NOTE:
This is a draft proposal for review and consideration to improve the domestic
cricket structure. The schedules provided here are tentative and can be adjusted.
A-1. Introduction
It is a fact that fortunes of Pakistan’s national cricket team cannot be enhanced without a strong and competitive domestic first-class cricket set-up. Some former cricket stars, foremost among them being Imran Khan, have advocated for making domestic cricket structure totally regional, just like in Australia, where State teams play for Sheffield Cup and/or England, where teams play County Championship (counties can be defined as something similar to districts in Pakistan). Other cricket stars feel that since they provide employment in order to encourage development of young talent, regional (or cities) teams should play together with the departmental teams like Pakistan International Airlines (P.I.A.), Allied Bank (A.B.L.), Zarai Taraqiati bank (ZTBL.), Habib Bank Limited (H.B.L.), Customs, Railways, etc.
In order to accommodate both these ideas, in late 1980s, Pakistan Cricket Board (P.C.B.) came up with a system, where the major first-class cricket tournament in Pakistan “The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy” was made regional based (competed between city teams), while “The Patrons’ Trophy” was made for departmental teams (as mentioned above). Both the tournaments were divided into two leagues, with League 1 playing four-day first-class matches on home-&-away basis and League 2 playing non-first-class three-day games on the same home-&-away basis. There was a rule of promotion given to the top two teams of League 2 and relegating bottom two teams from League 1 in any following season. All these four day and three games were followed by a one-day game between the same teams to decide the better one-day side. Then there was the largest Wills’ Cup One-Day Cricket tournament, which used to bring both the cities and departmental teams, coming together to decide the best team.
This season 2003-2004 started of with the claim that domestic cricket has been revolutionized. Yes: There has been an alteration; however it has been a negative transformation. For the first quarter of the season, there has been little competition between the teams. Many cricketers (both senior and junior) are surprised that when the late 1980s cricket set-up was doing not all that bad, why P.C.B. decided to change the format and derailed the process of developing the natural talent.
A-2. Suggestions:
I am suggesting that a system similar to the late 1980s system should be brought back for 2004-05 season. Have the following ten city teams compete for “The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy”. While following ten departmental teams competing for “The Patrons’ Trophy”. These two tournaments should be played side-by-side starting on September 30 – 2004 and finishing on December 27 – 2005 (winner decided on points rather than playing Semi-Finals and Final):
“THE QUAID-E-AZAM TROPHY” TEAMS.
- K.C.C.A. (Karachi City Cricket Association)
- L.C.C.A. (Lahore City Cricket Association)
- P.D.C.A. (Peshawar Division Cricket Association)
- R.D.C.A. (Rawalpindi Cricket Associations)
- S.D.C.A. (Sargodha Division Cricket Associations)
- S.C.C.A. (Sialkot City Cricket Associations)
- I.C.A. (Islamabad Cricket Associations)
- B.D.C.A. (Bahawalpur Division Cricket Associations)
- M.D.C.A. (Multan Division Cricket Associations)
- F.D.C.A. (Faisalabad Division Cricket Associations)
“THE PATRONS’ TROPHY” TEAMS
- P.I.A. (Pakistan International Air Line)
- A.B.L. (Allied bank Limited)
- N.B.P. (National Bank of Pakistan)
- P.T.C.L. (Pakistan Telecommunication Limited)
- Z.T.B.L. (Zaraee Taraqiati Bank Limited)
- H.B.L. (Habib Bank Limited)
- K.P.T (Karachi Port Trust)
- K.R.L. (Kahota Research Libratory)
