Ground Name: | Bugti Stadium |
Nickname: | Racecourse Ground |
Country: | Pakistan |
Owner: | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Location: | Quetta, Pakistan |
Tenants: | Balochistan cricket team Quetta cricket team[1] |
Establishment: | 1954 |
Seating Capacity: | 20,000[2] |
International: | true |
Onlyodidate: | 30 October |
Onlyodiyear: | 1996 |
Onlyodihome: | Pakistan |
Onlyodiaway: | Zimbabwe |
Date: | 1 January 2017 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/ground/58996.html Cricinfo |
Bugti Stadium, formerly known as the Racecourse Ground, is a cricket ground in Quetta, Pakistan, owned by the Pakistan Cricket Board.[3] It is located next to the Ayub National Stadium.
The first recorded match on the ground was played on 29 October 1954.[4] [5] Until 1989, Bugti Stadium was known as the Racecourse Ground. It was used as a venue for a One Day International match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in October 1996.[6] Between 1954 and 2008, the ground hosted 22 first-class matches.[7]
In September 2019, the Pakistan Cricket Board named it as one of the venues to host matches in the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[8] [9] Balochistan played four games at Bugti Stadium in 2019-20, which were the first first-class games played in Balochistan since 2008.[10]