The Peshawar cricket team is a Pakistani first-class cricket team from Peshawar. The team's home ground is Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar. They participate in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. It was refounded in the 2023/24 season after a revamp of the domestic structure.
History Before 2023 The List A and Twenty20 side was known as the Peshawar Panthers.
Peshawar first played in first-class competitions in 1956–57, and they have competed in most seasons since then, except for a hiatus between 1977–78 and 1983–84. Apart from a few matches played by North-West Frontier Province in the 1970s, Peshawar was usually the only first-class team from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province (formerly known as North-West Frontier Province) until the debut of Abbottabad in 2005–06.
Peshawar won the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 1998-99 and 2004–05, and the ABN-AMRO Cup National One-day Championship in 2006–07. They also won the 2011-12 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Division Two.
In first-class cricket to the end of 2013 they had played 262 matches, with 82 wins, 99 losses, 80 draws and one tie. Their highest individual score is 300 not out, by Shoaib Khan against Quetta in 2003–04. Their best bowling figures are 9 for 62 by Safiullah Khan against Railways B in 1971–72.
In List A cricket they have played 73 times, with 22 wins, 49 losses, one tie and one no-result.
In January 2017, they won the 2016–17 Regional One Day Cup, beating Karachi Whites by 124 runs in the final.
Since 2023 In 2023, the Peshawar cricket team was refounded as part of the restructuring of the Pakistani domestic system.
Current squad Players with international caps are listed in bold. List of players to have played for the First XI in First Class Cricket in the 2023-24 Season +NameBirth dateBatting styleBowling styleNotesBatsmenAbbas Ali8 April 2004 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm off spinAbuzar Tariq2 July 2001 (age 22)Right-handedAdil Amin13 December 1990 (age 32)Right-handedRight-arm off spinIsrarullah15 May 1992 (age 31)Left-handedMaaz Sadaqat15 May 2005 (age 18)Left-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxMehran Ibrahim20 November 1993 (age 29)Right-handedNabi Gul1 March 1998 (age 25)Right-handedNiaz Khan12 December 2001 (age 21)Right-handedRight-arm mediumSahibzada Farhan6 March 1996 (age 27)Right-handedWaqar Ahmed1 January 2000 (age 23)Right-handedRight-arm mediumZain Khan24 October 2002 (age 20)Right-handedRight-arm mediumAll-RoundersKamran Ghulam10 October 1995 (age 28)Right-handedSlow left-arm orthodoxSajid Khan3 September 1993 (age 30)Right-handedRight-arm off spinWicket-keepersGauhar Ali5 May 1989 (age 34)Right-handedSpin BowlersUbaid Shah5 February 2005 (age 19)Right-handedRight-arm leg spinPace BowlersAbbas Afridi (cricketer)5 April 2001 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMohammad Amir Khan9 September 2001 (age 22)Right-handedRight-arm mediumMohammad Ilyas21 March 1999 (age 24)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastImran Khan15 July 1987 (age 36)Right-handedRight-arm medium-fastMohammad Imran20 January 2001 (age 22)Right-handedLeft-arm medium-fastTaj Wali21 March 1991 (age 32)Left-handedLeft-arm medium-fast
References
External links Lists of matches played by Peshawar