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Sialkot Cricket Team
The Sialkot cricket team is a cricket team from the city of Sialkot in Punjab, Pakistan. Sialkot competed in Pakistan's domestic first-class cricket, first-class competitions from 2001–02 to 2013–14, winning the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in 2005–06 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 2005–06 and 2008–09 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 2008–09. It returned to first-class cricket when the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy competition was revamped in 2024–25 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, 2024–25, when it remained undefeated throughout the tournament and won the final by one wicket. The team play their home matches at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot. At the end of the 2024–25 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Sialkot had played 135 first-class matches, winning 49, losing 38, and drawing 48. In the limited overs cricket, shorter formats of the game, the team used the name Sialkot Stallions and enjoyed great success, winning six national Twenty20 titles. They also hold the record for the most consecutive wins in do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sialkot Stallions
The Sialkot Stallions (Punjabi: سیالکوٹ سٹالینز) was a National T20 Cup team, based in Sialkot, Punjab, Pakistan, Punjab, Pakistan. The team was established in 2004 and its home ground was Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Jinnah Stadium in Sialkot. The Stallions were the most successful team in Pakistani Twenty20 history, having won five consecutive National T20 Cups between 2005/2006 and 2009/10 under coach Azmat Rana. This period of success included a winning streak of 25 consecutive games, a world record for a top-level Twenty20 competition. Champions League Twenty20 Sialkot Stallions were among eight teams from around the world to secure a berth for the 2008 Champions League Twenty20 that was to be held in India. However, the tournament was cancelled due to the 2008 Mumbai Attacks, 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Stallions became the first Pakistan domestic team to officially receive an invitation to play in the Champions League Twenty20, to be held in the South Africa in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Limited Overs Cricket
Limited overs cricket, also known as white ball cricket, is a version of the sport of cricket in which a match is generally completed within one day. There are a number of formats, including List A cricket (8-hour games), Twenty20 cricket (3-hour games), and 100-ball cricket (2.5 hours). The name reflects the rule that in the match each team bowls a set maximum number of Over (cricket), overs (sets of 6 legal Ball (cricket), balls), usually between 20 and 50, although T10 cricket, shorter and longer forms of limited overs cricket have been played. The concept contrasts with Test cricket, Test and first-class cricket, first-class matches, which can take up to five days to complete. One-day cricket is popular with spectators as it can encourage aggressive, risky, entertaining batting (cricket), batting, often results in cliffhanger endings, and ensures that a spectator can watch an entire match without committing to five days of continuous attendance. Structure Each team bats ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN Cricinfo
ESPNcricinfo (formerly known as Cricinfo or CricInfo) is a sports news website exclusively for the game of cricket. The site features news, articles, live coverage of cricket matches (including liveblogs and scorecards), and ''StatsGuru'', a database of historical matches and players from the 18th century to the present. , Sambit Bal was the editor. The site, originally conceived in a pre-World Wide Web form in 1993 by Simon King, was acquired in 2002 by the Wisden Grouppublishers of several notable cricket magazines and the Wisden Cricketers' Almanack. As part of an eventual break-up of the Wisden Group, it was sold to ESPN, jointly owned by The Walt Disney Company and Hearst Communications, in 2007. History CricInfo was launched on 15 March 1993 by Simon King, a British researcher at the University of Minnesota. It grew with help from students and researchers at universities around the world. Contrary to some reports, Badri Seshadri, who was very instrumental in CricInfo's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 RBS Twenty-20 Cup
The 2009 RBS Twenty-20 Cup was the fifth season of the RBS Twenty-20 Cup in Pakistan, sponsored by RBS. It was held in Lahore from 25 to 29 May 2009. The Sialkot Stallions won their fourth overall and consecutive title by defeating the Lahore Lions in the final. This tournament was held immediately before the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, which Pakistan Pakistan, officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of over 241.5 million, having the Islam by country# ... won. Results Teams and standings The top team from each group qualified for the semi-finals. : Qualified for semi-finals Knockout stage Fixtures Group stage ;Group A ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ;Group B ---- ---- ;Group C ---- ---- ;Group D ---- ---- Knockout stage ;Semi-finals ---- ;Final Media coverage * Geo Super (live) References External links ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Asif (cricketer)
Mohammad Asif (Punjabi language, Punjabi: , born 20 December 1982) is a Pakistani former cricketer who played for the Pakistani national cricket team between 2005 and 2010. A native of Sheikhupura, Asif played first-class cricket for Khan Research Laboratories, Khan Research Labs, National Bank of Pakistan cricket team, the National Bank, Quetta, Sheikhupura, Sialkot cricket team, Sialkot and Leicestershire County Cricket Club, Leicestershire. He made his Test cricket, Test match debut for the Pakistan cricket team against Australian cricket team, Australia in January 2005. In 2010, Asif was ranked the second leading Test bowler, behind Dale Steyn. In 2006, Asif tested positive for anabolic steroid Nandrolone, leading to the imposition of a ban which was later overturned on appeal. He was later withdrawn from Pakistan's World Cup squad with an unrelated injury. Further cricket controversy followed when in 2008 he was detained in Dubai suspected of having drugs on his person an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naved-ul-Hasan
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan ( Punjabi, ; born 28 February 1978) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played all formats of the game. A right-arm fast-medium bowler capable of generating good pace with late swing, he was a genuine strike bowler. Prone to leaking runs earlier in his career, he later used his vast county experience to be economical in death overs. He often bowled the reverse-swinging yorker in one day and T20 cricket and had good control over change of pace, though he sometimes could be expensive. Ul-Hasan was also a useful attacking lower-order batsman with 5 first-class centuries and many fifties, including a score of 95 in 57 balls in a T20 game which lifted his team Sialkot Stallions to the tournament final. He discontinued playing cricket for personal reasons between 1995 and 1999. Ul-Hasan also boasted an exceptional pedigree in domestic Twenty20 cricket played all around the world, having amassed 75 appearances with Sialkot Stallions, Sussex Sha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shoaib Malik
Shoaib Malik ( Punjabi, (; born 1 February 1982) is a Pakistani cricketer who played for the Pakistan national cricket team and currently plays for Quetta Gladiators in the Pakistan Super League (PSL). He was the captain of the Pakistan national cricket team from 2007 to 2009. He made his One-Day International debut in 1999 against the West Indies and his Test debut in 2001 against Bangladesh. Early life Malik was born into a middle-class Punjabi Rajput family in Sialkot. His father Malik Faqueer Hussain, a modest shopkeeper who sold local footwear and supported his son's passion for cricket, died of throat cancer in 2006. His brother Adeel Malik and nephew Mohammad Huraira are also cricketers. Personal life Malik was married in 2002 to Ayesha Siddiqui which ended in divorce on 7 April 2010. Malik reportedly dated Indian actress Sayali Bhagat, whom he met in 2008 when he was supposed to make his Bollywood debut, but they eventually separated when he announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
