Quetta cricket team

Quetta are a first-class cricket team based in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Quetta participate in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. For Twenty20 and List A cricket they are known as the Quetta Bears and participate 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.

References

External links

Quetta at CricketArchive

Pakistani first-class cricket teams

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