Peshawar cricket team

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The '''Peshawar cricket team''' is a Pakistani [[first-class cricket]] team from [[Peshawar]]. The team's home ground is [[Arbab Niaz Stadium]], Peshawar. They participate in the [[Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]]. It was refounded in the 2023/24 season after a revamp of the domestic structure.<ref name="Dawn">{{Cite web |last=Reporter |first=The Newspaper's Sports |date=2023-08-12 |title=PCB finalises revamped domestic cricket structure |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1769704 |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref><ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web |title=Second first-class competition added to Pakistan's domestic calendar |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/pcb-adds-presidents-trophy-to-quaid-e-azam-trophy-in-pakistan-first-class-calendar-1391980 |access-date=2023-08-30 |website=ESPNcricinfo |language=en}}</ref>

== History == === Before 2023 === The [[List A cricket|List A]] and [[Twenty20]] side was known as the [[Peshawar Panthers]].

Peshawar first played in first-class competitions in 1956–57, and they have competed in most seasons since then, except for a hiatus between 1977–78 and 1983–84. Apart from a few matches played by [[North-West Frontier Province cricket team|North-West Frontier Province]] in the 1970s, Peshawar were usually the only first-class team from [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] province (formerly known as North-West Frontier Province) until the debut of [[Abbottabad cricket team|Abbottabad]] in 2005–06.

Peshawar won the [[Quaid-i-Azam Trophy]] in 1998-99 and 2004–05 and the [[ABN-AMRO Cup National One-day Championship]] in 2006–07. They also won the [[Faysal Bank Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2011–12#Division II Final|2011-12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two]].

In first-class cricket to the end of 2013 they had played 262 matches, with 82 wins, 99 losses, 80 draws and one tie.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Pakistan/Firstclass/Peshawar/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref> Their highest individual score is 300 not out, by [[Shoaib Khan (cricketer, born 1978)|Shoaib Khan]] against [[Quetta cricket team|Quetta]] in 2003–04.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Pakistan/Firstclass/Peshawar/Batting_Records/Highest_Innings_For.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref> Their best bowling figures are 9 for 62 by [[Safiullah Khan (cricketer, born 1940)|Safiullah Khan]] against [[Pakistan Railways cricket team|Railways B]] in 1971–72.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Pakistan/Firstclass/Peshawar/Bowling_Records/Best_Innings_Bowling_For.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref>

In [[List A cricket]] they have played 73 times, with 22 wins, 49 losses, one tie and one no-result.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Records/Pakistan/ListA/Peshawar/Team_Records/Playing_Record.html|title=The Home of CricketArchive|website=cricketarchive.com}}</ref>

In January 2017, they won the [[2016–17 Regional One Day Cup]], beating [[Karachi Whites]] by 124 runs in the final.<ref name="201617Reg">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1079784.html |title=Gauhar, Iftikhar tons lead Peshawar to title |access-date=27 January 2017 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

=== Since 2023 === In 2023, the Peshawar cricket team was refounded as part of the restructuring of the Pakistani domestic system.<ref name="Dawn" /><ref name="Cricinfo" />

== <small>Current squad</small> == Players with international caps are listed in '''bold'''. List of players to have played for the First XI in First Class Cricket in the 2023-24 Season<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-22 |title=Team Peshawar Region TEST Batting Bowling Stats {{!}} Live Cricket Scores {{!}} PCB |url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/averages-reports.php?action=team_averages&tournament_id=1331&match_type=&team_id=16286&match_type_id=10 |access-date=2023-10-22 |website=www.pcb.com.pk |language=en-US}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+ !Name !Birth date !Batting style !Bowling style !Notes |- ! colspan="5" |Batsmen |- |Abbas Ali |8 April 2004 (age 19) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[off spin]] | |- |Abuzar Tariq |2 July 2001 (age 22) |Right-handed | | |- |[[Adil Amin]] |13 December 1990 (age 32) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[off spin]] | |- |[[Israrullah]] |15 May 1992 (age 31) |Left-handed | | |- |[[Maaz Sadaqat]] |15 May 2005 (age 18) |Left-handed |[[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] | |- |[[Mehran Ibrahim]] |20 November 1993 (age 29) |Right-handed | | |- |[[Nabi Gul]] |1 March 1998 (age 25) |Right-handed | | |- |[[Niaz Khan (cricketer)|Niaz Khan]] |12 December 2001 (age 21) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]] | |- |'''[[Sahibzada Farhan]]''' |6 March 1996 (age 27) |Right-handed | | |- |[[Waqar Ahmed (cricketer, born 2000)|Waqar Ahmed]] |1 January 2000 (age 23) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]] | |- |Zain Khan |24 October 2002 (age 20) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]] | |- ! colspan="5" |All-Rounders |- |'''[[Kamran Ghulam]]''' |10 October 1995 (age 28) |Right-handed |[[Left-arm orthodox spin|Slow left-arm orthodox]] | |- |[[Sajid Khan (cricketer)|'''Sajid Khan''']] |3 September 1993 (age 30) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[off spin]] | |- ! colspan="5" |Wicket-keepers |- |[[Gauhar Ali]] |5 May 1989 (age 34) |Right-handed | | |- ! colspan="5" |Spin Bowlers |- |[[Ubaid Shah]] |5 February 2005 (age 19) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[leg spin]] | |- ! colspan="5" |Pace Bowlers |- |[[Abbas Afridi (cricketer)]] |5 April 2001 (age 22) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[Medium fast|medium-fast]] | |- |[[Mohammad Amir Khan (cricketer)|Mohammad Amir Khan]] |9 September 2001 (age 22) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[Medium pace bowling|medium]] | |- |[[Mohammad Ilyas (cricketer, born 1999)|Mohammad Ilyas]] |21 March 1999 (age 24) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[Medium fast|medium-fast]] | |- |[[Imran Khan (cricketer, born 1987)|Imran Khan]] |15 July 1987 (age 36) |Right-handed |Right-arm [[Medium fast|medium-fast]] | |- |[[Mohammad Imran (cricketer, born 2001)|Mohammad Imran]] |20 January 2001 (age 22) |Right-handed |Left-arm [[Medium fast|medium-fast]] | |- |[[Taj Wali]] |21 March 1991 (age 32) |Left-handed |Left-arm [[Medium fast|medium-fast]] | |}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Teams/0/269/match_lists.html Lists of matches played by Peshawar]

[[Category:First-class cricket teams in Pakistan]] [[Category:Sport in Peshawar]]