Hyderabad cricket team (Pakistan)

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Hyderabad is a first-class cricket team based in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Their home ground is the Niaz Stadium. In first-class cricket they participate in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. For Twenty20 and List A cricket tournaments in the National T20 Cup and National One-day Championship they are known as the Hyderabad Hawks.

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Playing record

Hyderabad made their first-class debut in 1958–59 and played in most seasons until 2015–16. They returned to first-class cricket when the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was revamped in 2024–25. At the end of the 2024–25 season they had played 189 first-class matches, with 26 wins, 98 losses and 65 draws. [1] They have usually been one of the weaker Pakistan teams. They reached the quarter-finals of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1968–69, the quarter-finals of the BCCP Trophy in 1971–72, and the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Silver League in 2005–06. [2]

Their highest individual score is 208, by Bashir Shana against Public Works Department in 1973–74. [3] Their best bowling figures are 7 for 50 by Maqsood Hussain against Hyderabad Education Board in 1964–65. [4] Hussain took 13 for 91 in the same match, Hyderabad's best match figures. [5]

Other teams

In 1969-70 Hyderabad fielded two teams, Hyderabad Whites and Hyderabad Blues. Each side played two matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Hyderabad Whites lost both their matches, [6] and Hyderabad Blues lost one and drew one. [7]

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References

  1. "Playing Record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
  2. First-class matches played by Hyderabad
  3. Highest scores for Hyderabad
  4. Most wickets in an innings for Hyderabad
  5. Most wickets in a match for Hyderabad
  6. First-class matches played by Hyderabad Whites
  7. First-class matches played by Hyderabad Blues