Quaid-e-Azam Stadium

Quaid-e-Azam Stadium
قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم
Mirpur Cricket Stadium
LocationMirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan
Establishment10 October 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-10)
Capacity16,000
OwnerPakistan Cricket Board
TenantsAJK cricket team
Pakistan cricket team
As of 4 October 2022
Source: ESPNCricinfo

The Quaid-e-Azam Stadium (Urdu: قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم; also known as Mirpur Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium in sector F/2 Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan.[1] It is the home of Azad Jammu and Kashmir cricket team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 16,000,[1] making it the largest stadium in Azad Kashmir.

On 11 July 2008, the Azad Jammu & Kashmir government handed over the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Stadium to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for holding national and international cricket matches.[2] The PCB announced it would install an electrical scoreboard, floodlights and other required facilities for holding international and national one-day matches.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Mirpur Cricket Stadium | Pakistan | Cricket Grounds | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  2. ^ Nizami, A.H. (2012-01-17). "Another cricket stadium in the doldrums". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 2022-10-03.
  3. ^ "Mirpur stadium to undergo renovation". Dawn. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2022-10-03.