# 2023–24 President's Trophy

The 2023–24 President's Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition played in Pakistan. 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. The final was rescheduled a second time to 9 February and moved from Karachi to Rawalpindi. It was played by seven departmental teams, across three venues in Karachi and one venue in Rawalpindi. In December 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament. It marked the return of departmental cricket in Pakistan since the 2018–19 season. Although eight teams were originally scheduled to participate, Sui Southern Gas Company pulled out of the tournament.

## Teams

Seven teams took part in the tournament:
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited
* Pakistan Television
* State Bank of Pakistan
* Water and Power Development Authority
* Khan Research Laboratories
* Higher Education Commission
* Ghani Glass

## Competition format

The seven departmental teams played each other in a round-robin format, therefore playing six matches each. 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. 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. 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.

## Squads

| Pakistan Television | SNGPL | Ghani Glass | Higher Education Commission | Khan Research Laboratories | WAPDA | State Bank of Pakistan |
| Uzair Mumtaz (c) Humayun Altaf Muhammad Shahzad Mohammad Suleman Hassan Nawaz Nasir Nawaz Taimur Khan Waqar Hussain Mohammad Junaid Faisal Akram Aaliyan Mehmood Ahmad Safi Abdullah Daniyal Hussain Adil Naz Ibtisam Rehman Sudais Ulfat Israr Hussain Jahandad Khan Hassan Mohsin Mohammad Sadaqat | Sahibzada Farhan (c) Shahzaib Khan Saim Ayub Azhar Ali Asad Shafiq Saud Shakeel Omair Yousuf Mubasir Khan Ali Waqas Mohammad Rizwan Haseebullah Khan Abbas Afridi Mir Hamza Mohammad Ali Mohammad Waseem Bilawal Bhatti Awais Anwar Hunain Shah Yasir Shah Mehran Mumtaz | Shan Masood (c) Sharjeel Khan Kashif Ali Tayyab Tahir Mohsin Raza Farhan Sarfraz Hussain Talat Shadab Khan Saeed Malik Noman Ali Mohammad Irfan Shahbaz Javed Saad Nasim Sheraz Khan Muhammad Musa Moeez Ghani Niaz Khan Ghulam Mudassar Ahad Malik Ghulam Haider | Mohammad Huraira (c) Saad Khan Anas Mustafa Jahanzaib Sultan Waseem Akram Awais Zafar Muhammad Mohsin Khan Wahaj Riaz Obaid Shahid Ghazi Ghouri Zaid Bin Nadeem Aqib Liaquat Haris Khan Muhammad Juanid Umer Lohya Mohammad Azab Abdul Rehman Asadullah Hamza Kashif Ali | Abdul Faseeh (c) Ali Zaryab Imran Dogar Imran Rafiq Sarmad Bhatti Sharoon Siraj Waqar Ahmad Israrullah Maaz Sadaqat Kashif Ali Ahmed Bashir Sirajuddin Mohammad Imran Mohammad Amir Khan Arshadullah Rohail Nazir Jamal Anwar Rohan Qadri Umer Khan Shayan Sheikh | Mohammad Saad (c) Bismillah Khan Ayaz Tasawar Umar Kiyani Khalid Usman Tahir Hussain Irfanullah Shah Ahmad Shahzad Iftikhar Ahmed Mohammad Saleem Umar Akmal Basit Ali Naqeeb Masood Mohammad Naveed Mohammad Arif Hassan Abid Ali Raza Ahmed Khan Asif Afridi Muhammad Akhlaq | Usman Salahuddin (c) Umar Amin Salman Ali Agha Zain Abbas Rizwan Hussain Mohammad Mohsin Rameez Aziz Irfan Khan Ali Shan Ameer Hamza Nisar Ahmad Kashif Bhatti Mohammad Imran Sameen Gul Zahid Mahmood Mohammad Ilyas Ali Usman Aftab Ibrahim Mohammad Abbas Affaq Afridi |

## Venues

| Karachi | Karachi | Karachi | Rawalpindi |
| National Stadium | State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex | United Bank Limited Sports Complex | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 34,000 | Capacity: 1000 | Capacity: 1000 | Capacity: 15,000 |
| Matches: 7 | Matches: 7 | Matches: 7 | Matches: 1 |
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## League stage
### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Water and Power Development Authority | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 0.329 |
| 2 | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 57 | 0.630 |
| 3 | State Bank of Pakistan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0.481 |
| 4 | Ghani Glass | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 44 | -0.406 |
| 5 | Khan Research Laboratories | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | -0.500 |
| 6 | Pakistan Television | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | -0.119 |
| 7 | Higher Education Commission | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | -0.495 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo ||||||||||
* The top 2 teams qualified for the Final

