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Quaid-e-Azam Stadium
Cricket stadium in Pakistan From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Quaid-e-Azam Stadium (Urdu: قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم; also known as Mirpur Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium in sector F/2 Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.[1] It is the home of Azad Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 16,000,[1] making it the largest stadium in Azad Kashmir.
On 11 July 2008, the Azad Jammu & Kashmir government handed over the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Stadium to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for holding national and international cricket matches.[2] The PCB announced it would install an electrical scoreboard, floodlights and other required facilities for holding international and national one-day matches.[3]
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Matches hosted
The Mirpur Stadium has hosted twenty first-class matches.[4] It hosted six matches of the 2012–13 Faysal Bank One Day Cup.[5] it has also hosted three Under-19 international matches against Australia in 2007.[6] In this stadium on inauguration of stadium a match was held on which Makhdoom Abbas Played Extraordinary 50+Runs. Due to an earthquake in September 2019, forcing the It was due to host two Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Second XI matches in October 2019, but they were shifted to Karachi after an earthquake damaged the dressing room and the team hotel.[7]
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See also
- Narol Cricket Stadium (Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium)
- Sardar Muhammad Hussain Sport's Complex, Bagh, Azad Kashmir
- List of stadiums in Pakistan
- List of cricket grounds in Pakistan
- Kashmir Premier League (Pakistan)
- Kashmir Premier League (India)
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