Quaid-e-Azam Stadium

{{Short description|Cricket stadium in Pakistan}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = Quaid-e-Azam Stadium<br>{{nq|قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم}} | nickname = Mirpur Cricket Stadium | image = | caption = | country = [[Pakistan]] | location = [[Mirpur, Pakistan|Mirpur]], [[Azad Kashmir]], [[Pakistan]] | coordinates = | seating_capacity = 16,000 | owner = [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] | operator = | tenants = [[Azad Kashmir Jaguars|AJK cricket team]]<br>[[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan cricket team]] | | end1 = | end2 = | international = | 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]].<ref name=":0">{{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]]}}</ref> It is the home of Azad Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. The stadium has a [[seating capacity]] of 16,000,<ref name=":0" /> making it the largest stadium in [[Azad Kashmir]].

On 11 July 2008, the [[Government of Azad Kashmir|Azad Jammu & Kashmir government]] handed over the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Stadium to [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB) for holding national and international cricket matches.<ref>{{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}}</ref> The PCB announced it would install an electrical scoreboard, floodlights and other required facilities for holding international and national [[One-Day cricket|one-day]] matches.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2012-08-03 |title=Mirpur stadium to undergo renovation |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/739451/mirpur-stadium-to-undergo-renovation |access-date=2022-10-03 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en}}</ref>

== Matches hosted == The Mirpur Stadium has hosted twenty [[First-class cricket|first-class]] matches.<ref>{{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]] |archive-date=2022-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003200839/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_f.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> It hosted six matches of the 2012–13 Faysal Bank One Day Cup.<ref>{{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]] |archive-date=2022-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221003200834/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_a.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> it has also hosted three Under-19 international matches against [[Australia national under-19 cricket team|Australia]] in 2007.<ref>{{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]]}}</ref> 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 [[Changing room|dressing room]] and the team hotel.<ref>{{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}}</ref>

==See also== * Narol Cricket Stadium ([[Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium]]) * Sardar Muhammad Hussain Sport's Complex, Bagh, Azad Kashmir * [[List of stadiums in Pakistan]] * [[List of cricket grounds in Pakistan]] * [[Kashmir Premier League (Pakistan)]] * [[Kashmir Premier League (India)]]

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==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]

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