The Islamabad cricket team is a first-class cricket team based in Islamabad, Pakistan. Its home ground is the Diamond Club Ground in Sector F-8, Islamabad. Beginning with the 2024–25 season, it participates in Pakistan's first-class, List A and Twenty20 competitions.[1][2][3] For Twenty20 and List A till 2015-16 season, cricket the team also participated as the Islamabad Leopards in the National T20 Cup and National One-day Championship.
Islamabad was scheduled to play its first two first-class matches in the 1986–87 season in the BCCP President's Cup, but it conceded the matches without playing. It eventually made its first-class debut in 1992–93 in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, in which it has competed ever since, except for the 2002–03, 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons.[4]
As of mid-November 2013, Islamabad had played 163 matches, for 39 wins, 54 losses and 70 draws.[5]
References
edit- ↑ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25". PCB. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
- ↑ "National T20 2023-24 to start tomorrow in Karachi". Pakistan cricket. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
- ↑ "Schedule, squads for National T20 Cup 2023 unveiled". asport.tv. 23 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ↑ First-class matches played by Islamabad
- ↑ Islamabad first-class playing record