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]
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