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 (PCB was then named the Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan or BCCP), 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.
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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 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 1991–92 Habib Bank 1992–93 Habib Bank 1993–94 Agriculture Development Bank 1994–95 Allied Bank Limited PCB Patron's Trophy 1995–96 Agriculture Development Bank 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 ABN-AMRO Patron's Trophy 2004–05 Habib Bank + Pakistan International Airlines 2005–06 National Bank of Pakistan 2006–07 Habib Bank 2007–08 to2011–12 No competition President's Trophy 2012–13 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines 2013–14 Sui Northern Gas Pipelines2023–24Sui Northern Gas Pipelines2024–252025–26
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