The Chairman of the PCB Cricket Management Committee, Iqbal Qasim on Monday announced the PCB Domestic Schedule for the next season at a press conference held at the PCB Head Office, Gaddafi Stadium Lahore.

The text of the official statement made by him is attached.


Khalid Butt
Media Manager
July 08, 2002

On behalf of Cricket Management Committee of PCB, we have the honour to unfold the PCB Domestic schedule for the forthcoming season 2002-2003.

Generally, the Domestic Cricket in Pakistan has been the subject of bitter criticism since its inception. Whenever our national team faced debacle in a Tests series or World Cup, the Domestic Cricket was and is made the scapegoat blaming for its faulty structure. After thorough study of our Domestic Structure from the inception of BCCP in 1948, one can easily find out that there can only be two formats as follows: -

1. Associations and Departments teams playing tournament separately. This format continued since 1988 through 1998 and then 2000-2002

Or
2. Associations and Departments team playing jointly in one tournament.

1. The players have more chances to play first class matches i.e from Departments as well from their respective Associations.
2. The Departmental tournament becomes more competitive whereas Associations tournaments lack competition.

1. Inclusion of Departmental players in the Associations teams denied the chances of young promising players to play at top level. Lack of competitive cricket among Associations (except few).
2. The discarded Test Cricketers or Veteran first class players surfaced again and again, at the same time and young cricketer managed to do well in batting and bowling department in one season and create false impression. Experience revealed that during last many years a number of players have been tried out on this basis of their performance in QAT and most of them faded out, due to their faulty technique, or their inability to cope with required standard of the game.

1. Large number of young and promising player will get a chance to play first class cricket from respective Association and their talent
be tested out against Departmental teams consisting of experienced bowlers and batsmen.
2. The promising / talented players of Associations will learn better skills from better player of Departments while playing together.

1. Association while playing with Department may not win tournament and face difficulties against competitive bowling and batting. However, the standard of Association will improve with passage of time.

1. Stress to ensure the quality of first class cricket.
2. The idea of Super League comprising top players of the country be held.
3. The selection of Association teams should be made on merit.

1. Introduction of Super League to be played among the top players of the country (First Class plus One day)
2. Separate first class tournament of Associations and Departments be merged into one tournament i.e QAT. Bottom team of Department plus one bottom team of Association will be relegated to Kardar Trophy and Cornelius Trophy.
3. PCB Eleven, consisting of second string of National players will participate in QAT.
4. Keeping in view the popularity of One day tournament world over, due importance has given to domestic tournament and only 16 top teams (8 Associations Plus 8 Departments) of QAT will play One Day tournament and it will be called 'Patron's Cup'.

1. Department and Associations will submit 20 names of their player for registration and rest of the players will be allowed to play for any Association as per rules.
2. In the forthcoming first class tournament the Kookaburra balls will be used during the matches. The PCB has arranged and will supply against subsided rates. This will help in enhancing the quality of play.
3. To raise the standard of the domestic cricket, it is imperative to evoke competitive sprit among the Association. An Association may include maximum of 5 guest players in a playing XI, in all domestic tournaments including Under-19.
4. A player can play for only one Association in all domestic tournaments in one domestic season except players participated in Under-19 competition, are exempted and can represent any Association in QAT Trophy or Cornelius Trophy or PCB Trophy as local player, if eligible under rules or as a guest player. For this a residential qualification period has been reduced from one year to six months. Once he has represented any Association in QAT, Cornelius and PCB Trophy, then he can not play for any other Association during the same domestic season.

FIRST CLASS TOURNAMENTS

ONE DAY TOURNAMENTS

NON FIRST CLASS TOURNAMENTS

JUNIOR COMPETITIONS

PROPOSED TEAMS UNDER-19

GRADE - I LCCA(W) LCCA(B) KCCA(W) KCCA(B) BAHAWALPUR SHEIKHUPURA QUETTA PESHAWAR RAWALPINDI KOHAT FATA ISLAMABAD

GRADE - II SINDH LARKANA SHIKARPUR MIRPURKHAS HYDERABAD BADIN SUKKUR NWFP AJK MARDAN HARIPUR BANNU D.I.KHAN BALUCHISTAN CHAGHI TURBAT SIBI PISHIN PUNJAB MULTAN R.Y.KHAN OKARA KASUR SARGODHA ATTOCK JEHLUM SIALKOT GUJRAT FAISALABAD GUJRANWALA TOTAL NO. OF TEAMS 26

GRADE - III SINDH NAWABSHAH JACOBABAD DADU THATTA KHAIRPUR (NEW) NWFP SWAT NORTHERN AREAS NOWSHEHRA ABBOTTABAD MANSEHRA (NEW) CHITRAL (NEW) CHARSADA (NEW) SWABI (NEW) BALUCHISTAN KALAT NASEERABAD LORALAI QILLA ABDULLAH (NEW) PUNJAB D.G.KHAN RAJANPUR SAHIWAL VEHARI MIANWALI JHANG HAFIZABAD KHANEWAL BAHAWALNAGAR (NEW) BHAKKAR (NEW) TOTAL NO. OF TEAMS 27

QUAID-E-AZAM TROPHY LCCA(W) LCCA(B) KCCA(W) KCCA(B) SHEIKHUPURA RAWALPINDI SARGODHA DADU PESHAWAR MULTAN BAHAWALPUR GUJRANWALA FAISALABAD SIALKOT HABIB BANK PIA CUSTOM ABL KRL NBP ADBP SERVICE INDUSTRIES PPWD WAPDA PCB ELEVEN

KARDAR TROPHY (PREVIOUS NAME PAT G-II) ARL SAGA SPORTS KESC PTCL SUI GAS PAKISTAN ARMY PAF UGC PEB EIGHT NEW DISTRICTS KHAIRPUR MANSEHRA CHITRAL CHARSADA SWABI QILLA ABDULLAH BAHAWALNAGAR BHAKKAR

CORNELIUS TROPHY (PREVIOUS NAME QAT-II) SINDH NAWABSHAH LARKANA SUKKUR HYDERABAD THATTA NWFP MARDAN NOWSHEHRA HARIPUR FATA D.I.KHAN KOHAT BALUCHISTAN QUETTA NASEERABAD SIBI PISHIN PUNJAB RAHIMYAR KHAN RAJANPUR ISLAMABAD OKARA MIANWALI ATTOCK GUJRAT JHANG TOTAL NO. OF TEAMS 23

PCB TROPHY (NEW INDUCTION) SINDH JACOBABAD SHIKARPUR MIRPURKHAS BADIN KHAIRPUR (NEW) NWFP SWAT NORTHERN AREAS BANNU ABBOTTABAD MANSHERA (NEW) CHITRAL (NEW) CHARSADA (NEW) SWABI (NEW) BALUCHISTAN KALAT TURBAT LORALAI CHAGI QILLA ABDULLAH (NEW) PUNJAB VEHARI D.G.KHAN SAHIWAL KASUR AJK JEHLUM HAFIZABAD KHANEWAL BAHAWALNAGAR (NEW) BHAKAR (NEW) TOTAL NO. OF TEAMS 28

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