Double Headers

118 Pakistan - Last home of the double-header Karachi 26 182 208 1956/57 – 2012/13 Lahore 7 109 116 1973/74 – 2012/13 National Bank 0 0 0 -- PIA 0 5 5 1969/70 – 1977/78 Punjab 2 6 8 1956/57 – 1977/78 Railways 0 4 4 1965/66 – 1971/72 Rawalpindi 2 17 19 1964/65 – 1995/96 Sind 1 2 3 1957/58 – 1976/77 TOTALS 40 325 365 Lahore and Karachi continue to play double-headers up to and including the 2012/13 season. This leaves Pakistan as the only country where, under present arrangements for first-class cricket, there remains scope for further double-headers to take place – at least on a regular basis. I do not have space to give full details of all the 360-plus instances of Pakistani double-headers here. Instead, I note in the following sections some of the more interesting matters arising. (i) Internal matches Here, summarised, are the results of matches between teams from the same organisation. In cases where a team has won on first innings and thus progressed to the next round of a particular competition, I have counted this as a win for the team concerned. Drawn matches in other circumstances are listed as such. East Pakistan Two matches: Greens beat Whites; A beat B Karachi 26 matches in all. In matches between Blues and Whites, Whites currently lead by 12 victories to 8. In other matches, Whites lead Greens 2-0, Blues drew their only match with Greens, A beat B in their only meeting, A drew with C in their only meeting, and Urban beat Harbour in their only meeting. Lahore Seven matches in all. Blues lead Whites 2-0, with one draw; in other matches, Greens beat Blues, A beat B, and Shalimar have beaten Ravi in their only two meetings to date. Punjab Two matches, both between Punjab and Punjab B, and both drawn Rawalpindi A have beaten B in their two meetings Sind A drew with B in their only meeting. Some memorable games: •In 1962/63 Karachi A and Karachi B met in the final of the QeA, when Karachi A won by an innings and 163 runs. The A side included nine past or future Test players, the B side only four (and those decidedly less distinguished). Brothers Antao and Marshall D’Souza played on opposite sides, for the As and Bs respectively. •The following season, Karachi Blues defeated Karachi Whites in the QeA