- Pakistan Customs
Province Teams
- Punjab
- Sindh
- Bolouchistan
- NWFP
- Federal Capital
These teams should play on single-league basis playing one four-day game against each other. There would also be break in the beginning during Ramadan in the weeks of Monday - October 11 – 2004 till November 17 – 2004. Here are the dates for the nine weeks first single-league round matches, tournament should be on single-league basis and the winner decided on points rather than a separate final. Here are the suggested dates for this tournament:
Schedule of “The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy” & “The Patrons’ Trophy”
(Division one)
Winning Prize: xxx
2nd Prize : xxx
3rd Prize : xxx
- September 30 – 2004 - Oct 01 – 02 – 03 – 2004 (Five Association / Five Dept Matches)
- October 07 – 08 – 09 – 10 – 2004 (Same as above) One Live Match
Break in “The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy” & “The Patrons’ Trophy” & Ramadan
One-Day Inter-Provincial Tournament is held (Schedule provided later)
- November 18 – 19 – 20 – 21 – 2004 (Five Association / Five Department Matches)
- November 24- 25 – 26 – 27 – 2004 (Same as above)
- December 30 – 01 – 02 – 03 – 2004 (Same as above) One Live match
- December 06 – 07 – 08 – 09 – 2004 (Same as above)
- December 12 – 13 – 14 – 15 – 2004 (Same as above)
- December 18 – 19 – 20 – 21 - 2004 (Same as above)
- December 24 – 25 – 26 – 27 – 2004 (Same as above) One Live match
- Best batsman of the tournament
- Best bowler of the Tournament
- Best Wicket keeper of the Tournament
- Best All Rounder of The Tournament
During Ramadan, “The Ramadan Inter-Provincial Day-&-Night One-Day Tournament” should be held between Sindh – N.W.F.P. – Balouchistan – Punjab – Capital teams playing against each other once and final on November 09 – 2004. Here are the dates for the eleven games of this tournament:
Schedule Of “The Ramadan Inter-Provincial Day-&-Night One-Day Tournament” (Premier League)
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All available Test and International players should participate in this competition Domestic Marketing Manager Start work for sponsorship for all Province. Some Matches Live Televise. Minimum contract of player with Province Rs.300, 000 one year.
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The Province needs to be put in place on the basis that once the funding from PCB ceases in three years time the Province will be able to financially support itself
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One inning base on 25 over |
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In Last 5 over 2 Fielders outside circle and 2nd new Ball
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Match Start 3.30 till 5.15 2nd inning 6.00 till 7.45
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1st Prize Money : xxx
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2nd Prize Money: xxx
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- October 19 – 2004 One Match (Live)
- October 21 – 2004 One Match
- October 23 – 2004 One Match (Live)
- October 25 – 2004 One Match
- October 27 – 2004 One Match (Live)
- October 29 – 2004 One Match
- October 31 – 2004 One Match (Live)
- November 02 – 2004 One Match
- November 04 – 2004 One Match (Live)
- November 06 – 2004 One Match
- November 09 – 2004 (Final Live)
- Best batsman of the tournament
- Best bowler of the Tournament
- Best Wicket keeper of the Tournament
- Best All Rounder of The Tournament
“The Premier Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament” should be held between Sindh – N.W.F.P. – Balouchistan – Punjab – Capital teams. On each set of five days, two games should be held, tournament again should be on single-league basis and the winner decided on points rather than a separate final.
