Asia Cup 2023: Multan Cricket Stadium ODI Stats and Records

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Asia Cup 2023, a 50-over tournament featuring teams from the Asian continent, will start on Wednesday (August 30) with Pakistan vs Nepal in the opener at the Multan Cricket Stadium in Multan, Pakistan.

Multan Cricket Stadium will be one of four venues that will host the hybrid model Asia Cup this year. Pakistan and Sri Lanka will play co-hosts to the tournament with Multan just hosting the one match and Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore playing hosts to three matches.

While Multan Cricket Stadium will host just the one match in Asia Cup 2023, the venue has previously hosted 10 One Day Internationals and 6 Tests so far. The most recent ODI hosted at the venue was between Paksitan and West Indies in June 2022.

Before that 3-match series, the venue had hosted seven matches from 2003 to 2008 and never hosted a one day match till 2022. The venue has very rarely seen scores over 300. Here is a look the stats and record at the venue so far:

Multan Cricket Stadium Details

Founded: 2001

Seating Capacity: 35,000

Ends: Main Pavilion End & North Pavilion End

Internationals Hosted: 6 Test and 10 ODIs

Multan Cricket Stadium ODI Stats and Records

Matches: 10

Pakistan Won: 7

Visiting Team Won: 3 (India, South Africa & West Indies)

Batting First Won: 5

Chasing Won: 5

Highest Total: 323/5 by Pakistan vs Bangladesh in 2003

Highest Successful Chase: 306/5 in 49.2 overs by Pakistan vs West Indies in 2022

Average First Innings Score: 255

Lowest Total: 148 All Out by Zimbabwe vs Pakistan in 2004

Lowest Total Defended: 272/9 by Pakistan vs Zimbabwe in 2008

Highest Score: Shai Hope (West Indies) - 127 off 134 balls vs Pakistan in 2022

Best Bowling Innings: Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan) - 4 for 19 in 10 overs vs West Indies

Most Runs: Imam Ul Haq (Pakistan) - 199 runs in 3 innings

Most Wickets: Mohammad Nawaz (Pakistan) & Shadab Khan (Pakistan) - 7 wickets in 3 matches

Total Sixes: 70 sixes

Most Sixes: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) - 10 sixes

Total Fours: 390 fours

Most Fours: Inzamam Ul Haq (Pakistan) - 22 fours

Total Fifties: 24 Fifties

Most 50s: Imam Ul Haq (Pakistan) - 3 fifties

Total 100s: 6 Hundreds

Most 100s: Yasir Hameed (Pakistan), Shai Hope (West Indies), Babar Azam (Pakistan), Shakib Al Hasan (Bangladesh), Marlon Samuels (West Indies) & Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan) - 1 Hundred Each

Highest Partnership: 159 by Graeme Smith & Shaun Pollock (South Africa) vs Pakistan in 2007

Most Dismissals: Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) - 7 Dismissals (6 catches & 1 stumping)

Most Stumpings (Wicketkeeper): Mohammad Harris (Pakistan) - 3 stumpings

Most Catches (Wicketkeeper): Kamran Akmal (Pakistan) - 6 catches

Most Catches (Fielder): Chris Gayle (West Indies), Nicholas Pooran (West Indies), Kushdil Shah (Pakistan), Akeal Hosein (West Indies) & Misbah-ul-Haq (Pakistan) - 3 catches each