2024–25 President's Trophy

2024–25 President's Trophy
Dates8 January 2025 – 12 April 2025
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class (4-day)
Tournament format(s)Round robin and final
Host(s)Pakistan
Participants9
Matches37
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The 2024–25 President's Trophy is a first-class domestic cricket competition in Pakistan, played from January to April 2025.[1][2] It is being contested by nine departmental teams, across four venues in Karachi. In January 2025, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament.[3]

Teams

Nine teams are playing in the tournament:[4]

The seven teams that contested the 2023–24 tournament have been joined by Eshaal Associates and Oil and Gas Development Company Limited, two teams new to first-class cricket.

Competition format

The nine departmental teams play each other in a round-robin format, therefore playing eight matches each. The tournament consists of 37 matches: nine rounds of four matches each, followed by a final between the top two teams. The bottom two teams will be relegated to the President's Trophy Grade-II tournament.[5]

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L D Pts
1 State Bank of Pakistan 2 1 1 0 36
2 Sui Northern 2 1 1 0 31
3 Oil & Gas Development Company Limited 2 1 1 0 30
4 Eshaal Associates 2 1 1 0 29
5 Higher Education Commission 2 1 1 0 27
6 Pakistan TV 2 1 1 0 26
7 Water and Power 1 1 0 0 24
8 Ghani Glass 1 1 0 0 24
9 Khan Research Laboratories 2 0 2 0 12
Updated to match(es) played on 11 January 2025. Source: ESPNcricinfo[6]

League stage

Round 1

8–11 January 2025
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406 (98.3 overs)
Qasim Akram 138 (171)
Amad Butt 4/85 (31.1 overs)
333 (81.4 overs)
Mohammad Taha 86 (183)
Aftab Ibrahim 3/62 (16 overs)
261 (62 overs)
Arafat Minhas 57 (55)
Israr Hussain 3/52 (18 overs)
335/6 (67 overs)
Taimur Khan 108* (106)
Aftab Ibrahim 3/63 (14 overs)
Pakistan TV won by 4 wickets
HPC Oval Ground, Karachi
Umpires: Zulfiqar Jan and Imran Javed
  • Pakistan TV won the toss and elected to field.
  • Arafat Minhas (Sui Northern) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Pakistan TV 22, Sui Northern 8
8–11 January 2025
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171 (62.1 overs)
Hasan Raza 84 (126)
Kashif Bhatti 4/35 (16.1 overs)
172 (54.1 overs)
Fawad Alam 82* (142)
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/48 (13 overs)
369 (111 overs)
Adil Amin 117* (180)
Niaz Khan 5/86 (30 overs)
240/9 (89.2 overs)
Fawad Alam 106 (242)
Mushtaq Ahmed 4/66 (17 overs)
Oil & Gas won by 128 runs
State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Tariq Rasheed and Kashif Sohail
  • Oil & Gas won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Huzaifa and Raja Hamza Waheed (Oil and Gas) both made their first-class debuts.
  • Points: Oil & Gas 23, State Bank of Pakistan 7
8–11 January 2025
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268 (83.3 overs)
Mohammad Ammar Khan 75 (126)
Arshadullah 4/51 (22 overs)
152 (48.2 overs)
Imran Rafiq 54 (81)
Mohammad Zeeshan 3/32 (10.2 overs)
313/7d (77.4 overs)
Muhammad Akhlaq 125 (181)
Arshadullah 7/77 (23.4 overs)
140/9 (40.3 overs)
Imran Rafiq 38 (39)
Muhammad Adil 4/44 (12 overs)
Water and Power won by 290 runs
National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Qaiser Waheed
  • Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mohammad Zeeshan (Water and Power) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Water and Power 24, Khan Research Laboratories 5
8–11 January 2025
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341 (77.2 overs)
Danish Aziz 121 (156)
Mohammad Azab 5/118 (23.2 overs)
224 (60.2 overs)
Muhammad Mohsin Khan 54 (69)
Tahir Hussain 4/46 (16 overs)
288/8 (71 overs)
Azan Awais 119 (171)
Maaz Khurram 3/61 (17 overs)
213 (64.5 overs)
Mohammad Zubair 51 (59)
Usman Tariq 5/62 (18 overs)
Eshaal Associates won by 192 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Mohammad Sajid
  • Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to field.
  • Faham-ul-Haq, Maaz Khurram, Mehmood Nawaz Afridi, Mehmood Nawaz Afridi, Mohammad Sudais, Mohammad Zubair and Usman Tariq all made their first-class debuts.
  • Mohammad Azab (Higher Education Commission) took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
  • Points: Eshaal Associates 24, Higher Education Commission 4

