The Bugti Stadium, formerly known as the Racecourse Ground, is a
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
ground in
Quetta
Quetta (; ur, ; ; ps, کوټه) is the tenth most populous city in Pakistan with a population of over 1.1 million. It is situated in south-west of the country close to the International border with Afghanistan. It is the capital of ...
, Pakistan, owned 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 ...
.
History
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The first recorded match on the ground was on 29 October 1954.
Until 1989, the Bugti Stadium was known as the Racecourse Ground. It was used as a venue for a
One Day International match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in
October 1996.
Between 1954 and 2008 the ground hosted twenty-two
first-class matches.
In September 2019, 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 ...
named it as one of the venues to host matches in the
2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
The 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 14 September to 31 December 2019. Habib Bank Limited were the defending champions. However, after the new domestic structure annou ...
. Balochistan played four games at Bugti Stadium in 2019-20 – the first first-class games played in Balochistan since 2008.
See also
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List of cricket grounds in Pakistan
This is a list of cricket grounds in Pakistan that have been used for first-class, List A and Twenty20 cricket matches.
For grounds used in international cricket, see the map and the notes column.
List of grounds
Grounds listed in bold have hos ...
References
External links
Bugti Stadiumat CricketArchive
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Cricket grounds in Pakistan
1954 establishments in Pakistan