2013–14 President's Trophy

The 2013–14 President's Trophy was one of two first-class cricket competitions that were held in Pakistan during the 2013–14 season, the other being the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. It was the second edition of the President's Trophy.

President's Trophy 2013–14
Dates23 October 2013 (2013-10-23) – 15 March 2014 (2014-03-15)
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class cricket (4 days)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s)Pakistan
ChampionsSui Northern Gas Pipelines (2nd title)
Participants11
Matches56
Most runsAbid Ali (850)
Most wicketsAtif Maqbool (57)
Official websitehttp://www.pcb.com.pk

It was contested by eleven departmental teams[a], one more than the previous season with the addition of Pakistan Television who had won the previous season's Patron's Trophy Grade-II competition. Each team played ten 4-day matches in a round-robin league phase between 23 October 2013 and 22 January 2014, with the top two teams contesting the final on 12–15 March 2014.

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited defended the title, winning six of their nine group matches and beating United Bank Limited, who had topped the group stage having finished in last place the previous season, in the final.[1]

Group stage

Points Table

Team Pld W L T D NR Pts
United Bank Limited107201060
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines106103058
National Bank of Pakistan105005053
Water and Power Development Authority104303040
Zarai Taraqiati Bank103403031
Port Qasim Authority102503028
Pakistan International Airlines103403027
Habib Bank Limited102305027
Khan Research Laboratories101306027
State Bank of Pakistan102503016
Pakistan Television102701015

Source:[2]

The order in the table is determined by total points, followed by number of matches won, then fewest matches lost.

Points Allocation
  • Win = 9 points
  • Win by an innings = 10 points
  • Win after being behind or tied on 1st innings = 6 points
  • Tie after leading on 1st innings = 5 points
  • Tie after being behind on 1st innings = 2 points
  • Draw after leading on 1st innings = 3 points
  • Draw after being tied on 1st innings = 2 points
  • Draw after being behind on 1st innings = 0 points
  • Abandoned without any play or no decision on 1st innings = 1 point

Final

12–15 March 2014
Scorecard
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386 (all out, 147.1 overs)
Naeemuddin 192 (429)
Atif Maqbool 4/84 (33.1 overs)
144 (all out, 56.2 overs)
Abid Ali 51 (151)
Yasir Shah 5/41 (18.2 overs)
262 for 8 (declared, 80.1 overs)
Adnan Akmal 99 (146)
Tariq Haroon 3/54 (21 overs)
226 (all out, 50.2 overs)
Wajihuddin 57 (91)
Tariq Haroon 57 (70)

Yasir Shah 4/48 (16.2 overs)
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won by 278 runs
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Mussadaq Rasool and Ahmed Shahab
Player of the match: Naeemuddin (Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited)
  • United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field

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