# President's Trophy (cricket)

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.
Matches in the competition were afforded first-class status in most seasons until 2006–07, 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, 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. The President's Trophy was refounded again from the 2023/24 season after another revamp of the domestic structure.

## History

The competition was founded in 1960–61 as the Ayub Trophy, named after then President of Pakistan, Ayub Khan. In 1970–71 the competition was renamed the BCCP Trophy, and two years later it received the title BCCP Patron's Trophy, recognising its purpose as a competition for departmental teams, as opposed to the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy, which was primarily contested by teams from regional associations. A year later, in 1973–74, the Pentangular Trophy was introduced, contested by the leading teams from both competitions.
The President's Trophy has most often been contested by all departmental teams, but has been a mixed competition with regional associations and even all associations. Matches in the competition had the first-class status until 2006–07 with the exception of the seasons from 1979 to 1983, and the 1999–2000 season. When it has not been a first-class competition, the Patron's Trophy has commonly acted as a qualifying competition for the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy by means of promotion and relegation.

## Winners

| Season | Team |
| Ayub Trophy ||
| 1960–61 | Railways + Quetta |
| 1961–62 | Karachi |
| 1962–63 | Karachi |
| 1963–64 | No competition |
| 1964–65 | Karachi |
| 1965–66 | Karachi Blues |
| 1966–67 | No competition |
| 1967–68 | Karachi Blues |
| 1968–69 | No competition |
| 1969–70 | Pakistan International Airlines |
| BCCP Trophy ||
| 1970–71 | Pakistan International Airlines |
| 1971–72 | Pakistan International Airlines |
| BCCP Patron's Trophy ||
| 1972–73 | Karachi Blues |
| 1973–74 | Railways |
| 1974–75 | National Bank of Pakistan |
| 1975–76 | National Bank of Pakistan |
| 1976–77 | Habib Bank |
| 1977–78 | Habib Bank |
| 1978–79 | National Bank of Pakistan |
| 1979–80 | Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan |
| 1980–81 | Rawalpindi |
| 1981–82 | Allied Bank Limited |
| 1982–83 | Pakistan Automobiles Corporation |
| 1983–84 | Karachi Blues |
| 1984–85 | Karachi Whites |
| 1985–86 | Karachi Whites |
| 1986–87 | National Bank of Pakistan |
| 1987–88 | Habib Bank |
| 1988–89 | Karachi |
| 1989–90 | Karachi Whites |
| 1990–91 | Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan |
| 1991–92 | Habib Bank |
| 1992–93 | Habib Bank |
| 1993–94 | Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan |
| 1994–95 | Allied Bank Limited |
| PCB Patron's Trophy ||
| 1995–96 | Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan |
| 1996–97 | United Bank Limited |
| 1997–98 | Habib Bank |
| 1998–99 | Habib Bank |
| 1999–2000 | Lahore City Blues |
| 2000–01 | Pakistan Customs |
| 2001–02 | National Bank of Pakistan |
| 2002–03 | No competition |
| 2003–04 | Agriculture Development Bank of Pakistan |
| ABN-AMRO Patron's Trophy ||
| 2004–05 | Habib Bank + Pakistan International Airlines |
| 2005–06 | National Bank of Pakistan |
| 2006–07 | Habib Bank |
| 2007–08 to 2011–12 | No competition |
| President's Trophy ||
| 2012–13 | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines |
| 2013–14 | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines |
| 2023–24 | Sui Northern Gas Pipelines |
| 2024–25 | Pakistan Television |