Personnel | |
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Coach | Arshad Khan |
Team information | |
Founded | 2023 (refounded) |
Home ground | Arbab Niaz Stadium |
The Peshawar cricket team is a Pakistani first-class cricket team from Peshawar. The team's home ground is Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar. They participate in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. It was refounded in the 2023/24 season after a revamp of the domestic structure. [1] [2]
The List A and Twenty20 side was known as the Peshawar Panthers.
Peshawar first played in first-class competitions in 1956-57, and they have competed in most seasons since then, except for a hiatus between 1977-78 and 1983-84. Apart from a few matches played by North-West Frontier Province in the 1970s, Peshawar were usually the only first-class team from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly known as North-West Frontier Province) until the debut of Abbottabad in 2005-06.
Peshawar won the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1998-99 and 2004-05 and the ABN-AMRO Cup National One-day Championship in 2006-07. They also won the 2011-12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two.
In first-class cricket to the end of 2013 they had played 262 matches, with 82 wins, 99 losses, 80 draws and one tie. [3] Their highest individual score is 300 not out, by Shoaib Khan against Quetta in 2003-04. [4] Their best bowling figures are 9 for 62 by Safiullah Khan against Railways B in 1971-72. [5]
In List A cricket they have played 73 times, with 22 wins, 49 losses, one tie and one no-result. [6]
In January 2017, they won the 2016–17 Regional One Day Cup, beating Karachi Whites by 124 runs in the final. [7]
In 2023, the Peshawar cricket team was refounded as part of the restructuring of the Pakistani domestic system. [1] [2]
Players with international caps are listed in bold. List of players to have played for the First XI in First Class Cricket in the 2023-24 Season [8]
Name | Birth date | Batting style | Bowling style | Notes |
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Batsmen | ||||
Abbas Ali | 8 April 2004 (age 19) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
Abuzar Tariq | 2 July 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | ||
Adil Amin | 13 December 1990 (age 32) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
Israrullah | 15 May 1992 (age 31) | Left-handed | ||
Maaz Sadaqat | 15 May 2005 (age 18) | Left-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Mehran Ibrahim | 20 November 1993 (age 29) | Right-handed | ||
Nabi Gul | 1 March 1998 (age 25) | Right-handed | ||
Niaz Khan | 12 December 2001 (age 21) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Sahibzada Farhan | 6 March 1996 (age 27) | Right-handed | ||
Waqar Ahmed | 1 January 2000 (age 23) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Zain Khan | 24 October 2002 (age 20) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
All-Rounders | ||||
Kamran Ghulam | 10 October 1995 (age 28) | Right-handed | Slow left-arm orthodox | |
Sajid Khan | 3 September 1993 (age 30) | Right-handed | Right-arm off spin | |
Wicket-keepers | ||||
Gauhar Ali | 5 May 1989 (age 34) | Right-handed | ||
Spin Bowlers | ||||
Najeebullah | Right-handed | Right-arm leg spin | ||
Pace Bowlers | ||||
Muhammad Abbas Afridi | 5 April 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Mohammad Amir Khan | 9 September 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium | |
Mohammad Ilyas | 21 March 1999 (age 24) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Imran Khan | 15 July 1987 (age 36) | Right-handed | Right-arm medium-fast | |
Mohammad Imran | 20 January 2001 (age 22) | Right-handed | Left-arm medium-fast | |
Taj Wali | 21 March 1991 (age 32) | Left-handed | Left-arm medium-fast |
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