Quaid-e-Azam Stadium explained

Ground Name:Quaid-e-Azam Stadium
Nickname:Mirpur Cricket Stadium
Country:Pakistan
Location:Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Seating Capacity:16,000
Owner:Pakistan Cricket Board
Year:4 October 2022
Source:https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/224852.html ESPNCricinfo

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, 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]

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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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mirpur Cricket Stadium Pakistan Cricket Grounds ESPNcricinfo.com . 2022-10-03 . ESPNcricinfo.
  2. Web site: Nizami . A.H. . 2012-01-17 . Another cricket stadium in the doldrums . 2022-10-03 . . en.
  3. Web site: 2012-08-03 . Mirpur stadium to undergo renovation . 2022-10-03 . . en.
  4. Web site: Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website . 2022-10-03 . Pakistan Cricket Board.
  5. Web site: Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website . 2022-10-03 . Pakistan Cricket Board.
  6. Web site: Australia Under-19s tour of Malaysia and Pakistan - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results ESPNcricinfo.com . 2022-10-03 . ESPNcricinfo.
  7. Web site: 2019-09-29 . Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Second XI matches moved from Mirpur . 2022-10-03 . . en-US.