Montgomery Cricket Club Ground

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Montgomery Cricket Club Ground
Location Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates 30°38′42″N73°6′3″E / 30.64500°N 73.10083°E / 30.64500; 73.10083 Coordinates: 30°38′42″N73°6′3″E / 30.64500°N 73.10083°E / 30.64500; 73.10083
As of 12 January 2017
Source: CricketArchive

Montgomery Cricket Club Ground, formerly known as the Biscuit Factory Ground, was a cricket ground in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. It staged 50 first-class and 29 List A matches from 1982 to 1998. [1] [2]

The ground was at the Montgomery Biscuit Factory, which was the largest employer in Sahiwal. [3] The factory's owner, Basharat Shafi (1944–2011), who had played a first-class match for Multan in 1972 and was president of the Multan Cricket Association, developed the ground to a high standard. [4] [5] Apart from domestic matches, the ground also staged the only warm-up match of the Zimbabwean tour of 1996-97. [6]

While playing a first-class match at Zafar Ali Stadium in Sahiwal on their 1987-88 tour of Pakistan the England players were accommodated in the dormitories at the Montgomery Biscuit Factory, much to their displeasure. [7] [8]

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  2. "List A matches played on Montgomery Cricket Club Ground, Sahiwal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
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