Gaddafi Stadium Pitch Report: Test, ODI and T20 Record in Lahore

The average first-innings Test score at Gaddafi Stadium is 384.5 runs, from 2 completed Tests since March 2022. Australia made 391 in 2022 and Pakistan 378 in October 2025. The second innings averaged 268.5, the third 197.0 and the fourth 209.0, so totals fell with every innings.

The two Tests in our records, innings by innings:

Across the 2 Tests the match total averaged 1,059.0 runs, with 101.0 fours and 10.5 sixes a match. The top individual score in each Test was 104. The first-innings runs chart and the fourth-innings runs chart show each Test against a line you can move.

Spin takes more Test wickets at Gaddafi Stadium: 59% of them in our 2 Tests, against 41% for pace. Pace bowlers conceded 2.68 runs an over and spinners 3.06, so seam was cheaper while spin did more of the dismissing as the surface wore over 5 days.

For Pakistan, left-arm spinner Noman Ali has 7 wickets in Tests here in our records, the most of any Pakistan bowler, and opener Imam ul Haq has 104 runs, the most of any Pakistan batter. Pakistan have played 2, won 1 and lost 1 at the ground, averaging 262 an innings. Sri Lanka have no Test here in our records.

Batting first has won both of the 2 Tests at Gaddafi Stadium in our records, by 115 runs in 2022 and 93 runs in 2025. The fourth-innings chases reached 235 and 183, short both times. Captains who won the toss batted in each match.

That is 2 matches, not a long record. The figures fit a surface that gets harder to bat on as the match goes, with a 384.5 first-innings average and a 197.0 third-innings average. The guide to every type of cricket pitch explains why a dry surface turns more on days 4 and 5.

The average first-innings ODI score at Gaddafi Stadium is 281.7 runs, from the last 16 completed ODIs since March 2022. Chasing sides averaged 258.0 and the match total averaged 539.7. Batting first and chasing have each won 50%, and the toss winner won 11 of 16 with a result (69%).

The Gaddafi Stadium ODI pitch report shows a wide range: the highest first-innings total is 386 and the lowest 110. Pace took 61% of ODI wickets and spin 35%, with pace conceding 6.24 an over and spin 5.57. The six ODIs played here in 2026:

Four of those 6 were won by the chasing side, and 4 of the 8 October innings reached 325 or more, a day after a 110 all out. The surface can change a lot from one match to the next.

The average first-innings T20 score at Gaddafi Stadium is 181.5 runs, from the last 30 completed T20s since May 2025. Chasing sides have won 63% of them and averaged 165.0. Matches produce 15.3 sixes and 30.0 fours, and boundaries make up 61.1% of the runs.

Most of those 30 games are from the Pakistan Super League, where Gaddafi Stadium is home to Lahore Qalandars, plus 8 T20 internationals. The highest first-innings total in that run is 225 and the lowest 110. Pace takes 59% of T20 wickets and spin 35%, and the toss winner won 21 of 29 with a result (72%).

The white-ball record and the Test record point different ways. In ODIs and T20s seam takes about 60% of the wickets and chasing does well. In the 2 Tests spin took 59% and the side batting first won. Our records hold 124 completed matches at the ground across all formats.

For the other Pakistan Test venues, compare the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium pitch report and the National Stadium Karachi pitch report, or browse every ground we cover. The Pakistan v Sri Lanka match page carries the line-ups and streaks before the 17 November start, and the Test leaders boards rank both squads' batters and bowlers. The Gaddafi Stadium Test pitch report will add this Test once it finishes.