State Bank of Pakistan cricket team was a

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team sponsored by the

State Bank of Pakistan The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) ( ur, ) is the Central Bank of Pakistan. Its Constitution, as originally laid down in the State Bank of Pakistan Order 1948, remained basically unchanged until 1 January 1974, when the bank was Nationalized and ...

. They competed in Pakistan's first-class

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and

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tournaments.

1980s

State Bank of Pakistan made their first-class debut (along with Pakistan Automobiles Corporation) in the

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in 1983-84, but lost all their nine matches. In a bizarre match against

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they were dismissed for 73 and 57. ''

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'' explained: "Owing to injuries State Bank batted six short in each innings." Apart from that match, their last one of the season, they were dismissed for between 114 and 255 in every innings. In the first match

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scored 124 in the second innings. It was the team's only

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in the 1980s. They next played in the BCCP President's Cup in 1986-87, losing all three of their matches with totals of 186, 54, 79, 229, 111 and 106.

2010 onwards

State Bank of Pakistan returned to first-class status in 2010-11 with a stronger team, finishing second in Division Two of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy with 4 wins, 1 loss and 4 draws from 9 matches. They were promoted to Division One for the 2011-12 season, where they finished fourth, with 5 wins, 3 losses and 3 draws.''Wisden'' 2013, p. 1058. In the

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in 2012-13 they finished ninth out of eleven teams, with 2 wins, 4 losses and 3 draws, and in 2013-14 they finished tenth, with 2 wins, 5 losses and 3 draws.

Notable players

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Maqbool Ahmed Maqbool Ahmed ( ur, ; born 9 December 1992) is a Pakistani wicketkeeper-batsman. He plays for Southern Punjab in domestic cricket. He has played a total of 33 first-class, 29 List A and 2 T20 games for Multan, State Bank of Pakistan and Sui S ...

* Mukhtar Ahmed *

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Mohtashim Ali Mohtashim Ali (born 21 July 1981) is a Pakistani cricketer who has made more than 100 first-class cricket, first-class appearances. He made his first-class debut on 2 January 2002, for Rest of Baluchistan in the 2001–02 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. He ...

Faisal Athar Faisal Athar ( ur, فیصل اطہر) is a Pakistani cricketer. He is a right-handed batsman and a right-arm medium-pace bowler, who also plays as a wicket-keeper. He played one One-Day International in 2003 for the losing Pakistani side in the f ...

* Farhan Khan *

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References

External links

Lists of matches played by State Bank of Pakistan
Pakistani first-class cricket teams {{Pakistan-cricket-team-stub