Round 2

14–17 January 2025
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197 (64.5 overs)
Abdul Rehman Muzammil 68* (142)
Mohammad Hamza 4/33 (16.5 overs)
198 (72.1 overs)
Shahzaib Khan 76 (148)
Aamer Yamin 3/38 (19 overs)
178 (60.4 overs)
Adil Amin 54 (156)
Shehzad Gul 4/33 (16.4 overs)
180/3 (44.4 overs)
Qasim Akram 58* (37)
Mushtaq Ahmed 1/29 (11 overs)
Sui Northern won by 7 wickets
United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Zulfiqar Jan
  • Oil & Gas won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sui Northern 23, Oil & Gas 7
14–17 January 2025
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93 (43.1 overs)
Shamyl Hussain 27 (70)
Muhammad Ismail 4/19 (10 overs)
414/9d (98.1 overs)
Umar Amin 101 (137)
Mehran Sanwal 5/103 (28.1 overs)
215 (67.3 overs)
Shamyl Hussain 49 (104)
Muhammad Ismail 5/92 (19 overs)
State Bank of Pakistan won by an innings and 106 runs
State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Tariq Rasheed
  • State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Salman Khan (Pakistan TV) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: State Bank of Pakistan 29, Pakistan TV 4
14–17 January 2025
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137 (46.1 overs)
Uzair Mumtaz 26 (47)
Arshadullah 5/31 (17.1 overs)
183 (57.3 overs)
Saad Baig 66 (98)
Mohammad Azab 5/59 (21.3 overs)
239 (83 overs)
Obaid Shahid 72 (145)
Arshadullah 5/65 (22 overs)
63 (21.5 overs)
Saad Baig 12 (12)
Mohammad Azab 4/13 (8.5 overs)
Higher Education Commission won by 130 runs
National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Imran Javed and Qaiser Waheed
  • Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Qaiser (Khan Research Laboratories) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Higher Education Commission 23, Khan Research Laboratories 7
14–17 January 2025
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379 (79.2 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 139* (176)
Danish Aziz 3/60 (12 overs)
293 (80.5 over)
Umar Siddiq 127 (164)
Afaq Afridi 3/45 (18 overs)
242 (56.3 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 53 (57)
Nisar Ahmad 3/61 (14 overs)
99/9 (24.5 overs)
Nisar Ahmad 36 (25)
Ubaid Shah 4/44 (7 overs)
Ghani Glass won by 229 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Aaley Haider and Mohammad Sajid
  • Eshaal Asscciates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Ghani Glass 24, Eshaal Associates 5

Round 3

Round 4

26–29 January 2025
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HPC Oval Ground, Karachi

Round 5

1–4 February 2025
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HPC Oval Ground, Karachi

Round 6

7–10 February 2025
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Karachi City Cricket Association Stadium, Karachi

Round 7

13–16 February 2025
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13–16 February 2025
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Round 8

19–22 February 2025
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Round 9

25–28 February 2025
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25–28 February 2025
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Final

8–12 April 2025
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TBA

References

  1. ^ "PCB Announces President's Trophy Grade-I 2024-2025". Propakistani. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  2. ^ "President's Trophy Grade-I to start from today". The News. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  3. ^ "President's Trophy Grade-I to begin from Wednesday". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  4. ^ "President's Trophy Grade-I to kick off on January 8 in Karachi". Geo Super. Retrieved 9 January 2025.
  5. ^ "President's Trophy Grade-I to begin from 8 January". PCB. 3 January 2025. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  6. ^ "President's Trophy 2025 Points Table". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 January 2025.