The Islamabad cricket team was a

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team based in

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. Its home ground was the

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. It participates in the

Quaid-i-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...

. For

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and List A cricket the team is known as the

Islamabad Leopards The Islamabad Leopards was a domestic T20 and List A cricket team, based in Islamabad, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004. Notable players *Shoaib Akhtar * Umer Gul *Iftikhar Anjum *Bazid Khan *Shan Masood *Babar Azam *Imad Wasim Se ...

and participates in the

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and

National One-day Championship The National One Day Cup was the national domestic List A (one-day) cricket competition in Pakistan. Due to frequent reorganisations by the Pakistan Cricket Board, at different times there have been one or more competitions involving teams repre ...

. Islamabad was scheduled to play its first two first-class matches in the 1986-87 season in the BCCP President's Cup, but it conceded them without playing. It eventually made its first-class debut in 1992-93 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, in which it has competed ever since, except for the 2002-03, 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons. As of mid-November 2013, Islamabad had played 163 matches, for 39 wins, 54 losses and 70 draws.Islamabad first-class playing record
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