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One-day internationals at Rawalpindi

By Rajneesh Gupta
February 11, 2006 01:55 IST
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A total of 20 matches have been played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Pakistan, out of which 10 have been won by sides batting first and exactly the same number by sides batting second.

Pakistan have a remarkable record at Rawalpindi with 12 wins out of 16 games played here. India have played only once here in the past -- in 2003-04 and had lost that match.

India's only appearance at this ground was in fact in a match, which was a contest between bat and bat.

Batting first, Pakistan put on a mammoth total of 329-6. India, riding on Sachin Tendulkar's brilliant 141 - the highest innings by any batsman at this ground - came very close in overhauling Pakistan's total, but lost the match by 12 runs in the end.

India's total of 317 is still the highest second innings total by a visiting side in Pakistan and also the highest ever second innings total by any side against Pakistan.

Though batsmen dictated terms in that India-Pakistan encounter, the subsequent three matches have been low-scoring affairs, with the highest first innings score being just 210.

Winning the toss has had its effect on the result, but not by much. Only 12 times the toss-winning captain has gone on to win the match.

The pitch has assisted pace bowlers more than the spinners. Of the 232 wickets taken by the bowlers, 73.7 % have been taken by pacers and only 26.3 % by spinners.

Shoaib Akhtar has enjoyed bowling on this surface. In fact, he is just two wickets short of displacing Waqar Younis from the top position of leading wicket-takers list at Rawalpindi.

Shahid Afridi may just be the trump-card for Pakistan. He is the one man who can change the course of a match on his own. 165 runs (avg 33.00) and seven wickets (avg 24.57) in 5 games here clearly indicate that this surface suits his style of cricket. Beware India!

Performance of each country:
Country M W L D Winning %
Australia 1 0 1 0 0.00
Bangladesh 1 0 1 0 0.00
England 4 1 3 0 25.00
India 1 0 1 0 0.00
Netherlands 1 0 1 0 0.00
New Zealand 3 0 3 0 0.00
Pakistan 16 12 4 0 75.00
South Africa 6 5 1 0 83.33
Sri Lanka 3 2 1 0 66.66
United Arab Emirates 1 0 1 0 0.00
Zimbabwe 3 0 3 0 0.00

Highest team scores:

Score Overs For Vs Date Result
329-6 50 Pak Ind 16 Mar 2004 Won
328-3 50 SAf Net 05 Mar 1996 Won
321-2 50 SAf UAE 16 Feb 1996 Won
317 48.4 Ind Pak 16 Mar 2004 Lost
302-6 50 Pak Zim 24 Nov 1998 Won
278-7 47.1 Pak NZ 24 Apr 2002 Won
277-4 50 Pak NZ 07 Dec 2003 Won
277-5 50 NZ Pak 24 Apr 2002 Lost

Lowest team scores:

Score Overs For Vs Date Result
104 33 Zim SL 09 Oct 2004 Lost
152 44.3 Eng SAf 25 Feb 1996 Lost
152-8 50 UAE SAf 16 Feb 1996 Lost
154 38.4 SL Pak 19 Jan 1992 Lost
157 47.4 Pak SAf 10 Oct 2003 Lost
158 42.5 Eng Pak 30 Oct 2000 Lost

Leading run-scorers:

Runs Batsman For Mts Inns NO Hs Avg SR 100s 50s 0s
552 Inzamam-ul-Haq Pak 14 12 4 117 69.00 81.30 1 3 0
389 Yasir Hameed Pak 6 6 1 127* 77.80 72.44 1 3 0
329 G Kirsten SAf 4 4 2 188* 164.50 93.20 1 1 0
277 Mohammad Yousuf Pak 11 8 1 94* 39.57 64.27 0 3 1
264 Saeed Anwar Pak 4 4 1 104* 88.00 88.00 1 1 0

Leading wicket-takers:

Wkts Batsman For Mts Balls Mdns Runs Best 5WI Ave SR RpO
11 Waqar Younis Pak 6 324 1 267 2-35 0 24.27 29.45 4.94
10 Shoaib Akhtar Pak 7 367 6 262 3-23 0 26.20 36.70 4.28
9 Mohammad Sami Pak 5 268 2 211 3-41 0 23.44 29.78 4.72
8 Abdul Razzaq Pak 9 390 0 301 2-40 0 37.63 48.75 4.63
8 Wasim Akram Pak 7 354 3 249 2-32 0 31.13 44.25 4.22
8 SM Pollock SAf 5 267 7 121 3-33 0 15.13 33.38 2.72
8 Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 3 138 0 94 5-20 1 11.75 17.25 4.09

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