Cricket in Pakistan

Cricket in Pakistan
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Country	Pakistan
Governing body	PCB
National team(s)	Men Women U-19 Blind
National competitions
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (First Class) Pakistan Cup (List A) National T20 Cup (T20)
Club competitions
Pakistan Super League (T20) Pakistan Junior League (T20) Kashmir Premier League (T20) Sindh Premier League (T20)
International competitions
ICC ODI Cricket World Cup (ODI) ICC T20 Cricket World Cup (T20I) ICC Champions Trophy (ODI) ICC Test Championship (Test) ICC World Test Championship (Test) ICC Women's Cricket World Cup (ODI) ICC Women's T20 World Cup (T20I) ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup (ODI) ACC Asia Cup (ODI/T20I) ACC Women's Asia Cup (ODI/T20I)

Figure 1: the match between Sind and Australia in Karachi on November 22, 1935, was reported by the Sydney Morning Herald.

The history of cricket in Pakistan predates the creation of the country in 1947. The first international cricket match in what is now Pakistan today was held in Karachi on 22 November 1935 between Sindh and Australia (see Figure 1). The match was seen by 5,000 Karachiites. Cricket was introduced by the British during their colonial rule of British India, which covered the area now known as Pakistan. Cricket is the most popular sport in the country.^[1] The Pakistan Cricket Board controls all domestic cricket in Pakistan and the national teams. Pakistan is an official member of the International Cricket Council and the Asian Cricket Council. Regarded as one of the best and most passionate cricketing nations, Pakistan has won the Cricket World Cup in 1992, ICC T20 World Cup in 2009, the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017, the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in 2004 and 2006, the ACC Asia Cup in 2000 and 2012. Pakistan were runner ups in the 1999 Cricket World Cup and 2007 and 2022 T20 World Cups. Pakistan have also been runner ups in several Asia Cup editions.