title: Quaid-e-Azam Stadium
text: # Quaid-e-Azam Stadium
  
  The Quaid-e-Azam Stadium (Urdu: قائدِ اعظم سٹیڈیم; also known as Mirpur Cricket Stadium) is a cricket stadium in sector F/2 Mirpur, Azad Kashmir, Pakistan. It is the home of Azad Jammu & Kashmir cricket team. The stadium has a seating capacity of 16,000, making it the largest stadium in Azad Kashmir.
  
  On 11 July 2008, the Azad Jammu & Kashmir government handed over the Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Stadium to Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for holding national and international cricket matches. The PCB announced it will be installing an electrical scoreboard, floodlights and all other required facilities for holding international and national one-day matches.
  
  ## Matches hosted
  
  The Mirpur Stadium has hosted twenty first-class matches. It hosted six matches of the 2012–13 Faysal Bank One Day Cup. it has also hosted three Under-19 international matches against Australia in 2007. In this stadium on inauguration of stadium a match was held on which Makhdoom Abbas Played Extraordinary 50+Runs. Due to an earthquake in September 2019, forcing the It was due to host two Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Second XI matches in October 2019, but they were shifted to Karachi after an earthquake damaged the dressing room and the team hotel.
  
  