Peshawar Club Ground
The Peshawar Club Ground is a
History of matches
The history of first-class cricket at the Peshawar Club Ground began with the
The following year,
Touring teams occasionally visited the ground, though no more Test matches were played. In 1967, an MCC Under-25 side played a Pakistan North Zone team, a match which is notable for Mike Brearley's highest first class score. The visitors' captain made 312 not out in a day as MCC piled up 514 for four against opposition including the later Test captain Intikhab Alam, declared, then won by an innings and 139 runs on the third day. He shared double century stands with Alan Knott and Alan Ormrod (records for the first and fifth wickets at the ground), and his innings remains the highest on the ground, despite Zakir Butt's 290 for Pakistan Railways six years later. Brearley was dropped several times after reaching his double-century and there appears to have been some suggestion that at some stage the scorers may have got Brearley and his batting partner Ormrod mixed up.[3]
Matches by touring teams became more common in the 1970s, with
By November 1984, the new
International centuries
A single Test century was scored at the venue.[4]
No. | Score | Player | Team | Balls | Innings | Opposing team | Date | Result |
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1 | 116* | Polly Umrigar | India | NA | 2 | Pakistan | 13 February 1955 | Drawn |
International five-wicket hauls
Two five-wicket hauls in Test matches were taken at the venue.[5]
No. | Bowler | Date | Team | Opposing team | Inn | Overs | Runs | Wkts | Econ | Result |
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1 | Subhash Gupte | 13 February 1955 | India | Pakistan | 1 | 41.3 | 63 | 5 | 1.51 | Drawn |
2 | Vinoo Mankad | 13 February 1955 | India | Pakistan | 3 | 54 | 64 | 5 | 1.18 | Drawn |
See also
References
- ^ "Peshawar Club Ground". ESPN Cricinfo. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ Pakistan v India, Peshawar 1954-55
- ISBN 0002182823.
- ^ "Peshawar Club Ground / Records / Test matches / High scores". Retrieved 27 December 2016.
- ^ "Statistics - Statsguru - Test Matches - Bowling Records". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
External links
- First-Class Matches played on Peshawar Club Ground (62)
- List A Matches played on Peshawar Club Ground (5)