Higher Education Commission cricket team

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Higher Education Commission
League President's Trophy
Personnel
Captain Sohail Tanvir
Owner Higher Education Commission
Team information
Founded2003
History
First-class debut22 December
in 2023
at  National Stadium, Karachi
President's Trophy  wins0

The Higher Education Commission cricket team is a departmental cricket team in Pakistan that has played first-class cricket in the President's Trophy. The team is sponsored and owned by the Higher Education Commission, and consists of the best cricketers among Pakistan's university students. [1] The team does not have any geographical base. [2] The team's captain for the 2024–25 President's Trophy was Muhammad Mohsin Khan. [3]

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History

The team was founded in 2003 to take part in the 2003 Inter Departmental Qualifying Tournament. [4] 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. [5] The team was refounded in March 2023 after another revamp of the domestic structure. [6] [7]

In December 2023, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed that Higher Education Commission would be one of the teams to participate in the 2023–24 President's Trophy. [8] The team made their first-class debut on 22 December 2023, losing the match against Water and Power Development Authority. [9] This was the first time the Higher Education Commission had competed in a major domestic tournament. [10]

Higher Education Commission finished the 2024–25 President's Trophy in second-last place, with two wins from their eight matches, and were relegated to Grade II for the 2025–26 season. [11] [12]

References

  1. ↑ "PCB formally invites departments to register for domestic cricket season". Pakistan Observer. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "President's Trophy set to begin from 16 December". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Eshaal vs HEC, 4th Match at Karachi, President's Trophy, Jan 08 2025". Cricinfo. Retrieved 21 January 2025.
  4. ↑ "Miscellaneous matches played by HEC". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Imran Khan rejects PCB's new domestic model". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  6. ↑ "PCB confirms domestic participants after third management committee meeting". Pakistan Observer. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Pakistan Cricket Board plans to restore old domestic structure". BOL News. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "HEC cricket team to participate in PCB Grade-I tournament". Daily Times. 15 December 2023. Archived from the original on 16 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  9. ↑ "First-class matches played by HEC". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "HEC set to take a historic leap to grade-I cricket". The News International. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
  11. ↑ "President's Trophy Grade-I 2025". Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "Departmental Cricket structure explained for Domestic season 2025-26". PCB. 15 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.

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