Here are the suggested dates for this tournament:
Schedule for “The Premier Inter-Provincial Cricket Tournament” (Premier League)
| V |
All available Test and International players should participate in this competition Domestic Marketing Manager Start work for sponsorship for all Province. Some Matches Live Televise. |
| V |
1st Prize Money : xxx |
| V |
2nd Prize Money : xxx |
- January 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 2005 (Two Matches) One Match Live
- January 10 – 11 – 12 – 13 – 2005 (Two Matches)
- January 17 – 18 – 19 – 20 – 2005 (Two Matches)
- January 24 – 25 – 26 – 27 – 2005 (Two Matches)
- February 03 – 04 – 05 – 06 – 2005 (Two Matches) One match Live
- Best batsman of the tournament
- Best bowler of the Tournament
- Best Wicket keeper of the Tournament
- Best All Rounder of the Tournament
At the end of this “The National One-Day Cricket Tournament Of City Associations”, “The National One-Day Cricket Tournament Of Departmental Teams” should be held with the same ten teams from “The Patrons’ Trophy” competing (two groups – five teams each). Here are the suggested dates for this tournament:
Schedule for “The National One-Day Cricket Tournament of Departmental Teams”
Four Matches of Departmental teams every Match Date: 10 Teams 5 in One Group
1st Prize Money: xxx
2nd Prize Money: xxx
- February 22 – 2005
- February 24 – 2005
- February 26 – 2005
- February 28 – 2005
- March 02 – 2005 (The Two Semi-Finals) LIVE ON TV
- March 05 – 2005 (Final) LIVE ON TV
- Best batsman of the tournament
- Best bowler of the Tournament
- Best Wicket keeper of the Tournament
- Best All Rounder of The Tournament
Under 19 - School - & - Club Cricket
The Under 19 Cricket should be played on the same ten City Association basis,
three-day matches and played during late August and September 2004, with the
Final (four-day match) finished by September 26 – 2004. Also “The National
School Cricket Championship” and “National Club Cricket Championship” should
be held sometime during the season, either during late August and September
2004 (better time, since schools are towards the end of summer break) or
March 2005 (after all the major Domestic Cricket Tournaments are finished).
For school and club cricket, either take the ten school and club teams from the ten
“The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy” City Associations, which wins the local city-level school
championship (better option) or ask the ten local City Associations to select and
send for the competition their City School and City Club teams based on the performance
of the players competing in the local school and club cricket. Finals of all these
three tournaments, namely “The Under-19 Championship”, “The National School Cricket
Championship” and “The National Club Cricket Championship” should be shown live on
television, members of National Selection Committee and former cricketer stars should
be invited to these finals and special efforts should be made to bring large crowds
to see these games at the stadiums.
Idea of Sponsor Tournament
- PEPSI Patrons Trophy (PEPSI Main sponsor in Indian series)
- PEPSI Qauid-e Azam trophy
- PCB Province Cup One Day
- PIA Province Trophy First Class
- HBL Association One Day Cup
- NBP Department One Day Cup
- TCS & Instaphone under 19 Championship
- Mobilink Inter Club Cricket Tournament
- Nestle Inter School Cricket Tournament
POINTS SYSTEM
Points System For Domestic Season 2004-05 (First-Class)
| 9 |
Points for Out-Right win
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| 4 |
Points for First Innings Lead |
Bonus Points System For Domestic Season 2004-05 (First-Class)
| 1 |
Point for more then 100 Runs First Inning Lead and match drawn |
| 5 |
Points for Out-Right Victory by Innings Defeat |
| 2 |
Points for Follow-On |
| 3 |
Points for Win by 10 wickets |
| 2 |
Points for Win by 8 wickets |
| 1 |
Points for Win by 6 wickets |
| 3 |
Points for Win by 175 runs |
| 2 |
Points for Win by 125 runs |
| 1 |
Point for Win by 75 runs |
| 1 |
Point Each for Washed-Out match |
