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History Of Cricket In Pakistan From 1971 To 1985
This article describes the history of cricket in Pakistan from the 1970–71 season to 1984–85. Events In 1970, the Ayub Trophy was rebranded as the BCCP Trophy and converted from a knockout tournament to a mini-league format whereby teams qualified for a semi-final stage by winning one of four qualifying groups. The competition's name changed again in 1973 to BCCP Patron's Trophy. The Pentangular Trophy commenced in the 1973–74 season and the Wills Cup, Pakistan's premier limited overs competition, in 1980–81. National championships Winners of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy from 1971 to 1985 were: * 1970–71 – Karachi Blues * 1971–72 – no competition * 1972–73 – Railways * 1973–74 – Railways * 1974–75 – Punjab A * 1975–76 – National Bank * 1976–77 – United Bank * 1977–78 – Habib Bank * 1978–79 – National Bank * 1979–80 – PIA * 1980–81 – United Bank * 1981–82 – National Bank * 1982 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayub Trophy
The Patron's Trophy was a cricket competition that was held in Pakistan between 1960–61 and 2018–19 mainly among teams representing the government and semi-government departments, corporations, commercial organisations, business houses, banks, airlines, and educational institutions. Matches in the competition were afforded first-class status in most seasons until 2006–07, when the domestic first-class competition was reorganised and merged into the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). From then on, the Patron's Trophy was a Grade II competition until a major reorganisation of domestic cricket in 2019 brought an end to the competition. For the 2012–13 domestic season a new first-class competition, called the President's Trophy Grade I, was created for departments. It was announced as a renaming of the Patron's Trophy, and ran for just two seasons before the PCB merged the regions and departments back into a reorganised Quaid-i-Azam Trophy for the 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium
The Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, originally known as the Old Fort Stadium, is a multi-use stadium in Multan, Pakistan. It is currently used mostly for cricket and football. It hosted one Test match in 1980. The stadium holds 18,000 and opened in 1975. Etymology The stadium is named in honor of Imād ad-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Qāsim ath-Thaqafī (Arabic: عماد الدين محمد بن القاسم الثقفي; c. 31 December 695 – 18 July 715), an Umayyad general who conquered Sindh and Multan regions along the Indus River (now a part of Pakistan) for the Umayyad Caliphate in eighth century. 2014 stampede On October 10, 2014, at least seven people died and 40 were injured as a result of a stampede at stadium after a speech of cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan. The Opposition leader alleged that only two gates of the venue were opened at the end of the rally and the lights were also switched off, but this was later denied by the DCO and local authorities. List of internat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abid Ali Kazi
Abid Ali Kazi (Urdu: عابد علی قاضی), born in Karachi, Pakistan on 20 July 1961, is a cricket statistician and historian. His involvement with the game of cricket dates back to the mid-1970s. Realizing that his cricket playing abilities would not take him to the highest level, he focused on writing, statistical analysis and research. He has hands-on experience in the non-playing aspects of the game, including editorial contribution, archives, statistics, history, scoring, organizing, publishing and sponsoring. Abid Ali Kazi's major contribution to cricket is compiling the history of Pakistan's domestic cricket. He collected, corrected and published scorecards of first-class matches played in Pakistan which remained largely undocumented till the 1990s. Kazi's efforts appear as five volumes in the series ''First-Class Cricket in Pakistan'', which covers the period 1947–48 to 1974–75. He was declared Statistician of the Year by the Association of Cricket Statisticians ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 and was also the first and, to date, only female prime minister of India. Gandhi was the daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India. She served as prime minister from January 1966 to March 1977 and again from January 1980 until her assassination in October 1984, making her the second longest-serving Indian prime minister after her father. During Nehru's premiership from 1947 to 1964, Gandhi was considered a key assistant and accompanied him on his numerous foreign trips. She was elected president of the Indian National Congress in 1959. Upon her father's death in 1964, she was appointed as a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house) and became a member of Lal Bahadur Shastri's cabinet as Minister of Information and Broadcastin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot)
Jinnah Stadium (Punjabi, ), formerly known as Connelly Park or Jinnah Park, is a cricket ground located in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan. It is one of the oldest cricket grounds in Pakistan. History The stadium was founded in 1909 during the British Raj. It was named "Connelly Park" after the then British Deputy Commissioner of Sialkot Mr. Connelly. In the 1950s it was named Jinnah Park. In 1979 it was upgraded into a stadium with new pavilion and seating and was renamed Jinnah Stadium. It was the home ground of Sialkot Stallions. The first Test here was played in 1985 and the last in 1995. Pakistan played its first ever ODI at home on this ground in 1976 against New Zealand. It was also New Zealand's first ODI against Pakistan. Jinnah Stadium is known for its green-top pitches that help fast bowlers. And credit of these green top pitches goes to Curator Abdul Ghani who has prepared pitches for all international matches played here (4 Tests and 9 ODIs). The stadium has a lot of memo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pindi Club Ground
