Gaddafi Stadium
Gaddafi Stadium (Punjabi, Urdu: قذافی اسٹیڈیم, romanized: Qaẕẕāfī Isṭeḍiyam), previously known as Lahore Stadium, is a cricket stadium in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). With a capacity of 27,000, it is the fourth largest cricket stadium of Pakistan. It is the home ground of Lahore Qalandars in the Pakistan Super League. Gaddafi Stadium was the first cricket stadium in Pakistan to be equipped with modern floodlights with their own standby power generators. The headquarters of the Pakistan Cricket Board are situated at Gaddafi Stadium, thus making it the home of the Pakistan national cricket team.
Panorama of the stadium in 2015 | |
| Ground information | |
|---|---|
| Location | Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan |
| Coordinates | 31°30′48″N 74°20′0″E |
| Establishment |
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| Owner | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Tenants | Pakistan national cricket team Central Punjab cricket team Lahore Qalandars |
| End names | |
| Pavilion End Forman Christian College End | |
| International information | |
| First Test | 21–26 November 1959: Pakistan v Australia |
| Last Test | 21–25 March 2022: Pakistan v Australia |
| First ODI | 13 January 1978: Pakistan v England |
| Last ODI | 6 September 2023: Pakistan v Bangladesh |
| First T20I | 22 May 2015: Pakistan v Zimbabwe |
| Last T20I | 17 April 2023: Pakistan v New Zealand |
| First WODI | 2 November 2019: Pakistan v Bangladesh |
| Last WODI | 9 November 2022: Pakistan v Ireland |
| First WT20I | 26 October 2019: Pakistan v Bangladesh |
| Last WT20I | 16 November 2022: Pakistan v Ireland |
| As of 17 April 2023 Source: ESPNcricinfo | |
The stadium was designed by Russian-born Pakistani architect and civil engineer Nasreddin Murat-Khan, and constructed by Mian Abdul Khaliq and Company in 1959. The stadium was renovated for the 1996 Cricket World Cup when it hosted the final.
In addition to Pakistan home games and international matches, the Gaddafi Stadium has also hosted several matches of the Pakistan Super League, with the first one being the final of the 2017 edition. In March 2022, the PCB began the process to rename the stadium for sponsorship reasons.