Rawalpindi Cricket Ground Test records: Pindi Cricket Stadium records and highest innings totals in Tests

The first Test match of England’s tour of Pakistan 2022 will be the second Test of the year at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium. 13th overall for this venue, it will be the first instance of England participating in a Rawalpindi Test.

That being said, the visitors have taken part in four ODIs at this stadium in the past. Their only victory here had come in the last of the four matches 17 years ago.

Pakistan, on the other hand, have played each of the 12 Test matches at this stadium by virtue of being the hosts. A decent record sees them winning five and losing three matches over the years. Having managed to win and draw a couple of Tests each in the recent years, Pakistan would want to build on their unbeaten streak here.

Rawalpindi Cricket Ground Test records

Highest run-scorers in Rawalpindi Tests are Saeed Anwar (546), Saleem Malik (410), Inzamam-ul-Haq (410), Aamer Sohail (370) and Babar Azam (366). A list of highest Test run-scorers here among active cricketers is provided below:

Batters	Matches	Runs	Highest	Average	SR	100	50
Babar Azam (PAK)	4	366	143	91.5	66.91	2	1
Azhar Ali (PAK)	4	288	185	57.6	48.64	1	0
Imam-ul-Haq (PAK)	1	268	157	268	46.12	2	0
Abdullah Shafique (PAK)	1	180	136*	180	51.87	1	0
Mohammad Rizwan (PAK)	4	172	115*	86	50.43	1	0

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Highest Test wicket-takers at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium are Waqar Younis (23), Wasim Akram (16), Mushtaq Ahmed (15), Shaheen Shah Afridi (14) and Mohammad Zahid (11). A list of best bowlers in this format at this venue among active cricketers is given below:

Bowlers	Matches	Wickets	Average	Economy	SR
Shaheen Shah Afridi (PAK)	4	14	23.28	2.63	53
Hasan Ali (PAK)	1	10	11.4	3.6	19
Naseem Shah (PAK)	3	8	33.5	3.7	54.2
Nauman Ali (PAK)	3	7	29.42	2.74	64.4
Keshav Maharaj (SA)	1	6	34.66	2.5	83

Highest innings totals in Rawalpindi Tests

Score	Overs	Team	Opposition	Year
600	177.2	India	Pakistan	2004
537	152.1	Pakistan	Australia	1994
521/9d	144.5	Australia	Pakistan	1994
513	173.5	Australia	Pakistan	1998
476/4d	162	Pakistan	Australia	2022

Out of the 39 Test innings at this stadium, 500-run mark has been surpassed on only four occasions over the years. The only instance of a successful Test run-chase at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium had happened during the first Test of Sri Lanka’s tour of Pakistan 2000. Chasing a 220-run target, Sri Lanka had scored 220/8 in 83.5 overs to register a 2-wicket victory on Day 5.