Tuesday 2 August 2011

Gaddafi Cricket Ground

Gaddafi Stadium is a cricket ground in Lahore, Pakistan. It was designed by Daghestani-born architect and engineer Nasreddin Murat-Khan who also designed Lahore's Minar-e-Pakistan and constructed by Mian Abdul Khaliq and Company in 1959. Following the ground's renovation for the 1996 Cricket World Cup. It is the largest field hockey stadium in world with the capacity of 45,000 spectators. It hosted the 1990 Hockey World Cup Final, where the hosts were defeated 3-1 by the Netherlands.


Images of Gaddafi Cricket Ground




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