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PCB unveils complete schedule of men’s domestic season 2025

The domestic season features three first-class, one List-A and three T20 tournaments

By Sohail Imran

January 09, 2025

Sialkot squad celebrates winning the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25 after defeating Peshawar in the final on January 5, 2025. — PCB

LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday, unveiled the schedule of the men’s domestic cricket tournaments, slated to take place in the year 2025.

The packed domestic season is comprised of three first-class tournaments, one 50-over List-A event, three T20 and one non-first-class three-day tournament.

The domestic season gets underway with the ongoing President’s Trophy Grade-I, followed by the 18-team National T20 Cup in March, which will provide opportunities to players from 16 regions across Pakistan to showcase their talent in the shortest format.

President’s Trophy Grade-II – a non-first-class three-day departmental tournament – will then be held in the April-May window with the teams vying for places in the 50-over List-A and first-class departmental tournaments.

The same window will feature the highly-anticipated 10th edition of the Pakistan Super League (PSL), which will be followed by a three-month break in the men’s domestic season.

During this period, the PCB will hold training, fitness and conditioning camps across the 16 regions to get the players ready for the upcoming domestic tournaments.

The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and Champions Cup – the two premier first-class tournaments – will then run concurrently in September and October.

The 50-over List-A tournament – President’s Cup Grade-I - is slotted for the November-December window, which will be followed by the second edition of the Champions T20 Cup.

A total of 21 domestic, age-group and pathways tournaments will also be held in the ongoing year, which includes a minimum of 131 first-class, 37 50-over List-A and 119 T20 matches.

Additionally, the club, age-group, schools, colleges and universities tournaments are set to yield more than 10,000 matches across the country, further creating opportunities for emerging cricketers.

Men’s domestic Tournaments

January-February: President's Trophy Grade-I (first-class)

March: National T20 Cup

April-May: President's Trophy Grade-II (non-first-class three-day)

April-May: Pakistan Super League 10

September-October: Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

September-October: Champions four-day Cup (first-class)

November-December: President’s Cup Grade-I (50-over List-A)

December: Champions T20 Cup

Age-group and Pathways Tournaments

January-June: National Club Championship (Grade-I and II)

February: National U15 One-Day Tournament