Arbab Niaz Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Peshawar, Pakistan. It is currently used mostly for cricket matches. The stadium holds 20,000 and hosted its first test match in 1955. Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular football field to an oval for cricket games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of a field or stage partly... PeshÄwar (Urdu:Ù¾ÛØ´Ø§Ùر) literally means City on the Frontier in Persian and is known as Pai-khawar in Pashto. ... For the insect, see Cricket (insect). ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, March 16 (AFP) - Pakistani authorities have barred Afghan refugees from the ArbabNiazStadium in the border town of Peshawar as part of security measures for India's third one-day match against Pakistan, officials said on Tuesday.
They said interest was high among fans and some 9,000 tickets had already sold at the stadium which can accommodate 14,300 spectators.
He said the remaining 5,300 tickets for general and VIP enclosures would be available at the stadium.