The PCB has already abolished the earlier six-team mannequin after the completion of the 2022-23 season within the first week of January.

“The Pakistan Cricket Board has formally written to 27 main departments, looking for their curiosity in taking part within the PCB Home Cricket Season 2023-24, which is able to begin in August,” the PCB confirmed via a press launch. “Within the letters, the PCB has not solely invited the departments to substantiate their participation within the upcoming season at their earliest comfort [which] can assist them put together the season’s calendar however has additionally inspired them to arrange sturdy cricket sides, assuring them most protection and publicity via the standard and new media.”

Within the new construction, eight regional groups and eight division groups will play within the premier first-class match, the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. Each season, the regional and division groups ending backside get relegated and two toppers (one area and one division) from the Grade 2 match will probably be promoted. Though the 2023-24 season successfully begins in August, the Pakistan authorities had given the brand new head of the PCB, Najam Sethi, 120 days (ranging from December 21, 2022) to reset the set-up and return to the 2014 structure.

Racing towards time, the PCB administration committee is making each effort to return to the earlier mannequin, reviving the 97 districts that make up the 16 areas. There are round 3200 golf equipment already functioning throughout the nation and are the most important feeders of gamers into the regional system.

Regardless that the PCB has reached out to the departments, it isn’t clear if the departments are prepared to revive their groups within the present financial local weather. There may not be a lot urge for food for such organisations to rent a squad of cricketers. Numerous division sides had shut down their sporting operations even earlier than Imran’s adjustments, with Habib Financial institution Restricted (HBL) and United Financial institution Restricted (UBL) among the many outstanding ones to take action.

PM Shahbaz Sharif, the PCB’s present patron-in-chief, had already issued a directive in October final yr to all 18 authorities departments/institutes to revive the governance of their sports activities construction in Pakistan and restart the financing of sports activities departments. The pick-up on that has been sluggish – ESPNcricinfo understands that Ramiz Raja as chairman had written to personal banks to ask about reviving their groups however that they had proven little curiosity. Numerous authorities departments are depending on authorities budgets and have not allotted a price range for the reason that PM’s notification.

A number of authorities departments that operate autonomously – resembling State Financial institution of Pakistan (SBP), Sui Nationwide Gasoline Pipelines Restricted (SNGPL), Pakistan Tv Company (PTV), Sui Southern Gasoline (SSG), Khan Analysis Laboratories (KRL), Zarai Taraqiati Financial institution Restricted (ZTBL), and Nationwide Financial institution of Pakistan (NBP) – can simply allocate funds although it is unclear in the event that they see it as a precedence. The PCB’s letter is an try and know their intentions. It’s understood that not all 27 departments will probably be prepared to return however the PCB requires a minimum of 16 within the system below its proposed home construction. PSL franchise Lahore Qalandars are among the many personal groups prepared to launch a crew within the Grade 2 set-up to enhance their participant hunt program.

In accordance with the 2014 structure, the Board of Governors (BoG) could have ten members together with 4 regional representatives (the highest 4 groups from the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy), 4 representatives of service organisations (the highest 4 division groups) and two members to be nominated in keeping with the patron’s discretion. To kind a Board the PCB additionally must have an energetic home circuit.