State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex

{{short description|Cricket ground}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex | nickname = | country = Pakistan | image = | location = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]] | establishment = {{start date and age|2009}} | seating_capacity = | end1 = | end2 = | year1 = | club1 = | date = 27 November 2016 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/8368.html Ground profile }}

The '''State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex''' is a [[sports complex]] located in [[North Nazimabad]], [[Karachi]], Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/86204-SBPs-new-sports-complex-opened|title=SBP’s new sports complex opened|website=The News International}}</ref><ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/1047563.html |title=State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex |accessdate=27 November 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

==History== It was established in 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.brecorder.com/news/3690664|title=SBP Sports Complex inaugurated|date=18 October 2009|website=Brecorder}}</ref>

The first recorded match on the ground was in the 2011/12 season.<ref name="first">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/8368.html |title=State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex |accessdate=27 November 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> The ground hosted two [[first-class cricket|first-class]] matches in the 2016/17 cricket season.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/8368_f.html |title=First-Class Matches played on State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi |accessdate=27 November 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref> It was selected as a venue to host matches in the knockout stage of the [[2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]].<ref name="Quaid">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1047953.html |title=Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Super Eight, Group 2: National Bank of Pakistan v Habib Bank Limited at Karachi, Nov 19-22, 2016 |accessdate=27 November 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> In September 2019, the [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] named it as one of the venues to host matches in the [[2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pcb-releases-quaid-e-azam-trophy-2019-20-schedule.html |title=PCB releases Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2019-20 schedule |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |accessdate=3 September 2019}}</ref> In December 2023, the PCB named it as one of the venues to host matches in the [[2023–24 President's Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=President's Trophy set to begin from 16 December |url=https://a-sports.tv/president-trophy-begin-16-december/ |access-date=2023-12-25 |website=A Sports |language=en-US}}</ref>

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

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==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/8368.html State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex] at CricketArchive

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