matches |
| Total Sixes | 303+ sixes |
| Most Sixes by a single player | Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – 18 sixes |
| Total Fours | 2429+ fours |
| Most Fours | Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) – 84 fours |
| Total Fifties | 156 Fifties |
| Most 50s by a single player | Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan) – 7 fifties |
| Total 100s | 41 Hundreds |
| Most 100s | Mohammad Yousuf (Pakistan), Zaheer Abbas (Pakistan) & Shoaib Malik (Pakistan) – 3 Hundreds each |
| Highest Partnership | 213* by Sanath Jayasuriya & Arvinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) vs Pakistan in 1997 |
| Most Dismissals | Mohin Khan (Pakistan) – 19 Dismissals (10 catches & 9 stumpings) |
| Most Stumpings (Wicketkeeper) | Mohin Khan (Pakistan) – 9 stumpings |
| Most Catches (Wicketkeeper) | Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) – 12 catches |
| Most Catches (Fielder) | Inzamam Ul Haq (Pakistan) – 9 catches |
Pakistan ODI Stats and Record in Lahore
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 54 |
| Won | 33 |
| Lost | 19 |
| No Result | 1 |
| Tied | 1 |
| Won Batting First | 15 |
| Won Chasing | 18 |
| Highest Total | 375 |
| Lowest Total | 75 |
Sri Lanka ODI Stats and Record in Lahore
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 13 |
| Won | 9 |
| Lost | 4 |
| Won Batting First | 6 |
| Won Chasing | 3 |
| Highest Total | 357 |
| Lowest Total | 231 |
Bangladesh ODI Stats and Record in Lahore
| Stats | Record |
| Matches | 5 |
| Won | 1 |
| Lost | 4 |
| Won Batting First | 1 |
| Won Chasing | 0 |
| Highest Total | 300 |
| Lowest Total | 129 |
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