Baluchistan cricket team

Baluchistan cricket team, representing the province of Baluchistan, are a first-class cricket team in Pakistan.

In his history of Pakistan cricket Peter Oborne notes that Baluchistan province "has been wracked by insurgencies for many years" and cricket "has (for understandable reasons) never made much headway. No Baluchi cricketer has ever won international honours." Owing to the security situation, no first-class cricket matches have been played in Baluchistan since 2008.

In the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy and other first-class tournaments in Pakistan, Baluchistan province has usually been represented since the 1957-58 season by the Quetta cricket team, except for two matches in 1969-70 when a team from Kalat also played (losing both their matches). There were no first-class teams at all from Baluchistan province between 1987 and 2002, when Quetta's first-class status was in abeyance.

Baluchistan have played seven matches in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy (one in 1954-55, six between 1972-73 and 1978-79) and 18 matches in the Pentangular Cup between 2007-08 and 2011-12. Of their 25 matches they have won 4, lost 17, and drawn 4.

A Rest of Baluchistan team played at first-class level in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy in 2001-02. Their name distinguished them from Quetta, although Quetta at the time were playing only at the sub-first-class level of the Trophy. Rest of Baluchistan won 1 match, lost 3, and drew 4.

Altogether, at the end of 2013, the four Baluchistan province teams – Quetta, Kalat, Baluchistan, and Rest of Baluchistan – had played 168 matches, with 24 wins, 99 losses, and 45 draws.

In 1954-55 Baluchistan played one match in the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, losing to Sind by 53 runs at the Racecourse Ground, Quetta. They were captained by Athar Khan, who made 36 and 57 and took two wickets.

A combined Railways and Baluchistan team played the MCC in Multan in 1955-56, losing by an innings. None of the team had played for Baluchistan in the 1954-55 match.

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