### Round 1

* 16–19 December 2023 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Ghulam Sarwar
* 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.
* 16–19 December 2023 Scorecard
* State Bank of Pakistan won by 10 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imranullah Aslam and Saqib Khan
* Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat.
* Adil Naz, Hasan Nawaz and Uzair Mumtaz (PTV) all made their first-class debuts.
* 16–19 December 2023 Scorecard
* Water and Power Development Authority won by 48 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Farooq Ali Khan and Majid Hussain
* 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

* 22–24 December 2023 Scorecard
* Khan Research Laboratories won by 1 wicket State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ghulam Sarwar and Majid Hussain
* Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohsin Riaz and Saeed Malik (Ghani Glass) both made their first-class debuts.
* 22–25 December 2023 Scorecard
* Water and Power Development Authority won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar and Farooq Ali Khan
* 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.
* 22–25 December 2023 Scorecard
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won by 8 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imranullah Aslam and Saqib Khan
* Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat.
* Arif Yaqoob (SNGCP) and Faisal Akram (PTV) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 3

* 28–31 December 2023 Scorecard`
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won by 6 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Nasir Hussain
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
* 28–31 December 2023 Scorecard
* Ghani Glass won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Aleem Dar and Zulfiqar Jan
* Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to field.
* 28–31 December 2023 Scorecard
* Khan Research Laboratories won by 120 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Faisal Afridi
* Higher Education Commission won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 4

* 3–6 January 2024 Scorecard
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won by 8 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Tariq Rasheed and Imran Jawed
* 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.
* 3–6 January 2024 Scorecard
* Ghani Glass won by 161 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Zulfiqar Jan
* Ghani Glass won the toss and elected to bat.
* Asadullah Hamza, Haris Khan and Wahaj Riaz (HEC) all made their first-class debuts.
* 3–6 January 2024 Scorecard
* State Bank of Pakistan won by 9 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Nasir Hussain and Kashif Sohail
* State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Afaq Afridi (SBP) made his first-class debut.

### Round 5

* 9–12 January 2024 Scorecard
* Water and Power Development Authority won by 144 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Qaiser Khan
* 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.
* 9–12 January 2024 Scorecard
* Pakistan Television won by 209 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Abdul Muqeet and Kashif Sohail
* 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.
* 9–12 January 2024 Scorecard
* State Bank of Pakistan won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Tariq Rasheed and Aslam Bareach
* State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 6

* 15–18 January 2024 Scorecard
* Water and Power Development Authority won by 294 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Qaiser Khan
* Ghani Glass won the toss and elected to field.
* 15–18 January 2024 Scorecard
* Pakistan Television won by 155 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Abdul Muqeet
* Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15–18 January 2024 Scorecard
* State Bank of Pakistan won by 10 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Aslam Bareach
* 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

* 21–24 January 2024 Scorecard
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won by 109 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Waleed Yaqub
* 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.
* 21–24 January 2024 Scorecard
* Ghani Glass won by 2 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Imran Jawed
* 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.
* 21–24 January 2024 Scorecard
* Water and Power Development Authority won by 3 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Muhammad Asif and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Pakistan Television won the toss and elected to bat first.
* Mohammad Arif (WAPDA) made his first-class debut.

## Final

* 9–13 February 2024 Scorecard
* Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won by 519 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Sahibzada Farhan and Shahnawaz Dahani (Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited)
* Water and Power Development Authority won the toss and elected to field.

## Awards and statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Team | Runs |
| Abdul Faseeh | Khan Research Laboratories | 637 |
| Saad Nasim | Ghani Glass | 595 |
| Abid Ali | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited | 570 |
| Umar Amin | State Bank of Pakistan | 547 |
| Saad Khan | Higher Education Commission | 529 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Most wickets

| Player | Team | Wickets |
| Mohammad Rameez | Ghani Glass | 42 |
| Asif Afridi | Water and Power Development Authority | 37 |
| Shahnawaz Dahani | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited | 25 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | Ghani Glass | 23 |
| Faisal Akram | Pakistan Television | 20 |
* Source: ESPNcricinfo

### End of season awards

| Name | Team | Award | Prize |
| Abdul Faseeh | Khan Research Laboratories | Player of the Tournament | Rs. 100,000 (US$350) |
| Mohammad Rameez | Ghani Glass | Player of the Tournament | Rs. 100,000 (US$350) |
| Abdul Faseeh | Khan Research Laboratories | Batsman of the tournament | Rs. 100,000 (US$350) |
| Mohammad Rameez | Ghani Glass | Bowler of the tournament | Rs. 100,000 (US$350) |
| Shahbaz Javed | Ghani Glass | Wicket-keeper of the tournament | Rs. 100,000 (US$350) |
* Source: PCB