Pakistan Television cricket team

Pakistan Television cricket team was a first-class cricket team sponsored by the Pakistan Television Corporation. They competed in Pakistan's first-class, List A and Twenty20 tournaments.

After playing for some seasons in the non-first-class grades of the Patron's Trophy, Pakistan Television were promoted to first-class status to play in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in the 2010–11 season. They played 9 matches, winning 3, losing 2 and drawing 4, and finished sixth out of 10 teams in Division Two.[1] Awais Zia hit their highest score of 232 (out of a team total of 426) against State Bank of Pakistan.[2]

They returned to non-first-class status in 2011–12. They won the final in Grade Two of the Patron's Trophy in 2012–13,[3] and resumed at first-class level in 2013–14 in the top level of the Patron's Trophy, but they finished last out of eleven, with 2 wins, 7 losses and a draw.[4] They also finished last in the President's Cup One-Day Tournament, with 2 wins and 8 losses.[5]

They lost their first-class status in 2014, but regained it in 2017, and returned to the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the 2017–18 tournament.[6] In November 2017, in round 7 of the tournament, they were bowled out for 37 runs in their second innings against Khan Research Laboratories.[7] This was the fifth-lowest total in the history of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[8]

In May 2019, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan revamped the domestic cricket structure in Pakistan, excluding departmental teams in favour of regional sides, therefore ending the participation of the team.[9] The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) was criticised in removing departmental sides, with players voicing their concern to revive the teams.[10]

References
  1. Wisden 2012, p. 1016.
  2. Pakistan Television v State Bank of Pakistan 2010-11
  3. Karachi Electric Supply Corporation Limited v Pakistan Television 2012-13
  4. President's Trophy 2013-14
  5. President's Cup One Day Tournament 2013-14
  6. "Raees blows Lahore Whites away with 9 for 25". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  7. "Pool B, Quaid-e-Azam Trophy at Rawalpindi, Nov 2-5 2017". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  8. "Saad Altaf sets Pakistan record with 16 for 141". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  9. "Imran Khan rejects PCB's new domestic model". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  10. "Umar Gul: We need departmental cricket back in Pakistan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
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