{{Short description|Pakistani Sports ground}} {{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox cricket ground | ground_name = Zafar Ali Stadium | nickname = | country = Pakistan | location = [[Sahiwal]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], Pakistan | image = | coordinates = {{coord|30.6603|N|73.1001|E|type:landmark_region:PK|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | tenants = Sargodha Cricket Team | establishment = 1955 | seating_capacity = 10,000 | end1 = | end2 = | international = true | firstodidate = 23 December | firstodiyear = 1977 | firstodihome = Pakistan | firstodiaway = England | lastodidate = 3 November | lastodiyear = 1978 | lastodihome = Pakistan | lastodiaway = India | year1 = | club1 = | date = 1 January | year = 2017 | source = [[ESPNcricinfo]]<ref name="ESPNcricinfo" /> }}
'''Zafar Ali Stadium''' is a [[multi-purpose stadium]] in [[Sahiwal]], [[Punjab (Pakistan)|Punjab]], [[Pakistan]]. From 1955 until 1995, it was used for [[first-class cricket|first-class]] and [[List A cricket]] matches.<ref name="ESPNcricinfo">{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/59011.html |title=Zafar Ali Stadium |publisher=[[ESPNcricinfo]] |access-date=2017-01-12}}</ref> The stadium can accommodate 10,000 spectators.<ref name="Dawn">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1319194 |title=Stadium stories: Famous Pakistan cricket grounds |access-date=2017-03-11 |work=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]|date=2017-03-10 |last=Paracha|first=Nadeem Farooq|author-link=Nadeem Farooq Paracha}}</ref>
The venue, formerly known as '''Sahiwal Stadium''', was renamed as Zafar Ali Stadium in honor of Sheikh Zafar Ali Khan, the founder of the [[Pakistan Olympic Association]].
In 2025, a synthetic 800-metre athletic track was completed at the stadium.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Butt |first=Shafiq |date=2025-07-06 |title=Zafar Ali Stadium’s synthetic track project remains in limbo |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1922435 |access-date=2026-04-04 |website=[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]] |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== * {{CricketArchive |ref= Archive/Grounds/22/1547 }}
{{Cricket grounds in Pakistan}}
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