Abbottabad Falcons

{{Use Pakistani English|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox cricket team |name = Abbottabad Falcons<br />ایبٹ آباد فالکنز |image = Abbotabad Falcons logo.png |colours = {{diagonal split color box|Brown|Grey|no-diagonal=yes}} |coach = {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Sajjad Akbar]] |captain = {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Babar Azam]] |founded = 2005 |dissolved = 2016 |ground = [[Abbottabad Cricket Stadium]] |capacity = 16,000 |title1 = [[Haier T20 Cup]] |title1wins = 0 |website = }}

The '''Abbottabad Falcons''' ({{langx|ur|ایبٹ آباد فالکنز}}) was a Pakistani men's professional [[Twenty20 cricket]] team that competed in the [[Haier T20 Cup|Haier T20 League]] and was based in [[Abbottabad]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Pakistan]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.dawn.com/news/1121115/pcb-unveils-revamped-domestic-cricket-structure| title = PCB unveils revamped domestic cricket structure - Newspaper - DAWN.COM}}</ref> The Falcons played at the [[Abbottabad Cricket Stadium]], which the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] declared a first-class ground in 2010.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2009.html| title = Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website| access-date = 2014-07-26| archive-date = 2015-09-24| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150924065953/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2009.html| url-status = dead}}</ref>

==History== The Falcons were formed in 2005 as the "Abbottabad Rhinos". They changed their name to Abbottabad Falcons during the [[2010–11 Faysal Bank Twenty-20 Cup|2010-11 season]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/12/02/abbottabad-falcons-profile/| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055843/http://www.thenewstribe.com/2012/12/02/abbottabad-falcons-profile/| url-status = usurped| archive-date = March 4, 2016| title = Abbottabad Falcons profile {{!}} The News Tribe}}</ref>

==Seasons== {| class="wikitable" style="background:#fff; width:30%;" |- style="text-align:center;"| ! '''Year''' ! '''[[National Twenty20 Cup]]''' |- ! '''[[2005–06 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup|2005]]*''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2006–07 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup|2006]]*''' ! League stage |- ! '''2007*''' !style="background: grey;"| ''Not Held'' |- ! '''[[2008–09 RBS Twenty-20 Cup|2008]]*''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2009 RBS Twenty-20 Cup|2009]]*''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2009–10 RBS Twenty-20 Cup|2010]]*''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2010–11 Faysal Bank T20 Cup|2011]]*''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2011–12 Faysal Bank T20 Cup|2012]]''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2012–13 Faysal Bank T20 Cup|2013]]''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2013–14 Faysal Bank T20 Cup|2014]]''' ! style="background: yellow;"| Semi-finals |- ! '''[[2014–15 Haier T20 Cup|2015]]''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2015–16 Haier T20 Cup|2016]]''' ! League stage |- ! '''[[2016–17 National T20 Cup|2017]]''' !style="background: grey;"| ''Did not qualify'' |- |}

'''Note''': * indicates participations as Abbottabad Rhinos.

==See also== * [[Peshawar Panthers]] * [[Pakistan Super League]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/index.html?class=6;id=4124;type=team Twenty 20 Record page for Abbottabad Falcons/Rhinos] *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/14/14502/14502.html Cricketarchive page for Abbottabad Falcons] *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/2/2315/2315.html Cricketarchive page for Abbottabad Rhinos]

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