Lahore City Cricket Association Ground

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Lahore City Cricket Association Ground
LCCA Ground
Ground information
Location Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates 31°30′46″N74°20′10″E / 31.512901216653297°N 74.33598141042009°E / 31.512901216653297; 74.33598141042009
Establishment1980;45 years ago (1980)
Owner Lahore Regional Cricket Association
OperatorLahore Regional Cricket Association
Tenants Lahore City Cricket Association
International information
First WODI9 April 2025:
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Last WODI19 April 2025:
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As of 19 April 2025
Source: ESPNcricinfo

The Lahore City Cricket Association Ground (formerly known as Punjab Cricket Association Ground) is a cricket ground located opposite the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. This ground is used for domestic first-class cricket, List A cricket, and Twenty20 cricket matches, as well as for women's One Day Internationals. Moreover, around ten cricket clubs also use the ground. [1]

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From 1980 to November 2012, 265 first-class cricket matches, 105 List A cricket matches, and 12 Twenty20 cricket matches were played on this ground. The ground has also hosted 7 WODIs so far. [2]

Development and ownership

In 2002, the Pakistan Cricket Board spent more than Rs. 3 million on the upgradation of LCCA Ground as part of PCB Vision-2005. The project envisaged the club pavilion renovation, the building of the umpires' room and various other facilities, a total re-laying of the field, the establishment of a tube well, and the construction of an iron fence around the perimeter. [3]

In October 2012, it was announced by the Lahore City Cricket Association that the floodlights would be installed there to develop a new culture of night cricket in the city. [4]

In February 2021, the control of the ground was transferred from the Lahore City Cricket Association to the Pakistan Cricket Board, following the disbandment of all city associations across the country. [5] [6]

Tournaments hosted

In 2012, the Pakistan Cricket Board decided to stage the 2012–13 Faysal Bank T20 Cup in Lahore between December 1 and 9, 2012. The tournament was played on three different grounds of Lahore which included Gaddafi Stadium, Bagh-e-Jinnah, and Lahore City Cricket Association Ground. [7] Lahore City Cricket Association Ground hosted 14 Twenty20 cricket matches.

In 2024, the ground hosted all 21 matches of the National Women's U19 T20 Tournament 2024/25. [8]

In 2025, the ground was one of the two hosts (along with the Gaddafi Stadium) for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, with the ground hosting seven of the fifteen matches. [9]

See also

References

  1. Yaqoob, Muhammad (19 August 2024). "Historic LCCA ground at risk as Wasa plans water tank". Dawn . Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  2. "PAK: Lahore City Cricket Association Ground Cricket Ground Women ODI match team match results | ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo . 19 April 2025. Retrieved 19 April 2025.
  3. "LCCA Ground being upgraded". Cricinfo . 26 June 2002. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  4. "LCCA ground to have floodlights soon". The Nation . 25 October 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  5. "PCB gets control of LCCA ground". The News International . 23 February 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  6. "Cricket ground retrieved from 'illegal' occupants in Lahore". Dawn . 22 February 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  7. "Faysal Bank to organise twenty20 contest in Lahore". Business Recorder . 29 November 2012. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  8. "U19 Women's T20 Tournament to commence tomorrow". Pakistan Cricket Board . 13 October 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2025.
  9. "Match schedule for ICC Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier 2025 in Pakistan announced". International Cricket Council . 14 March 2025. Retrieved 13 April 2025.

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