Pakistan International Airlines cricket team explained

Pakistan International Airlines
Captain:	Sarfaraz Ahmed
Founded:	1960
Dissolved:	2020
Owner:	Pakistan International Airlines
Website:	www.piac.com.pk

Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cricket team was a first-class cricket side sponsored by the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), and was based in Karachi before its disestablishment in 2020.^[1] The side has won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy more times than anyone else except Karachi.

They played their first first-class match in May 1961, under the captaincy of Hanif Mohammad,^[2] and their last in November 2016, captained by Fahad Iqbal.^[3] They played 407 first-class matches, with 159 wins, 73 losses and 175 draws.^[4]

Honours

Qaid-i-Azam Trophy (6)

• 1969-70
• 1979-80

• 1987-88
• 1989-90
• 1999-2000
• 2002-03
• 2011-12

National One Day Championship (11)

• 1980–81
• 1981–82
• 1982–83
  • 1985–86 1987-88
• 1995–96
• 1999–2000
• 2001–02
• 2002–03
• 2008–09
• 2011–12 Division One

Notable players

• Imran Khan
• Asif Mujtaba
• Anil Dalpat
• Wasim Akram
• Zaheer Abbas
• Wasim Bari
• Shoaib Akhtar
• Mohammad Yousuf
• Shoaib Malik
• Abdul Razzaq
• Najaf Shah
• Yasir Hameed
• Umar Gul
• Sarfaraz Ahmed
• Moin Khan
• Saqlain Mushtaq

External links

• Lists of matches played by Pakistan International Airlines at CricketArchive
• Cricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Departmental cricket's end sees PIA tell its cricketers to do regular work. www.geosuper.tv.
2. Web site: Peshawar Commissioner's XI v Pakistan International Airlines 1960-61. CricketArchive.com. 24 July 2023.
3. Web site: Pool B, Faisalabad, November 12-15, 2016, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy . Cricinfo . 24 July 2023.
4. Web site: Playing Record (1960/61-2016/17). CricketArchive. 24 July 2023.