Matches were played on an ad hoc basis in the 1947–48 and 1948–49 seasons before Pakistan's Board of Cricket Control (BCCP) was established on 1 May 1949.
On 27–29 December 1947, the Punjab v Sind match at Lahore marked the start of first-class cricket in Pakistan as an independent country.
Pakistan, captained by Mohammed Saeed, won the first match by an innings and the second by 10 wickets.
In October to December 1952, Pakistan's Test debut was a five-match series in India, the matches played at New Delhi, Lucknow, Bombay, Madras and Calcutta.
The Qaid-i-Azam Trophy was launched in the 1953–54 season as Pakistan's national championship.
The West Indies team included George Headley, Clyde Walcott and Everton Weekes.
See Commonwealth XI cricket team in India, Pakistan and Ceylon in 1949–50 Ceylon in March–April 1950 played five first-class matches against: Karachi-Sind at the Karachi Gymkhana Ground; a Pakistan XI at the Bagh-e-Jinnah in Lahore; the Commander-in-Chief's XI at the Pindi Club Ground in Rawalpindi; Pakistan Universities at Punjab University Ground in Lahore; and Pakistan XI again at Karachi's Gymkhana Ground.
Captained by Nigel Howard it also included Derek Shackleton, Jack Robertson, Donald Carr, Roy Tattersall, Frank Lowson, Don Brennan and Dick Spooner.
See: Australian cricket team in Pakistan in 1959–60 The series took place in November and December 1959.
Australia also played one three-day match against President's XI in Rawalpindi starting 28 November 1959.
An International XI toured Africa, New Zealand and Asia from February to April 1962, playing one first-class match in Pakistan, against an East Pakistan Governor's XI in Dhaka in March, which was drawn.
Captained by Peter Richardson, the Commonwealth XI included several well-known players such as Tom Graveney, Rohan Kanhai, Basil Butcher, Seymour Nurse, Bill Alley, Khalid Ibadulla, Charlie Griffith and Keith Andrew.
The teams played one 5-day Test starting on 24 October 1964 at the National Stadium in Karachi.
[4] Captained by Richie Benaud, the Commonwealth XI included several well-known players such as John Hampshire, Mushtaq Mohammed, Brian Luckhurst, John Murray, David Allen and Keith Boyce.