Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) cricket team was a first-class cricket side sponsored by the national flag carrier, Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), and was based in Karachi before its disestablishment in 2020. The side has won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy more times than anyone else except Karachi.

They played their first first-class match in May 1961, under the captaincy of Hanif Mohammad, and their last in November 2016, captained by Fahad Iqbal. They played 407 first-class matches, with 159 wins, 73 losses and 175 draws.

Pakistan International Airlines cricket team

Honours

Qaid-i-Azam Trophy (6) 1969-70 1979-80

Pakistan International Airlines cricket team

1987-88

1989-90

1999-2000

2002-03

2011-12

National One Day Championship (11) 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1985–86 1987-88 1995–96 1999–2000 2001–02 2002–03 2008–09 2011–12 Division One

Pakistan International Airlines cricket team

Notable players

Imran Khan

Asif Mujtaba

Anil Dalpat

Wasim Akram

Zaheer Abbas

Wasim Bari

Shoaib Akhtar

Mohammad Yousuf

Shoaib Malik

Abdul Razzaq

Najaf Shah

Yasir Hameed

Umar Gul

Sarfaraz Ahmed

Moin Khan

Saqlain Mushtaq

References

External links

Lists of matches played by Pakistan International Airlines at CricketArchive

Cricinfo

1960 establishments in Pakistan

Pakistani first-class cricket teams

Pakistan International Airlines

Cricket clubs established in 1960

Sports clubs and teams disestablished in 2020

2020 disestablishments in Pakistan