2023–24 President's Trophy Cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
The 2023–24 President's Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition played in Pakistan.[ 1] The tournament was originally scheduled to be played from 16 December 2023 to 31 January 2024, however, the final was later rescheduled to begin on 6 February 2024.[ 2] [ 3] The final was rescheduled a second time to 9 February and moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi .[ 4] It was played by seven departmental teams, across three venues in Karachi and one venue in Rawalpindi .[ 5] In December 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.[ 6] It marked the return of departmental cricket in Pakistan since the 2018–19 season.[ 7] Although eight teams were originally scheduled to participate, Sui Southern Gas Company pulled out of the tournament.[ 8]
Teams
Seven teams took part in the tournament:[ 9]
The seven departmental teams played each other in a round-robin format , therefore playing six matches each.[ 10] The tournament consisted of 22 matches, which were divided as seven rounds of league stage matches. The top two teams played each other in the final match.[ 11] The league worked on a points system with positions being based on the total points.
Before the start of the tournament, the PCB brought some changes to the playing conditions. All matches were restricted to 80 overs in the first innings.[ 12] Teams scoring 350 or more runs earned a batting bonus point, while a bonus point was awarded to the bowling side if they managed to dismiss the opponent within the stipulated 80 overs. If a captain decided to either declare or forfeit his team's first innings before the completion of 80 overs, the bowling side got bowling bonus points.[ 13]
Squads
Venues
League stage
Points table
The top 2 teams qualified for the Final
Round 1
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to bat.
Ahad Malik, Moeez Ghani and Shahbaz Javed (Ghani Glass) made his first-class debut.
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358/7 (80 overs)
Zain Abbas 126 (177)Mohammad Sadaqat 3/85 (17 overs)
339 (81.3 overs)
Hassan Mohsin 96 (145) Mohammad Abbas 4/103 (22.3 overs)
Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat.
Adil Naz, Hasan Nawaz and Uzair Mumtaz (PTV) all made their first-class debuts.
Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
Hassan Abid, Naqeeb Masood (WAPDA) and Kashif Ali (KRL) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 2
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363/7 (80 overs)
Saeed Malik 105* (123) Kashif Ali 3/61 (22 overs)
320/8 (80 overs)
Maaz Sadaqat 84* (137)Niaz Khan 4/107 (18.3 overs)
79 (26.2 overs)
Kashif Ali 19 (26)Sirajuddin 4/7 (5.2 overs)
Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
Mohsin Riaz and Saeed Malik (Ghani Glass) both made their first-class debuts.
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221/6 (79.2 overs)
Umar Akmal 85 (203)Mohammad Junaid 3/81 (31.4 overs)
Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to bat.
Aqib Liaquat, Abdul Rehman, Jahanzaib Sultan, Mohammad Azab and Mohammad Junaid (HEC) all made their first-class debuts.
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317 (79.2 overs)
Uzair Mumtaz 108 (130) Arif Yaqoob 4/97 (23 overs)
424/7 (80 overs)
Abid Ali 121 (180)Adil Naz 3/83 (20 overs)
189 (49.1 overs)
Hasan Nawaz 69 (92) Arif Yaqoob 6/80 (16 overs)
Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat.
Arif Yaqoob (SNGCP) and Faisal Akram (PTV) both made their first-class debuts.
Round 3
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257 (89.4 overs)
Rameez Aziz 80 (208)Awais Anwar 3/29 (17.4 overs)
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
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319/9 (80 overs)
Saad Nasim 150 (198)Mohammad Sadaqat 3/72 (16 overs)
219/3 (50.1 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 109 (120)Mohammad Sadaqat 2/73 (14 overs)
Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to field.
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411/7 (80 overs)
Abdul Faseeh 153 (171)Mohammad Azab 3/103 (18 overs)
379/8 (80 overs)Awaiz Zafar 111 (172) Arshadullah 4/77 (19 overs)
313 (73.2 overs)
Saad Khan 68 (111)Rohan Qadri 4/46 (13.2 overs)
Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to bat.
Azan Tariq (KRL) made his first-class debut.
Azhar Ali scored his 50th century in first-class cricket.[ 14]
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221 (67.5 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 103 (170)Wahaj Riaz 4/39 (13 overs)
446/8
d (100.3 overs)
Saeed Ali 118 (181) Waseem Akram 2/83 (23 overs)
Ghani Glass won the toss and elected to bat.
Asadullah Hamza, Haris Khan and Wahaj Riaz (HEC) all made their first-class debuts.
State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Afaq Afridi (SBP) made his first-class debut.
Round 5
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330/5
d (98 overs)
Umar Akmal 128 (210)Shehzad Gul 1/33 (13 overs)
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
Ahmed Khan (SNGCP) and Shehzad Gul (WAPDA) both made their first-class debuts.
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216 (52 overs)
Hasan Mohsin 56 (68)Asadullah Hamza 4/61 (16 overs)
231/8 (80 overs)
Obaid Shahid 57* (149) Mohammad Ibtisam 2/52 (18 overs)
Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to field.
Mohammad Ibtisam, Muhammad Shahzad (PTV) and Muneer Khan, Obaid Shahid (HEC) all made their first-class debuts.
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169 (58.2 overs)
Maaz Sadaqat 51 (101)Afaq Afridi 4/31 (15 overs)
State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
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212 (60.1 overs)
Ayaz Tasawwar 81 (115)Shoaib Akhtar 5/71 (24.1 overs)
60 (25.5 overs)Mohsin Riaz 18 (33) Ali Shafique 7/14 (10.5 overs)
224 (57.1 overs)
Saeed Ali 60 (58) Asif Afridi 5/55 (20 overs)
Ghani Glass won the toss and elected to field.
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360/8 (80 overs)
Mohammad Suleman 101 (200) Ahmed Bashir 3/103 (21 overs)
271 (71.1 overs)
Imran Rafiq 79 (138)Mohammad Ibtisam 4/68 (15 overs)
336/7
d (76.1 overs)
Mohammad Suleman 133* (182) Maaz Sadaqat 5/80 (21 overs)
Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat.
Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to bat.
Haider Abbas, Hasan Liaquat and Syed Tayyab Hussain (HEC) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 7
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279 (77.4 overs)
Saud Shakeel 102 (154)Waseem Akram 4/50 (21.4 overs)
Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to field.
Asif Ali, Sohaib Sultan and Umar Lohya (HEC) all made their first-class debuts.
Kamran Ghulam scored his 15th century in first-class cricket.[ 15]
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179/8 (49.1 overs)Saeed Ali 40 (67) Afaq Afridi 3/19 (12 overs)
Ghani Glass won the toss and elected to field.
Ghulam Haider (GHG) made his first-class debut.
Umar Amin scored his 30th century in first-class cricket.[ 16]
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146 (39.4 overs)
Uzair Mumtaz 46 (73) Asif Afridi 5/67 (18.4 overs)
Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat first.
Mohammad Arif (WAPDA) made his first-class debut.
Final
Water and Power Development Authority won the toss and elected to field.
Awards and statistics
Most runs
Most wickets
End of season awards
References
External links
Domestic cricket in 2023–24
First-class List A Twenty20