History of Domestic Cricket in Pakistan – Part Two
Continued from the previous part …
Performances in Quaid e Azam Trophy are considered as a benchmark by the national selection committee before they pick the squad for Pakistan cricket team. Karachi has won the Quaid e Azam Trophy 19 times, which is the most for any region or department.
Patrons Trophy
It is also a very important tournament which is usually played between the departmental teams. Patrons Trophy was introduced in 1960-61 and was named as Ayub Trophy, named after the then President of Pakistan, General http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ayub-Khan-c46866. 10 years later, it was played
by the name of BCCP Trophy for a couple of seasons before settling into Patrons Trophy. With an exception of 2002-03 season, Patrons Trophy has been consistently organized by PCB. It also consists of first-class matches. Habib Bank of Pakistan has won this
trophy eight times, which is the most for any team.
Pentangular Trophy
Pentangular Trophy is played on round http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Mahbubul-Alam-c73802 league between five top teams of the domestic cricket of Pakistan. Normally, three top teams of the Quaid e Azam Trophy and two best teams of the Patrons Trophy take part in this tournament. However, in early days,
PCB used to decide that which of the five teams will take part in the event. It was introduced in 1973-74 and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-International-Airlines-c831 (PIA) won the inaugural tournament.
This tournament has never been a permanent fixture of the domestic cricket calendar and it has been played with gaps of years. However, the quality of cricket is very good in this tournament as only the top teams participate in the Pentangular Trophy.
Domestic One Day Tournaments
The limited overs format of the game in the domestic cricket in Pakistan never had any regular competition and different tournaments lacked continuity. There were a number of competitions launched and later they were replaced with another tournament. Wills
Cup was a popular one day cricket tournament, which commenced in 1980-81 and it was a 45 overs a side event. In 2004-05, PCB found a new sponsor in shape of ABN-AMRO and the 50-overs tournament was named as the ABN-AMRO Cup, which was later replaced by Faysal
Bank Cup.
Domestic T20 Cricket
T20 cricket is the shortest form of the sport. It received amazing results in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 before T20 format was accepted at the international level. PCB decided to launch its own T20 tournament first time in 2004-05 as the event was named as the
ABN-AMRO T20 Cup. The inaugural tournament was won by Faisalabad Wolves, however, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sialkot-c842 won the tournament five times in a row after that, which is a record for any team.
This event has been regularly shown on television and Geo Super has covered all the domestic T20 cups since 2006-07. This is the reason why it got immense popularity amongst the masses in Pakistan and the people started to know about the upcoming players
of the country. This tournament has always been played between regional teams and the departmental teams have been kept away from this important tournament.
There are a number of domestic tournaments which are being organized by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board (PCB) every season but the need of the hour for the officials is to get consistent with their policies. This is the only way Pakistan can improve the standard
of domestic cricket in the country.
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