Quetta cricket team

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Quetta are a first-class cricket team based in Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan. Their home ground is the Ayub National Stadium. Quetta participates in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy. For Twenty20 cricket they are known as the Quetta Bears and participate in the Faysal Bank T20 Cup.

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 mid-November 2013 they had played 130 first-class matches for 18 wins, 76 losses and 36 draws.^[2]

References

↑ First-class matches played by Quetta
↑ Quetta first-class playing record at Cricket Archive

External links

CricketArchive

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Departments:	Habib Bank Limited Khan Research Laboratories National Bank of Pakistan Pakistan International Airlines Pakistan Television Port Qasim Authority State Bank of Pakistan Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited United Bank Limited Water and Power Development Authority Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Regional:	Abbottabad Bahawalpur Baluchistan Faisalabad Hyderabad Islamabad Karachi Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Lahore Multan Peshawar Punjab Quetta Rawalpindi Sialkot Sindh

Allied Bank Limited, Combined Services, Karachi University, Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan Automobiles Corporation, Pakistan Customs, Pakistan Railways, Public Works Department, Punjab University, Dadu, Dera Ismail Khan, East Pakistan, Federal Areas, Gujranwala, Hazara, Kalat, Khairpur, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Sukkur have also competed in Pakistan’s first-class domestic competitions

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