Pindi Club Ground, also known as the Army Sports Ground, is a multi-use stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. It is used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium has the capacity to hold 15,000 people and hosted its first and only international Test cricket, Test match in 1965. It also hosted one match as part of the 1987 Cricket World Cup. It was the only cricket ground in Rawalpindi capable of hosting international matches before the establishment of Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in 1992. History The first ever double century here was scored in 1893 by the grandson of Queen Victoria, Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein, Prince Christian Victor, who was then posted in the army at Rawalpindi. He scored 205 runs against Devonshire Regiment while playing for King's Royal Rifle Corps, King's Royal Rifles. The ground also hosted the Marylebone Cricket Club for two matches, one against the Europeans and the other versus Rawalpindi Sports Club, in November 1926. The first foreign s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
One Day International
A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup, generally held every four years, is played in this format. One Day International matches are also called Limited Overs Internationals (LOI), although this generic term may also refer to Twenty20 International matches. They are major matches and considered the highest standard of List A, limited-overs competition. The international one day game is a late-twentieth-century development. The first ODI was played on 5 January 1971 between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. When the first three days of the third Test were washed out officials decided to abandon the match and, instead, play a one-off one day game consisting of 40 eight-ball overs per side. Australia won the game by 5 wickets. ODIs were played in white-co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australian Cricket Team In Pakistan 1982-83
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Iqbal Stadium
Iqbal Stadium ( ur, اقبال سٹیڈیم) is a Test cricket ground in Faisalabad, Pakistan. Previous names for the ground include Lyallpur Stadium, National Stadium, and City Stadium. It was founded in October 1978. History Iqbal Stadium was inaugrated in October 1978. It is named after a poet, Muhammad Iqbal. Capacity is 18,000. It has hosted 25 Test matches and 14 One Day Internationals. 14 of the Tests have been draws. In September 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board named it as one of the venues to host matches in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Ground records *First Test: 1st Test, Pakistan vs. India, October 1978. *First ODI: Pakistan vs. New Zealand, November 1984. Tests *Highest innings total: 6–674 by Pakistan vs. India, October 1984. *Lowest innings total: 53 all out by West Indies vs. Pakistan, October 1986. *Highest individual score: 253 by Sanath Jayasuriya for Sri Lanka vs. Pakistan, October 2004. *Best bowling figures (match): 12–130 (7–76 & 5–54) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
BCCP Trophy
The President's Trophy is a cricket competition that is held in Pakistan. It was previously held between 1960–61 and 2018–19 but was refounded from the 2023–24 as Hanif Mohammad Trophy. It consists of teams representing the government and semi-government departments, corporations, commercial organisations, business houses, banks, airlines, and educational institutions. Matches in the competition were afforded first-class status in most seasons until 2006–07, when the domestic first-class competition was reorganised and merged into the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy by the Pakistan Cricket Board The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) is a sports governing body for cricket in Pakistan responsible for controlling and organising all tours and matches undertaken by the Pakistan national cricket team. A member of the International Cricket Counc ... (PCB). From then on, the Patron's Trophy was a Grade II competition until a major reorganisation of domestic cricket in 2019 brought an end t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Stadium, Karachi
The National Stadium (Urdu: نیشنل سٹیڈیم), also referred to as National Bank Cricket Arena for sponsorship reasons, is a cricket stadium in Karachi, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board. It is the home ground of Karachi Kings and Karachi's many other domestic cricket teams. It is the largest cricket stadium in Pakistan with a capacity of 34,228 spectators. It was built in early 1950s under the supervision of senior civil engineer Mr. Abdul Rasheed Khan (WP) and Mr. Kafiluddin (EP), was formally inaugurated in April 1955. In October 2022, the National Bank of Pakistan and the PCB agreed to a five-year naming-rights agreement, and resulted in the Stadium's new title, National Bank Cricket Arena. The Pakistan cricket team have a remarkable Test record at the ground, having only lost twice in 45 Test matches (vs. England, December 2000–01, and South Africa, October 2007–08). The stadium has witnessed several memorable moments, such as Viv Richards 181 agai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niaz Stadium
The Niaz Stadium is a cricket ground in Hyderabad, Pakistan. The ground has a capacity of 7,000 and hosted its first test match in 1973. It was established in November 1961 by then Commissioner of Hyderabad, Niaz Ahmed, and the stadium is named after him. The first ever hat-trick in One Day Internationals was taken by Pakistan's Jalal-ud-Din at this stadium during Australia's 1982-83 tour of Pakistan. Jalal-ud-Din removed Rod Marsh, Bruce Yardley and Geoff Lawson with the last three balls of his seventh over. Pakistan restricted Australia for 170 for 9 to win by 59 runs. A right-arm seamer from Karachi, Jalal-ud-Din played only seven other one-dayers and six Tests. Niaz Stadium celebrated staging Test cricket's 1000th match. In addition, Pakistan has never lost any match, whether a test or one-day, at this ground. History Niaz Stadium is situated in the heart of Hyderabad, one of the most populous city of Pakistan. The stadium has been named after Niaz Ahmed, the late sports ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
