Wasim Akram set the record for the highest score by a number 8 batsman in Test cricket, scoring 257 not out against Zimbabwe in October 1996. At which ground did he play this innings?

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Wasim Akram scored an unbeaten 257 off 363 balls, including 12 sixes, batting at number eight against Zimbabwe at Sheikhupura in October 1996, still the highest Test score by a No. 8 batsman.

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