Montgomery Cricket Club Ground

Montgomery Cricket Club GroundLocation| Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan

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Coordinates| 30°38′42″N 73°6′3″E﻿ / ﻿30.64500°N 73.10083°E﻿ / 30.64500; 73.10083
As of 12 January 2017
Source: CricketArchive

Montgomery Cricket Club Ground, formerly known as the Biscuit Factory Ground, was a cricket ground in Sahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan. It staged 50 first-class and 29 List A matches from 1982 to 1998.[1][2]

The ground was at the Montgomery Biscuit Factory, which was the largest employer in Sahiwal.[3] The factory's owner, Basharat Shafi (1944–2011), who had played first-class cricket for Multan in 1972 and was president of the Multan Cricket Association, developed the ground to a high standard.[4][5] Apart from domestic matches, the ground also staged the only warm-up match of the Zimbabwean tour of 1996-97.[6]

While playing a first-class match at Zafar Ali Stadium in Sahiwal on their 1987-88 tour of Pakistan, the England players were accommodated in the dormitories at the Montgomery Biscuit Factory, much to their displeasure.[7][8]

## References

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1. ^ "First-class matches played on Montgomery Cricket Club Ground, Sahiwal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
2. ^ "List A matches played on Montgomery Cricket Club Ground, Sahiwal". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
3. ^ Shahid Javed Burki, Pakistan Under Bhutto, 1971–1977, St Martin's Press, New York, 1980, p. 143.
4. ^ Wisden 2012, p. 186.
5. ^ "Basharat Shafi". CricketArchive. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
6. ^ "Combined XI v Zimbabweans 1996-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
7. ^ Hughes, Simon (17 October 2000). "Visitors' warm welcome extends to field of play". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
8. ^ Stewart, Micky (15 July 2012). "It just wasn't cricket. My part in the war over Gatting's finger". Independent. Retrieved 13 January 2017.

## External links

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* Montgomery Cricket Club Ground, Sahiwal at CricketArchive

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