Marghzar Cricket Ground

{{Short description|Cricket ground in Islamabad, Pakistan}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = Marghzar Cricket Ground | nickname = | country = Pakistan | image = | location = [[Islamabad]], Pakistan | establishment = 1988/89 | seating_capacity = | end1 = | end2 = | year1 = | club1 = | date = 22 September 2016 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/1492.html Ground profile |coordinates={{coord|33.739139471538806|73.06953372251597|display=it}}|owner=[[Islamabad Metropolitan Corporation|Municipal Corporation of Islamabad]]}}

The '''Marghzar Cricket Ground''' is a [[cricket]] ground in [[Islamabad]], [[Pakistan]] located near [[Saidpur, Islamabad|Saidpur]] village.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asad |first=Malik |date=2022-09-17 |title=IHC stays outsourcing of cricket grounds |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1710481 |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Marghzar Cricket Ground {{!}} Pakistan {{!}} Cricket Grounds {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/columns/content/ground/58940.html |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref> The first recorded match on the ground was in the 1988/89 season.<ref name="first">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/1492.html |title=Marghzar Cricket Ground |accessdate=22 September 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> The ground has hosted more than 40 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches since 1993.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/1492_f.html |title=First-Class Matches played on Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad |accessdate=22 September 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> It was selected as a venue to host a match in the [[2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Full Scorecard of Sui Northern vs National Bnk Pool B 2016/17 - Score Report {{!}} ESPNcricinfo.com |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/quaid-e-azam-trophy-2016-17-1047819/sui-northern-gas-pipelines-limited-vs-national-bank-of-pakistan-pool-b-1047927/full-scorecard |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=[[ESPNcricinfo]]}}</ref>

==See also== * [[List of cricket grounds in Pakistan]]

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==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/1492.html Marghzar Cricket Ground] at CricketArchive

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