North West Frontier Province cricket team

The North West Frontier Province cricket team was an Indian domestic cricket team representing the British Indian province of North-West Frontier Province. The team played in the Ranji Trophy from 1937–38 Indian cricket season until 1945–46 season in British India, before the partition of India.

The team first played first-class cricket in Ranji Trophy in the 1937 season against Southern Punjab team. The team continued to appear in the Ranji Trophy until the 1945/46 season, when it played its final first-class match against Delhi.[1] Following the independence and partition of India, the NWFP team was succeeded by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team which went on to represent the province of Pakistan.

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