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Southend Club Cricket Stadium

Defence Housing Authority Stadium Defence Cricket Stadium
Ground information
Location	Karachi, Pakistan
Establishment	1992
Capacity	10,000
International information
Only Test	1–6 December 1993:  Pakistan v  Zimbabwe
First WODI	24 October 2008:  Pakistan v  West Indies
Last WODI	5 June 2022:  Pakistan v  Sri Lanka
First WT20I	30 September 2015:  Pakistan v  Bangladesh
Last WT20I	28 May 2022:  Pakistan v  Sri Lanka
As of 5 June 2022 Source: Cricinfo

Southend Club Cricket Stadium (previously known as the Defence Cricket Stadium) is a cricket ground in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.

The ground has hosted only one Test match, that being the 1st Test between Pakistan and Zimbabwe, from 1 December to 6 December 1993. Pakistan won that match by 131 runs, mainly due to Waqar Younis taking 7–91 in the first innings and 6–44 in the second. This was the first match of Younis as captain of Pakistan, standing in for Wasim Akram. Younis became Pakistan's youngest Test captain. The stadium remains an approved venue for Test cricket.

The stadium has hosted 17 other first-class cricket matches from 1990 to 2000, and 16 List A limited overs matches from 1990 to 1999.

Defence Housing Authority Stadium since 2005 has now developed into The Southend Club with various sports & recreationals facilities.

In January 2019, the venue was named as the host of the Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) series between the Pakistan and West Indies women's cricket teams.

Three group stage matches of the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup were held at the stadium, the third of these was abandoned after rain leaked onto the square which led players from the UAE team to criticise the facilities.

In the past, Sri Lanka, England 'A' Team, West Indies under-19 team and Bangladesh Men and Women teams also played their matches at this Stadium.

List of five-wicket hauls

Tests

Two five wicket hauls in Test matches have been taken at the venue.

No.	Bowler	Date	Team	Opposing team	Inn	Overs	Runs	Wkts	Econ	Result
1	Waqar Younis	1 December 1993	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	2	34.1	91	7	2.66	Won
2	Waqar Younis	1 December 1993	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	4	21.5	44	6	2.01	Won

References

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10. Farooq, Umar (10 December 2018). "UAE players slam Karachi ground conditions in Emerging Teams Cup". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
11. "Statistics - Statsguru - Test Matches - Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.

External links

• Pakistan ground profiles – Defence Housing Authority Stadium, from Cricinfo.com
• Ground Profile CricketArchive

• Defence, Karachi
• Test cricket grounds in Pakistan
• Stadiums in Karachi
• Cricket grounds in Pakistan
• Cricket in Karachi