Quaid-e-Azam Stadium
| Mirpur Cricket Stadium | |
| Location | Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Establishment | October 10, 2007 |
| Capacity | 16,000 |
| Owner | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Tenants | AJK Cricket Team Pakistan |
| As of 2016 Source: ESPNCricinfo | |
The Quaid-e-Azam Stadium (also known as Mirpur Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium in sector F/2 Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is the home of Azad Jammu & Kashmir cricket team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 16,000, making it the largest stadium in Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.
On 11 July 2008, Azad Jammu & Kashmir government handed over the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Stadium to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for holding national and international cricket matches in the stadium. The PCB announced it will be installing an electrical scoreboard, floodlights and all other required facilities for holding international and national one-day matches. The Mirpur Stadium has hosted eight first-class matches, it has also hosted several Under-19 international matches against Australia in 2007. In this stadium on inauguration of stadium a match was held on which Makhdoom Abbas Played Extraordinary 50+Runs. [1] It was damaged by an earthquake in 2019, forcing the 2XI Quaed-e-azam matches to be moved.
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)
References[]
- ^ http://www.espncricinfo.c om/pakistan/content/story/563602.html
External links[]
- PCB Profile Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- Cricinfo Profile
- CricketArchive Profile
Coordinates: 33°8′37.50″N 73°44′48.11″E / 33.1437500°N 73.7466972°E
- Cricket grounds in Pakistan
- Buildings and structures in Azad Kashmir
- Sport in Azad Kashmir
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