Points System For Domestic Season 2004-05 (One-Day)
| No result |
1 Point Each |
| Win |
3 Points |
| Match Tie |
2 Points Each |
Bonus Points System For Domestic Season 2004-05 (One-Day)
| Win over 75 runs 1 Point |
| Win by over 8 wickets 1 Point |
| Maximum Points in One Match |
1.Inning Victory with Follow-on
First Inning Lead 4, Out Right Win 9, Follow-on 2 & Inning Victory 5
Total Points 20
2.Inning Victory Without Follow-on
First Inning Lead 4, Out Right Win 9 & Inning Victory 5
Total Points 18
3.Ten Wicket Win with Follow-on
First Inning Lead 4, Out Right Win 9, Follow-on 2 & Ten Wickets win 2
Total Points 18
4.175 Runs win
First Inning Lead 4, Out Right Win 9 & win by 175 Runs 2
Total Points 15
Proposed idea of province cricket
Examples
Punjab Province (Standard Chartered)
Zaheer Abbas (Paid Coach)
Paid Professional Manager
Team
Paid Players
- Yousuf Youhanna
- Taufeeq Umer
- Mohammad Hafeez
- Salman But
- Sufian Munir
- Kamran Akmal
- Abdul Razzaq
- Waqar Younus
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Riaz Afridi
- Rana Naveed
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- Jaffar Nazir
- Asif Mujtaba
Sindh Province (FedEx)
Javed Miandad (Paid Coach)
Paid Professional Manager
Team
Paid Players
- Shadab Kabir
- Shahid Afridi
- Hasan Raza
- Farhan Adil
- Khalid Latif
- Misbah Ul haq
- Moin Khan
- Mohammad Sami
- Danish Kaneria
- Tanveer Ahmed
- Shabbir Ahmed
- Khurram Manzoor
- Bazid Khan
- Naeem Khan WK
- Manzoor Akhter
Bolouchistan Province (Shell)
Aaqib Javed (Paid Coach)
Paid Professional Manager
Team
Paid Players
- Imran Farhat
- Imran Nazir
- Faisal Iqbal
- Shahhid Yousuf
- Rashid Latif
- Inzamam ul haq
- Mansoor Amjad
- Rao Iftikhar
- Fazl-e-Akber
- Shahid Nazir
- Naveed Qureshi
- Ashar Zaidi
- Irshad Hussain
NWFP Province (Citi Bank)
Jalal ud Din (Paid Coach)
Paid Professional Manager
Team
Paid Players
- Wajahat ul Lah Wasti
- Usman Tariq
- Akhter Sarfraz
- Younus Khan
- Yasir Hameed
- Atiq uz zaman
- Shoaib Malik
- Yasir Arafat
- Kabir Khan
- Sajid Shah
- Abdul Rauf
- Arshad Khan
- Riffat Ullah
- Taimoor Khan
Federal Capital (McDonald)
Ehtisham Ud din (Paid Coach)
Paid Professional Manager
Team
Paid Players
- Salim Elahi
- Imran Nazir
- Mohammad Wasim
- Mohammad Ramzan
- Ejaz Junior
- Azhar Mehmood
- Bilal Asad
- Shoaib Akhter
- Mohammad Akram
- Ahmed Zeshan WK
- Maisam Hasnain
- Tahir Mughal|
- Babar Naeem
- Mohammad Khalil
- Najaf Shah
- Mohammad Hussain
PCB Players of the year 2004
- Batsman
- Bowler
- Wicket-Keeper
- Utility-Player (All-rounder)
Revival of School & Club Cricket (Education Board)
June
Inter School Cricket Tournament
Two Day 60 Over 1st Inning
Per day 120 over
If any team play less than 60 over other team play remaining over
Match Start 9.00 Lunch 1.00 Last session Start 2.00 end 6.00
Inert Board Cricket Tournament (Education Board)
July
Three Day no limit in 1st Inning
Per day 120 over
Match Start 9.00 Lunch 1.00 Last session Start 2.00 end 6.00
Inter Club Cricket Tournament Senior & Junior League (Association)
February
Senior league (Registered Club)
One Day Cricket Tournament
55 Over per Inning
Junior League (Affiliated Club)
February
One Day Cricket Tournament
55 Over per Inning
Inter Zonal Cricket Tournament (District)
March
Two Day 60 Over 1st Inning
Per day 120 over
If any team play less than 60 over other team play remaining over
Match Start 9.00 Lunch 1.00 Last session Start 2.00 end 6.00
Cut down veterans cricket
Kcca start inter department and inter firms cricket tournament they stick on Zonal and club cricket
Revival College & university Cricket
Inter Collegiate cricket Tournament
One Day Cricket Tournament
55 Over Inning
Inter University Cricket Tournament
March-April
Three Day Cricket tournaments
Per day 90 over
Inter Zonal Under 19 Cricket Tournaments
Two Day 60 Over 1st Inning
Per day 120 over
If any team play less than 60 over other team play remaining over
Match Start 9.00 Lunch 1.00 Last session Start 2.00 end 6.00
Pakistan under 19 Championships
One day & three day Cricket Tournament
