Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) today unveiled the schedule for five tournaments in the upcoming 2023-24 men’s domestic cricket season.
The two U19 tournament schedules, as well as the department tournament schedule, will be released shortly.
The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, which consists of 29 matches, will kick off the domestic cricket season in 2023–24 on September 10 and go through October 26.
The eight-team regional tournament will begin at Gaddafi Stadium, with Lahore Region Whites facing Lahore Region Blues on Sunday, September 10 while the other first-round matches include Peshawar Region vs Karachi Region Whites at Abbottabad Stadium, Faisalabad Region vs Multan Region at Shoaib Akhtar Stadium KRL Rawalpindi, and FATA Region vs Rawalpindi Region at Pindi Cricket Stadium.
The final will also be held from October 22 to 26 at the renowned Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
The non-first-class tournament, Hanif Mohammad Trophy, will also start concurrently with the Quaid-e-Azam trophy on September 10, featuring 10 regions in two groups.
The top two teams from each group at the conclusion of the group round will advance to the Super 4 stage, where each club will play three games. The winning team in the Super 4 stage will earn a spot in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the next season.
The matches of the Hanif Mohammad Trophy will be played in Mirpur, Multan, Muzaffarabad, and Rahim Yar Khan.
The one-day tournaments, the Pakistan Cup and Hanif Mohammad Cup, will follow the conclusion of the red-ball tournaments, both starting on November 1.
Pakistan Cup will be hosted in Abbottabad, Islamabad, and Rawalpindi. The semi-finals will be played on November 16 and 17 at the Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, while the final will take place on November 19 at the same venue.
Meanwhile, the Hanif Mohammad Cup will begin on November 1 and will be hosted in AJK, Faisalabad, Multan, and Rahim Yar Khan.
Like the Hanif Mohammad Trophy, the winner of the Hanif Mohammad Cup will be the side topping the Super 4 stage.
The two-leg National T20 will be held in Karachi from November 24 to December 10. In the first leg, all 18 regional sides will compete to qualify for the Super 8, which will be played from December 1 to 8.
The semi-finals of the tournament will be played on December 9, while the final will take place the next day.
The venue for the three knockout matches will be Karachi’s National Bank Stadium.
PCB 2023-24 men’s domestic cricket calendar:
10 Sep-26 Oct – Quaid-e-Azam Trophy; Abbottabad, Lahore and Rawalpindi
10 Sep-25 Oct – Hanif Mohammad Trophy; AJK, Multan and Rahim Yar Khan
1 Nov-19 Nov – Pakistan Cup; Abbottabad, Islamabad and Rawalpindi
1 Nov-16 Nov – Hanif Mohammad Cup; AJK, Faisalabad, Multan and Rahim Yar Khan
24 Nov-10 Dec – National T20; Karachi
