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India hope to break jinx

Rajneesh Gupta | January 21, 2006 11:51 IST

Twenty-three Tests have been played at the Iqbal stadium in Faisalabad, out of which only 11 produced a result; 12 have ended in draws.

On 18 occasions, the captain winning the toss elected to bat, but only five times has the team gone on to win, while 11 games have been drawn. On five occasions when the toss-winning captain decided to bowl first, two Tests resulted in wins for the toss-winning side, while on two occasions the decision backfired, while one match ended in draw.

India has a none-too-impressive record at Faisalabad. Three out of their four matches ended in draws there and in 1982-83 they were crushed by 10 wickets by the hosts.

India can however take solace from the fact that Pakistan too hasn't enjoyed much success at the venue in recent past. In the last five games at the ground, Pakistan lost two and drew the remaining three. The last time India played at Faisalabad was way back in 1989-90 and Sachin Tendulkar [Images] is the only active player from that game.

Pacers have always performed better than spinners at the venue. In the last five Tests at the venue, pacers have taken 106 wickets, at an average of 29.64 and a strike-rate of 57.01. The corresponding figures for spinners are 36.81 and 78.54. Confining to India versus Pakistan encounters only, the difference becomes only too glaring. While pacers have taken 65 wickets at an average of 46.31 and a strike-rate of 82.02, spinners have yielded 69.83 runs and bowled 142.96 deliveries for every wicket.

Among current batsmen, Inzamam-ul Haq tops the batting charts for Pakistan with 575 runs from 6 games with two hundreds at an average of 52.27. In fact both his hundreds were scored in one game against England [Images].

Shoaib Akhtar [Images], with 13 wickets from 2 games, at 25.31, tops the bowling charts. Danish Kaneria has taken 11 wickets, but they have come in four Tests at an average of 53.27. Shahid Afridi [Images] has taken 6 wickets in 2 games at a measly average of 22.17. He could turn out to be Pakistan's trump-card on this wicket.

There have been three Test matches at Faisalabad, in which at least one full day's play was lost because of rain, bad weather and clashes with the umpire. They are:

Pak v Aus -- 1979-80 -- (first day was lost)
Pak v Eng -- 1987-88 -- (third day was lost due to Shakoor Rana/Mike Gatting controversy)
Pak v Zim -- 1998-99 -- (all five days were lost because of heavy fog).

The first and second games were drawn, while the third was abandoned since not even the toss was made. For the same reason, the third game is not included into cricket records also.

Playing record of each country:
CountryMtsWonLostDrawnWon%
Australia30120.00
England40040.00
India40130.00
New Zealand [Images]10100.00
Pakistan23651226.09
South Africa210150.00
Sri Lanka [Images]521240.00
West Indies [Images]321066.67
Zimbabwe10100.00
TOTAL2311111247.83

Toss record:
TestsWonLostDrawn
Toss won & batted first185211
Toss won & fielded first5221

Highest Individual Scores:
ScoreBatsmanForVsSeason
253ST JayasuriyaSL Pak2004-05
235GS ChappellAusPak1979-80
210*Taslim ArifPakAus1979-80
210Qasim OmarPakInd1984-85
206Qasim OmarPakSL 1985-86
203*Javed MiandadPakSL 1985-86
199Mudassar NazarPakInd1984-85
176Zaheer AbbasPakInd1978-79
172GN YallopAusPak1979-80
168Zaheer AbbasPakInd1982-83
157S WettimunySL Pak1981-82
154*Javed MiandadPakInd1978-79
152DI GowerEngPak1983-84
Note: Five centuries have been scored by Indian batsmen at Faisalabad with GR Viswanath's 145 in 1978-79 being the highest

Highest partnership for each wicket:
WktRunsPlayersForVsSeason
1st141Mohsin KhanMudassar NazarPakInd1984-85
2nd250Mudassar NazarQasim OmarPakInd1984-85
3rd397Qasim OmarJaved MiandadPakSL 1985-86
4th287Javed MiandadZaheer AbbasPakInd1982-83
5th200Patil, SMShastri, RJIndPak1984-85
6th207Salim MalikImran Khan [Images]PakInd1982-83
7th167Gower, DIMarks, VJEngPak1983-84
8th124Kirsten, GSymcox, PLSAfPak1997-98
9th101Jayasuriya, STFernando, CRDSL Pak2004-05
10th48Rashid KhanTauseef AhmedPakSL 1981-82

Best bowling in an innings:
PlayerWktsRunsForVsSeason
C Pringle752NZ Pak1990-91
Waqar Younis776PakNZ 1990-91
Abdul Qadir7142PakAus1982-83
N Kapil Dev [Images]7220IndPak1982-83
Abdul Qadir616PakWI 1986-87
Wasim Akram648PakZim1996-97
SM Pollock678SAfPak2003-04
Iqbal Qasim689PakWI 1980-81
Wasim Akram691PakWI 1986-87
Imran Khan698PakInd1982-83
M Prabhakar6132IndPak1989-90
Iqbal Qasim6141PakSL 1981-82

Best bowling in a match:
PlayerWktsRunsForVsSeason
Waqar Younis12130PakNZ 1990-91
C Pringle11152NZ Pak1990-91
Imran Khan11180PakInd1982-83
Abdul Qadir11218PakAus1982-83
Wasim Akram10106PakZim1996-97

Note: The best match figures by an Indian bowlers have been 7 for 220 by Kapil Dev in 1982-83

Tests between India and Pakistan:
Test #Start DateInns1Inns2Inns3Inns4Result
116 Oct 1978Pak 503-8dInd 462-9dPak 264-4dInd 43-0Drawn
603 Jan 1983Ind 372Pak 652Ind 286Pak 10-0Pak-10 wickets
824 Oct 1984Ind 500Pak 674-6Drawn
1323 Nov 1989Ind 288Pak 423-9dInd 398-7Drawn


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