| Countries |  Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Administrator | PCB |
| Format | First-class |
| First edition | 1960–61 |
| Latest edition | 2024–25 |
| Next edition | 2025–26 |
| Tournament format | Round-robin and knockout |
| Number of teams | 8 |
| Current champion | Pakistan Television (1st title) |
| Most successful | Karachi (11 titles) |
| Website | Pakistan Cricket Board |
The President's Trophy (formerly Patron's Trophy) is a cricket competition that is held in Pakistan. It was previously held between 1960–61 and 2018–19 but was refounded from the 2023–24 season. It consists of teams representing the government and semi-government departments, corporations, commercial organisations, business houses, banks, airlines, and educational institutions.[1]
Matches in the competition were afforded first-class status in most seasons until 2006–07,[2] when the domestic first-class competition was reorganised and merged into the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). From then on, the Patron's Trophy was a Grade II competition until a major revamp of domestic cricket in 2019 brought an end to the competition.
For the 2012–13 domestic season a new first-class competition, called the President's Trophy Grade I, was created for departments. It was announced as a renaming of the Patron's Trophy,[3] and ran for just two seasons before the PCB merged the regions and departments back into a reorganised Quaid-i-Azam Trophy for the 2014–15 season.[4][5] The President's Trophy was refounded again from the 2023/24 season after another revamp of the domestic structure.[6][7]
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- ^ Reporter, The Newspaper's Sports (2023-08-12). "PCB finalises revamped domestic cricket structure". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2023-08-30.
- ^ "Second first-class competition added to Pakistan's domestic calendar". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2023-08-30.