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Pakistan Steel were a first-class cricket team, sponsored by Pakistan Steel Mills, that played two matches in the BCCP President's Cup in 1986-87.

First-class cricket is an official classification of the highest-standard international or domestic matches in the sport of cricket. A first-class match is of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officially adjudged to be worthy of the status by virtue of the standard of the competing teams. Matches must allow for the teams to play two innings each although, in practice, a team might play only one innings or none at all.

Pakistan Steel Mills

Pakistan Steel Mills Corporation (Pvt.) Limited, also known as Pak Steels, is a producer of long rolled steel and heavy metal products and entities in the country.

They drew their first match, against Quetta; their next scheduled match against Sukkur did not take place; and they drew their third match against Karachi Whites. They were the only first-class matches for several of the players, including the captain, Riaz Haider. [1]

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Sukkur cricket team, from the town of Sukkur, in the district of Sukkur in the north of Sindh province, played in the Pakistan domestic first-class cricket competitions between 1974–75 and 1986-87. The team no longer plays first-class cricket.

They played their matches at Steel Mills Ground in Karachi. They have continued to compete at sub-first-class level, playing at the same ground under its new name of Quaid-e-Azam Park. [2]

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