| League | President's Trophy |
|---|---|
| Personnel | |
| Captain | Mohammad Huraira |
| Owner | Higher Education Commission |
| Team information | |
| Founded | 2003 |
| History | |
| First-class debut | 22 December in 2023 at National Stadium, Karachi |
| President's Trophy wins | 0 |
Higher Education Commission cricket team is a departmental cricket team in Pakistan, that plays first-class cricket in the President's Trophy. The team is sponsored and owned by Higher Education Commission.[1] The team does not have any geographical base.[2] It is currently being captained by Mohammad Huraira.
History
The team was founded in 2003 to take part in the 2003 Inter Departmental Qualifying Tournament.[3] 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.[4] The team was refounded in March 2023 after a revamp of the domestic structure.[5][6] 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.[7] The team made their first-class debut on 22 December 2023, losing the match against Water and Power Development Authority.[8] This was the first time for Higher Education Commission to compete in a major domestic tournament in Pakistan.[9]
Current squad
The following squad was announced for the 2023/24 season:[10]
- Mohammad Huraira (c)
- Saad Khan
- Anas Mustafa
- Jahanzaib Sultan
- Waseem Akram
- Awais Zafar
- Muhammad Mohsin Khan
- Wahaj Riaz
- Obaid Shahid
- Ghazi Ghouri
- Zaid Bin Nadeem
- Aqib Liaquat
- Haris Khan
- Muhammad Juanid
- Umer Lohya
- Mohammad Azab
- Abdul Rehman
- Asadullah Hamza
- Kashif Ali
References
- ^ "PCB formally invites departments to register for domestic cricket season". Pakistan Observer. 25 January 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "President's Trophy set to begin from 16 December". Pakistan Cricket Board. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
- ^ "Miscellaneous matches played by HEC". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Imran Khan rejects PCB's new domestic model". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
- ^ "PCB confirms domestic participants after third management committee meeting". Pakistan Observer. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "Pakistan Cricket Board plans to restore old domestic structure". BOL News. 13 March 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "First-class matches played by HEC". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ "HEC set to take a historic leap to grade-I cricket". The News International. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
- ^ "Squads, schedule announced for President's Trophy". Cricket Pakistan. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
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