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{{Infobox cricket ground
| ground_name = Maulana Azad Stadium
| image =
| country = India
| location = [[Jammu]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| coordinates =
| establishment = 1966 [Globe]
| seating_capacity = 20,000
| owner = n/a
| tenants = [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team]]
| end1 = n/a
| end2 =
| international = true
| onlyodidate = 19 December,
| onlyodiyear = 1988
| onlyodihome = India
| onlyodiaway = New Zealand
| onlywtestdate = 27–29 November
| onlywtestyear = 1976
| onlywtesthome = India
| onlywtestaway = West Indies
| onlywodidate = 24 March
| onlywodiyear = 1985
| onlywodihome = India
| onlywodiaway = New Zealand
| date = 8 December,
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/ground/58174.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
The '''Maulana Azad Stadium''' (also spelled ''Molana Azad Stadium'') is a stadium in [[Jammu]] and is one of the home venues for the [[Jammu and Kashmir cricket team]].<ref name=ca>{{cite web|title=Molana Azad Stadium, Jammu|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Grounds/14/1059.html|work=CricketArchive|accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> It is located on the banks of the [[Tawi River]]<ref name=ie00>{{cite news|title=Dirt digging unearths heritage scoop|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/142607/|accessdate=3 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=1 February 2000}}</ref>

==Cricket==
Maulana Azad Stadium has hosted home games for Jammu and Kashmir in domestic tournaments since 1966.<ref name=ca/> It has also hosted one [[One Day International]] in 1988 between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]], which was abandoned due to rain without a ball being bowled.<ref name=odi543a>{{cite web|title=New Zealand tour of India, 1988/89 / Scorecard|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/current/match/66395.html|publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]]|accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref><ref name=cricinfomag>{{cite web|title=Northern light|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/270436.html|publisher=[[ESPNCricinfo]]|accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref>

The stadium has played host to one [[Women's Test cricket|women's test]] match where [[India women's cricket team|India]] lost to [[West Indies women's cricket team|West Indies]]<ref name=womentest>{{cite web|title=West Indies Women in India 1976/77 (6th Test)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/36/36670.html|publisher=CricketArchive.com|accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref> and one [[Women's One Day International cricket|Women's One Day International]] where India beat [[New Zealand women's cricket team|New Zealand]] in 1985.<ref name=womenodi>{{cite web|title=New Zealand Women in India 1984/85 (6th ODI)|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/45/45754.html|accessdate=3 April 2012}}</ref>

==Other uses==
The ground is used for the [[Republic Day (India)#Celebrations|Republic Day Parade]] in the state annually.<ref name=ie00/> In 1995, three bomb blasts containing [[RDX]] were set off by remote control at the stadium during the parade resulting in eight deaths and fifty four injuries.<ref name=ppg95>{{cite news|title=3 bomb blasts kill 7, hurt 52 at Karshmir fete|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ia4zAAAAIBAJ&sjid=nm4DAAAAIBAJ&pg=3246,4905362&dq|accessdate=3 April 2012|newspaper=[[Pittsburgh Post-Gazette]]|date=27 January 1995}}</ref> The blasts occurred when [[Governor General]] [[K V Krishna Rao]] was on stage taking salute<ref name=ie00/> with 30,000 people in attendance.<ref name=mj99>{{cite book|last=Joshi|first=Manoj|title=The lost rebellion|year=1999|publisher=Penguin Books|isbn=014027846X|pages=393}}</ref> Rao himself narrowly escaped the blast.<ref name=ya02>{{cite book|last=Alexander|first=Yonah|title=Combating terrorism: strategies of ten countries|year=2002|publisher=University of Michigan Press|isbn=0472098241|pages=313}}</ref> In the year 2000, three [[rocket|solar-activated rocket]]s programmed to hit Maulana Azad Stadium were found by the police a few days prior to the Republic Day Parade.<ref name=iejan00>{{cite news|title=Alarm bells as Pak ultras sneak back into Kashmir|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/20000106/ina06007.html|accessdate=3 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Indian Express]]|date=6 January 2000}}</ref> Since the bombing incident in 1995 the entire turf is dug up as part of a security preparations prior to the Republic Day Parade. In 2000, as part of one of these excavations, an ancient structure of brick and plastered lime was unearthed. A newspaper report claimed that the structure was related to water since a drain was found.<ref name=ie00/> A lodging centre at the stadium has played host to pilgrims embarking on the [[Amarnath yatra]], from where the yatra flags off.<ref name=tt03>{{cite news|title=Amarnath pilgrims begin journey|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030710/main7.htm|accessdate=3 April 2012|newspaper=[[The Tribune (India)|The Tribune]]|date=10 July 2003}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Jammu and Kashmir}}
{{List of cricket grounds in India}}
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[[Category:Cricket grounds in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Sport in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Sports venues in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Jammu (city)]]
[[Category:Memorials to Abul Kalam Azad]]
[[Category:Sports venues completed in 1966]]
[[Category:1966 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]

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