# Quaid-e-Azam Stadium

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Cricket stadium in Pakistan

Quaid-e-Azam Stadium قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم Mirpur Cricket Stadium Interactive map of Quaid-e-Azam Stadium قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم Location Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan Country Pakistan Establishment 10 October 2007; 18 years ago (2007-10-10) Capacity 16,000 Owner Pakistan Cricket Board Tenants AJK cricket team Pakistan cricket team As of 4 October 2022 Source: ESPNCricinfo

The **Quaid-e-Azam Stadium** ([Urdu](/source/Urdu_language): قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم; also known as **Mirpur Cricket Stadium**) is a [cricket](/source/Cricket) stadium in sector F/2 [Mirpur, Azad Kashmir](/source/Mirpur%2C_Azad_Kashmir), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan).[1] It is the home of Azad Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. The stadium has a [seating capacity](/source/Seating_capacity) of 16,000,[1] making it the largest stadium in [Azad Kashmir](/source/Azad_Kashmir).

On 11 July 2008, the [Azad Jammu & Kashmir government](/source/Government_of_Azad_Kashmir) handed over the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Stadium to [Pakistan Cricket Board](/source/Pakistan_Cricket_Board) (PCB) for holding national and international cricket matches.[2] The PCB announced it would install an electrical scoreboard, floodlights and other required facilities for holding international and national [one-day](/source/One-Day_cricket) matches.[3]

## Matches hosted

The Mirpur Stadium has hosted twenty [first-class](/source/First-class_cricket) matches.[4] It hosted six matches of the 2012–13 Faysal Bank One Day Cup.[5] it has also hosted three Under-19 international matches against [Australia](/source/Australia_national_under-19_cricket_team) in 2007.[6] 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](/source/Quaid-e-Azam_Trophy) Second XI matches in October 2019, but they were shifted to Karachi after an earthquake damaged the [dressing room](/source/Changing_room) and the team hotel.[7]

## See also

- Narol Cricket Stadium ([Muzaffarabad Cricket Stadium](/source/Muzaffarabad_Cricket_Stadium))

- Sardar Muhammad Hussain Sport's Complex, Bagh, Azad Kashmir

- [List of stadiums in Pakistan](/source/List_of_stadiums_in_Pakistan)

- [List of cricket grounds in Pakistan](/source/List_of_cricket_grounds_in_Pakistan)

- [Kashmir Premier League (Pakistan)](/source/Kashmir_Premier_League_(Pakistan))

- [Kashmir Premier League (India)](/source/Kashmir_Premier_League_(India))

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-:0_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-:0_1-1) ["Mirpur Cricket Stadium | Pakistan | Cricket Grounds | ESPNcricinfo.com"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/224852.html). *[ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)*. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Nizami, A.H. (2012-01-17). ["Another cricket stadium in the doldrums"](http://tribune.com.pk/story/322983/another-cricket-stadium-in-the-doldrums). *[The Express Tribune](/source/The_Express_Tribune)*. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Mirpur stadium to undergo renovation"](https://www.dawn.com/news/739451/mirpur-stadium-to-undergo-renovation). *[Dawn](/source/Dawn_(newspaper))*. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221003200839/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_f.html). *[Pakistan Cricket Board](/source/Pakistan_Cricket_Board)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_f.html) on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Pakistan Cricket - 'our cricket' website"](https://web.archive.org/web/20221003200834/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_a.html). *[Pakistan Cricket Board](/source/Pakistan_Cricket_Board)*. Archived from [the original](http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456_a.html) on 2022-10-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Australia Under-19s tour of Malaysia and Pakistan - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results | ESPNcricinfo.com"](https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/australia-under-19s-tour-of-malaysia-and-pakistan-2007-08-311593/match-schedule-fixtures-and-results). *[ESPNcricinfo](/source/ESPNcricinfo)*. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Second XI matches moved from Mirpur"](https://pakobserver.net/quaid-e-azam-trophy-second-xi-matches-moved-from-mirpur/). *[Pakistan Observer](/source/Pakistan_Observer)*. 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2022-10-03.

## External links

- [PCB profile](http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210917214104/http://www.pcboard.com.pk/Pakistan/Grounds/2456.html) 2021-09-17 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Cricinfo profile](https://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/224852.html)

- [CricketArchive profile](https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/2456.html)

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