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Karachi is a bustling port, the only one in Pakistan, and the home of the cavernous National Stadium.
The concrete bowl is one of the least attractive grounds in the country with its drab benches and grey stands offering little aesthetic value.
Until the series against England in 2000 Pakistan had never lost at the stadium, but England's dramatic late victory in the decisive 3rd test ended Pakistan's unbeaten sequence of 34 matches at the ground.
The National Stadium was renovated for the 1996 World Cup and boasts excellent practice facilities.
Karachi is a busy city of 10 million inhabitants which has boomed since independence.
It's home to much of the Christian population of Pakistan and is the capital of the troubled Sind region, and the city has produced leading former players such as Hanif Mohammad, Mushtaq Mohammad, Zaheer Abbas and Javed Miandad.
Notable individual performances at the stadium include the 211 made by Miandad against Australia in 1988, and the 8-60 taken by Imran Khan against India six years previously.
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