- Sind cricket team
The Sind cricket team was a
cricket team representing the province ofSind (now "Sindh") inPakistan and pre-partitionIndia .Sind's first first-class game was in December 1932, when they drew with
Ceylon at the Gymkhana ground inKarachi . From 1934-35 until 1947-48 Sind participated in theRanji Trophy . On27 December 1947 Sind hosted the first first-class game to be played in Pakistan, but were defeated by an innings and 68 runs by Punjab.In Pakistani domestic cricket, Sind played in the
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy each season from 1953-54 to 1956-57, but then made only sporadic appearances at first-class level until the 1970s, when two Sind teams (Sind A and Sind B) competed in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for several years; the province also playedList A cricket in the United Bank Trophy.Sind's last first-class match under that name was a seven-wicket loss in January 1979 against Habib Bank Limited. After that, a "Sind Governor's XI" played three games in the 1980s and one in 2000, while a "Rest of Sindh" team took part in the 2001-02 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (finishing bottom of Pool A with no wins from eight games) and One Day National Tournament.
Pentangular Cup
Sindh Cricket team has also participated in 2007-08 Pentangular cupand has won it under thecaptaincy of Shahid Afridi.The other teams were NWFP,Punjab,Fedral areas and Baluchistanrespectively by their positions.The Key players of Sindh are as following
*1:Shahid Afridi
*2:Khuram Manzoor
*3:Khalid Latif
*4:Shadab Kabir
*5:Fawad Alam
*6:Sohail Khan
*7:Danish Kaneria
*8:Rizwan Ahmad
*9:Uzair ul Haq
*10:Sarfaraz Ahmad External links
* [http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Scorecards/18/18331.html Scorecard of the 1947 Sind v Punjab match]
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