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Batter swinging at an informal cricket game on a dusty urban pitch in Karachi, with makeshift stumps and apartment blocks behindPhoto: Muneer ahmed ok / Unsplash

Tape Ball Cricket

Pakistan's street-and-floodlights game: taped tennis balls, packed grounds, Ramadan night tournaments and the local stars everyone knows.

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Latest Tape Ball Cricket news

Batter swinging at an informal cricket game on a dusty urban pitch in Karachi, with makeshift stumps and apartment blocks behindIllustrative · Photo: Muneer ahmed ok / Unsplash

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Traffic Branch win Sindh Police's first Ramadan tape ball tournament in Karachi

Eight police units took to Asghar Ali Shah Cricket Stadium on 14 and 15 March 2026 for the force's inaugural Ramadan tape ball event, extending one of Karachi's oldest sporting habits into a new arena.

Batter swinging at an informal cricket game on a dusty urban pitch in Karachi, with makeshift stumps and apartment blocks behind

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Tape ball cricket explained: the taped tennis ball, the rules and the night tournaments

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Places to play Tape Ball Cricket

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Box cricket arena

Cricket Arena Paswal

Islamabad

Tape Ball Cricket · Cricket · Box Cricket

Indoor

Tape ball ground

Faraz Cricket Ground

Sialkot

Tape Ball Cricket · Cricket

Outdoor

Tape ball ground

Ghawind Tape Ball Cricket Ground

Lahore

Taekwondo · Karate · Tape Ball Cricket · Wrestling · Kabaddi · Cricket · Judo · Volleyball

Outdoor

Tape ball ground

Polo Ground (Bagh-i-Quaid-i-Azam)

Karachi

Tape Ball Cricket · Football

Outdoor