Zafar Ali Stadium

Zafar Ali Stadium
Tenants
Location	Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates	30°39′37″N 73°06′00″E / 30.6603°N 73.1001°E / 30.6603; 73.1001Coordinates: 30°39′37″N 73°06′00″E / 30.6603°N 73.1001°E / 30.6603; 73.1001
Owner	Pakistan Cricket Board
Capacity	50,000
Surface	Grass
Sargodha Cricket Team

Zafar Ali Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. It is used for Cricket games. The stadium holds 50,000 people. Sahiwal Stadium was renamed as Zafar Ali Stadium in honor of Maulana Zafar Ali Khan, who was one of the leaders in Pakistan Movement and was born in Sahiwal. PTI chairman Imran Khan played his 1st international match in this stadium. Sahiwal also has other indoor and outdoor stadiums. Another cricket stadium in sahiwal is Jinnah Stadium. It is named after Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.

Cricket

There were two One Day International (ODI) Cricket matches were played at Zafar Ali Stadium:

First ODI Pakistan v England - Dec 23, 1977 Scorecard
Last ODI Pakistan v India - Nov 3, 1978

References

Zafar Ali Stadium

Cricket grounds in Pakistan

Test Grounds	Arbab Niaz Stadium Bagh-e-Jinnah Gaddafi Stadium Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium Iqbal Stadium Jinnah Stadium (Gujranwala) Jinnah Stadium (Sialkot) Multan Cricket Stadium National Stadium Niaz Stadium Pindi Club Ground Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Sheikhupura Stadium

Other Grounds	Abbottabad Cricket Stadium Asghar Ali Shah Stadium Ayub National Stadium Bahawal Stadium Bugti Stadium Defence Housing Authority Stadium Diamond Club Ground KRL Stadium Lahore City Cricket Association Ground National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex Peshawar Club Ground Qayyum Stadium Quaid-e-Azam Stadium (Mirpur) Quaid-i-Azam Stadium (Islamabad) Quaid-e-Azam Stadium (Sahiwal) RLCA Korangi Shaheed Mohtarama Benazir Bhutto International Cricket Stadium Zafar Ali Stadium Zamir Jaffri Cricket Stadium

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