{{short description|Cricket ground}} {{use dmy dates|date=September 2017}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = United Bank Limited Sports Complex | nickname = | country = Pakistan | image = | location = [[Karachi]], [[Sindh]], [[Pakistan]] | establishment = {{start date and age|1992}} | seating_capacity = | end1 = | end2 = | year1 = | club1 = | date = 17 September 2016 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/9716.html Ground profile }}
The '''United Bank Limited Sports Complex''' is a [[cricket]] ground in [[Karachi]], Pakistan. It was the home ground of the [[United Bank Limited cricket team]], from 1975 until the team's disbanding in 2018.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/58959.html |title=United Bank Limited Sports Complex |access-date=17 September 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> Besides cricket, the complex also contains facilities for [[basketball]], [[field hockey]], [[tennis]], and [[table tennis]], and occupies around 17 acres of area.<ref name="dawn"/>
Since its establishment in 1992, the ground has hosted more than 120 [[first-class cricket|first-class]] cricket matches.<ref name="FC">{{Cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/1509_f.html |title=First-Class Matches played on United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi |access-date=17 September 2016 |work=Cricket Archive}}</ref>
==History== United Bank Limited Sports Complex was established in 1992 by [[United Bank Limited]] on an amenity plot awarded by the government under Martial Law Ordinance (MLO), to private organizations to build sport facilities in the city.<ref name="dawn">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1555447|title=Customs, UBL Sports Complex revisited|first=Anwar|last=Zuberi|date=8 May 2020|website=DAWN.COM}}</ref>
It was selected as a venue to host matches in the [[2016–17 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy]].<ref name="Quaid">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1047873.html |title=Pool A: Karachi Blues v Habib Bank Limited at Karachi, Oct 15-18, 2016 |access-date=17 September 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 |access-date=3 September 2019 |archive-date=29 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220929094240/https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/pcb-releases-quaid-e-azam-trophy-2019-20-schedule.html |url-status=dead }}</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]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/22/1509.html United Bank Limited Sports Complex] at CricketArchive
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