# Peshawar Club Ground > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peshawar_Club_Ground > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Peshawar_Club_Ground.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peshawar_Club_Ground > Source revision: 1345252110 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) The **Peshawar Club Ground** is a [cricket](/source/Cricket) ground in [Peshawar](/source/Peshawar), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), used for one Test match between [India](/source/Indian_cricket_team) and [Pakistan](/source/Pakistani_cricket_team) in February 1955.[1] It staged [first class cricket](/source/First_class_cricket) matches from 1938 to 1987. ## History of matches The history of first-class cricket at the Peshawar Club Ground began with the [North West Frontier Province](/source/North-West_Frontier_Province_cricket_team) in the Indian [Ranji Trophy](/source/Ranji_Trophy). After the creation of Pakistan, the NWFP team was admitted in 1949 into the [Quaid-e-Azam Trophy](/source/Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy), and again played at Peshawar until they were replaced in the Trophy by a [Peshawar city team](/source/Peshawar_cricket_team) in 1956. Before that, in February 1955, Pakistan had entertained India for the only Test match to be played here. In a drawn four-day encounter, [Polly Umrigar](/source/Polly_Umrigar) hit a century for India before he was run out.[2] The following year, [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team) played a [Governor-General of Pakistan](/source/Governor-General_of_Pakistan)'s XI here, while a full-strength Pakistan side beat a non-Test touring team from [Marylebone Cricket Club](/source/English_cricket_team_in_Pakistan_in_1955%E2%80%9356). For Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches, the Peshawar team switched between this ground and the [Peshawar Gymkhana Ground](/source/Peshawar_Gymkhana_Ground) until 1971. In 1957, Peshawar off spinner [Haseeb Ahsan](/source/Haseeb_Ahsan) achieved the best figures on the ground with 13 for 47 in a match against [Punjab B](/source/Punjab_cricket_team_(Pakistan)). Touring teams occasionally visited the ground, though no more Test matches were played. In 1967, an [MCC Under-25](/source/Marylebone_Cricket_Club_Under-25_cricket_team_in_Pakistan_in_1966%E2%80%9367) side played a Pakistan North Zone team, a match which is notable for [Mike Brearley](/source/Mike_Brearley)'s highest first class score. The visitors' captain made 312 [not out](/source/Not_out) in a day as MCC piled up 514 for four against opposition including the later Test captain [Intikhab Alam](/source/Intikhab_Alam), declared, then won by an innings and 139 runs on the third day. He shared double century stands with [Alan Knott](/source/Alan_Knott) and [Alan Ormrod](/source/Alan_Ormrod) (records for the first and fifth wickets at the ground), and his innings remains the highest on the ground, despite [Zakir Butt](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Zakir_Butt&action=edit&redlink=1)'s 290 for [Pakistan Railways](/source/Pakistan_Railways_cricket_team) six years later. Brearley was dropped several times after reaching his double-century and there appears to have been some suggestion that at some stage the scorers may have got Brearley and his batting partner Ormrod mixed up.[3] Matches by touring teams became more common in the 1970s, with [England](/source/English_cricket_team), [India](/source/Indian_cricket_team), [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand_cricket_team), [Sri Lanka](/source/Sri_Lankan_cricket_team) (then not a Test nation) all playing a team at this ground. Most matches were drawn, though England won by the use of two declarations, while New Zealand lost against a team with nine players who would appear in the Test series against them. An International XI captained by [Vanburn Holder](/source/Vanburn_Holder) also beat a near full-strength Pakistan here in 1976 in a 40-over match. By November 1984, the new [Arbab Niaz Stadium](/source/Arbab_Niaz_Stadium) in Peshawar was ready, and the Club Ground was disused. It hosted Peshawar for the last time in their [1986–87](/source/1986-87_Pakistani_cricket_season) Quaid-e-Azam Trophy campaign, where they played eight home matches, and since then the Arbab Niaz has taken over as Peshawar's international and first class ground of choice. ## International centuries A single Test century was scored at the venue.[4] No. Score Player Team Balls Innings Opposing team Date Result 1 116* Polly Umrigar India NA 2 Pakistan 13 February 1955 Drawn ## International five-wicket hauls Two five-wicket hauls in Test matches were taken at the venue.[5] No. Bowler Date Team Opposing team Inn Overs Runs Wkts Econ Result 1 Subhash Gupte 13 February 1955 India Pakistan 1 41.3 63 5 1.51 Drawn 2 Vinoo Mankad 13 February 1955 India Pakistan 3 54 64 5 1.18 Drawn ## See also - [List of Test cricket grounds](/source/List_of_Test_cricket_grounds) - [One-Test wonder](/source/One-Test_wonder) - [1938–39 Ranji Trophy](/source/1938%E2%80%9339_Ranji_Trophy) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Peshawar Club Ground"](http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58991.html). *ESPN Cricinfo*. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Pakistan v India, Peshawar 1954-55](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/21/21439.html) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Bose, Mihir (1990). *Test Match Grounds of the World*. London: Willow Books. p. 172. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0002182823](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0002182823). 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Peshawar Club Ground / Records / Test matches / High scores"](http://stats.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?class=1;id=402;type=ground). Retrieved 27 December 2016. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Statistics - Statsguru - Test Matches - Bowling Records"](http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/stats/index.html?class=1;filter=advanced;ground=402;orderby=start;qualmin1=5;qualval1=wickets;size=200;template=results;type=bowling;view=innings). *ESPN Cricinfo*. 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