Hyderabad cricket team (Pakistan)
Hyderabad is a first-class cricket team based in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. Their home ground is the Niaz Stadium. In first-class cricket they participate in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. For Twenty20 and List A cricket tournaments in the National T20 Cup and National One-day Championship they are known as the Hyderabad Hawks.
Playing record
[edit]Hyderabad made their first-class debut in 1958–59 and played in most seasons until 2015–16. They returned to first-class cricket when the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was revamped in 2024–25. At the end of the 2024–25 season they had played 189 first-class matches, with 26 wins, 98 losses and 65 draws.[1] They have usually been one of the weaker Pakistan teams. They reached the quarter-finals of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 1968–69, the quarter-finals of the BCCP Trophy in 1971–72, and the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Silver League in 2005–06.[2]
Their highest individual score is 208, by Bashir Shana against Public Works Department in 1973–74.[3] Their best bowling figures are 7 for 50 by Maqsood Hussain against Hyderabad Education Board in 1964–65.[4] Hussain took 13 for 91 in the same match, Hyderabad's best match figures.[5]
Other teams
[edit]In 1969-70 Hyderabad fielded two teams, Hyderabad Whites and Hyderabad Blues. Each side played two matches in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Hyderabad Whites lost both their matches,[6] and Hyderabad Blues lost one and drew one.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Playing Record". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 January 2025.
- ^ First-class matches played by Hyderabad
- ^ Highest scores for Hyderabad
- ^ Most wickets in an innings for Hyderabad
- ^ Most wickets in a match for Hyderabad
- ^ First-class matches played by Hyderabad Whites
- ^ First-class matches played by Hyderabad Blues