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Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Pitch Report for PAK vs NZ T20 & Ground Records

Lahore Cricket Stadium will host 3 games of PAK vs NZ T20I series.

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Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Pitch Report for PAK vs NZ T20.

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Cricket was finally returned to Pakistan in 2019 and since then the nation has successfully hosted many international series. Sri Lanka, West Indies, Australia, England and New Zealand are the countries that have approved Pakistan’s security measures and have toured here recently. The New Zealand cricket team has again arrived in the nation for a month-long tour comprising 10 games. Lahore will host the 1st T20I match. Meanwhile, fantasy game players are looking for the key stats of Gaddafi Stadium Lahore such as pitch report, T20 records, and last match scorecard. Here, you can check the important stats of Lahore Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan recently played a T20I series against Afghanistan which they lost by 2-1. Pakistan’s star players Babar Azam, Mohammad Rizwan, and Shaheen Afridi missed the series against AFG but now they are back with the pack. A full-fledged Babar-led side will meet a slightly inexperienced Kiwi team as their star players are committed to playing the IPL. Tom Latham has been named the skipper for the whole tour.

Gaddafi Stadium Lahore T20I Records

Gaddafi Stadium Lahore is hosting international T20 matches since 2015. So far, the venue has hosted 18 men’s T20Is with PAK vs ENG T20 in October 2022 being the most recent.

  • Total T20I matches played: 18
  • Matches won by the team batting first: 9
  • Matches won by the team batting second: 9
  • Highest team score while batting first: England – 209/3 (20) vs Pakistan, 2022
  • Lowest team score while batting first: Bangladesh – 136/6 (20) vs Pakistan, 2020
  • Biggest total chased: Pakistan chased 172 vs Zimbabwe, in 2015
  • Lowest Score Defended: Sri Lanka defended 147 vs Pakistan, in 2019
  • Gaddafi Stadium Lahore average score in T20I: 167
  • Best bowling figures for a spinner: Tabraiz Shamsi – 4/25 vs Pakistan, 2021
  • Best bowling figures for a pacer: Dwaine Pretorius – 5/17 vs Pakistan, 2021
  • Highest score by a batsman: Mohammad Rizwan – 104*(64) vs South Africa, 2021

Lahore Cricket Stadium PSL 2023 Records

Lahore hosted 9 matches of Pakistan Super League this year and interestingly the teams who batted first won all except one game.

  • Total matches played : 9
  • Matches won by the team batting first: 8
  • Matches won by the team batting second: 1
  • Highest team score while batting first: Lahore Qalandars – 241/3 (20) vs Peshawar Zalmi
  • Lowest team score while batting first: Lahore Qalandars – 148/10 (19.2) vs Quetta Gladiators
  • Biggest total chased: Lahore Qalandars chased 171 vs Peshawar Zalmi
  • Lowest Score Defended: Lahore Qalandars defended 142 vs Quetta Gladiators
  • Lahore Cricket Stadium average score in PSL 2023: 186
  • Best bowling figures for a spinner: Rashid Khan (Lahore) – 3/15 vs Multan
  • Best bowling figures for a pacer: Shaheen Afridi (Lahore – 5/40 vs Peshawar
  • Highest score by a batsman: Fakhar Zaman (Lahore) – 94(45) vs Peshawar

Gaddafi Stadium Lahore Pitch Report

The Lahore ground has a well-balanced pitch that can favor both batters and bowlers. In 18 T20 international, only one time a total of 200 runs was achieved. Usually, the batting first team scores around 170 here as far as T20I cricket is concerned. In recent games, it has been seen that chasing becomes tough here so a team would like to bat first on Gaddafi Stadium’s pitch.

ALSO READ: Eden Gardens Kolkata Pitch Report for IPL 2023 & T20 Records

New Zealand tour of Pakistan matches in Lahore

The first 3 T20I matches of the series are scheduled to play in Lahore. Rawalpindi Stadium will be hosting remaining two T20 games.

Date Match Time
14 April 1st T20I 9:30 PM
15 April 2nd T20I 9:30 PM
17 April 3rd T20I 9:30 PM

Gaddafi Stadium Last T20 Match Scorecard

PSL 2023 Final was the last match that held at the venue. Lahore Qalandars had won the nail-bitter by just 1 run and lifted the title in front of their home crowd.

Lahore Qalandars : 200-6 (20) Multan Sultans : 199-8 (20)
Abdullah Safique : 65(40) Rilee Rossouw : 52(32)
Shaheen Afridi : 44*(15) Mohammad Rizwan : 34(23)
Fakhar Zaman : 39(34) Khushdil Shah : 25(12)
Usama Mir : 3 – 0 – 24 – 3 Shaheen Afridi : 4 – 0 – 51 – 4
Khushdil Shah : 2 – 0 – 11 – 1 Rashid Khan : 4 – 0 – 26 – 2
Ihsanullah : 3 – 0 – 37 – 1 David Wiese : 4 – 0 – 31 – 1
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