Pakistan Railways (usually known simply as Railways) were a Pakistani

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

side who played in the

Patron's 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, ...

and

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 ...

from 1953-54 to 1995-96. They were based in the city of

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and sponsored by

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Playing record

The team's most successful season came in 1973-74 when they took out both trophies in a side captained by Arif Butt. Other Pakistani internationals in the side included Saleem Pervez and Mohammad Nazir. In December 1964 Railways set a new first-class cricket record for the greatest winning margin in a match. Batting first they made 6 for 910 declared and then bowled their opponents

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out for 32 and 27 to win by an innings and 851 runs. In that match Pervez Akhtar made 337 not out, and Ahad Khan took 9 wickets for 7, both of which remained Railways' best batting and bowling figures. They played 204 first-class matches, with 68 wins, 68 losses, 67 draws and one tie.

Other Railways teams

Twice, owing to their playing strength, Pakistan Railways were split into two teams. Altogether these four teams played 15 matches, with three wins, five losses and seven draws. In 1965-66 the two teams were Railways Greens and Railways Reds. Railways Greens played two matches, drawing both. Railways Reds played four matches, winning one, losing one and drawing two, and reaching the semi-finals of the

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, ...

. In 1970-71 and 1971-72 the two teams were Railways A and Railways B. Railways A played five matches, winning two, losing one and drawing two. Railways B played four matches, losing three and drawing one.

Current status

Pakistan Railways continue to play in non-first-class competitions in Pakistan.

Honours

* Patron's Trophy (2) * 1960-61 * 1973-74 * Quaid-i-Azam Trophy (2) * 1972-73 * 1973-74

References

External links

Cricinfo

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