Pakistan International Airlines cricket team
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| Personnel | |
|---|---|
| Captain | Sarfaraz Ahmed |
| Owner | Pakistan International Airlines |
| Team information | |
| Colours | |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Dissolved | 2020 |
| Official 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] They have won the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy more times than anyone else.
They played their first first-class match in 1960-61, under the captaincy of Hanif Mohammad.[2] As of late 2013, they have played 387 first-class matches, with 149 wins, 64 losses and 174 draws.[3]
Honours[]
Qaid-i-Azam Trophy (6)
- 1969-70
- 1979-80
PIA cricketer Shoaib Akhtar
- 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
- Sarfraz Ahmed
References[]
- ^ "Departmental cricket's end sees PIA tell its cricketers to do regular work". www.geosuper.tv.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
- ^ "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com.
External links[]
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