Quetta cricket team

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Quetta was a first-class cricket team based in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Quetta participated in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. For Twenty20 and List A cricket they were known as the Quetta Bears and participated in the Faysal Bank T20 Cup and National One-day Championship .

Quetta played their first first-class matches in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1957–58. [1] They reached the quarter-finals in 1962–63 and 1963–64, and continued playing in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy until 1969–70. They also took part in first-class matches between 1962–63 and 1986–87 for the Ayub Trophy, the BCCP Trophy, the BCCP Patron's Trophy, and the BCCP President's Cup.

Quetta played no first-class matches between January 1987 and February 2004, when they once again began to take part in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy.

Quetta have usually been one of the weaker teams in Pakistan cricket. As of February 2014 they had played 135 first-class matches for 20 wins, 78 losses and 37 draws. [2]

Their home ground is Bugti Stadium (formerly known as the Racecourse Ground) in Quetta. They have not played any home games since the 2007–08 season.

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References

  1. "The Home of CricketArchive". cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 2021-05-25.
  2. Quetta first-class playing record at CricketArchive