Quaid-e-Azam Stadium

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| ground_name = Quaid-e-Azam Stadium
{{nq|قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم}}

| nickname = Mirpur Cricket Stadium

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| country = Pakistan

| location = Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan

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| seating_capacity = 16,000

| owner = Pakistan Cricket Board

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| tenants = AJK cricket team
Pakistan cricket team |

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| year = 4 October 2022

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/224852.html ESPNCricinfo

|established={{start date and age|2007|10|10|df=yes}}}}

The Quaid-e-Azam Stadium ({{langx|ur|قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم}}; also known as Mirpur Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium in sector F/2 Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.{{Cite web |title=Mirpur Cricket Stadium {{!}} Pakistan {{!}} Cricket Grounds {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/224852.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} 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.{{Cite web |last=Nizami |first=A.H. |date=2012-01-17 |title=Another cricket stadium in the doldrums |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/322983/another-cricket-stadium-in-the-doldrums |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=The Express Tribune |language=en}} The PCB announced it would install an electrical scoreboard, floodlights and other required facilities for holding international and national one-day matches.{{Cite web |last= |date=2012-08-03 |title=Mirpur stadium to undergo renovation |url=https://www.dawn.com/2012/08/03/mirpur-stadium-to-undergo-renovation/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Dawn |language=en}}

Matches hosted

The Mirpur Stadium has hosted twenty first-class matches.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website |url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_f.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Pakistan Cricket Board}} It hosted six matches of the 2012–13 Faysal Bank One Day Cup.{{Cite web |title=Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website |url=http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_a.html |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Pakistan Cricket Board}} it has also hosted three Under-19 international matches against Australia in 2007.{{Cite web |title=Australia Under-19s tour of Malaysia and Pakistan - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-under-19s-tour-of-malaysia-and-pakistan-2007-08-311593/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=ESPNcricinfo}} 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.{{Cite web |last= |date=2019-09-29 |title=Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Second XI matches moved from Mirpur |url=https://pakobserver.net/quaid-e-azam-trophy-second-xi-matches-moved-from-mirpur/ |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=Pakistan Observer |language=en-US}}

References

External links

[http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456.html PCB Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917214104/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456.html |date=2021-09-17 }}
[https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/224852.html Cricinfo Profile]
[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/2456.html CricketArchive Profile]

Category:Cricket grounds in Pakistan

Category:Buildings and structures in Azad Kashmir

Category:Sport in Azad Kashmir

Category:Memorials to Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Quaid-e-Azam Stadium

Matches hosted

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References

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