Montgomery Cricket Club Ground

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]

Montgomery Cricket Club Ground
LocationSahiwal, Punjab, Pakistan
Coordinates30°38′42″N 73°6′3″E
As of 12 January 2017
Source: CricketArchive

The ground was at the Montgomery Biscuit Factory, which was the largest employer in Sahiwal.[3] The factory's owner, Basharat Shafi, a former first-class cricketer and the president of the Multan Cricket Association, developed the ground to a high standard.[4] Apart from domestic matches, the ground also staged the only warm-up match of the Zimbabwean tour of 1996-97.[5]

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.[6][7]

References
  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. "Combined XI v Zimbabweans 1996-97". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  6. Hughes, Simon (17 October 2000). "Visitors' warm welcome extends to field of play". Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 13 January 2017.
  7. Stewart, Micky (15 July 2012). "It just wasn't cricket. My part in the war over Gatting's finger". Independent. Retrieved 13 January 2017.


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