{"id":5196,"date":"2025-08-08T20:56:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/?p=5196"},"modified":"2025-08-08T21:02:48","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T16:02:48","slug":"pcb-sets-stage-for-2025-26-domestic-season-with-hanif-mohammad-trophy-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/2025\/08\/08\/pcb-sets-stage-for-2025-26-domestic-season-with-hanif-mohammad-trophy-kickoff","title":{"rendered":"PCB sets stage for 2025\u201326 domestic season with Hanif Mohammad trophy kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"610\"><strong data-start=\"353\" data-end=\"364\">Lahore:<\/strong> The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rolled out the fixtures for the opening event of the 2025\u201326 domestic cricket calendar \u2014 the <strong data-start=\"495\" data-end=\"520\">Hanif Mohammad Trophy<\/strong> \u2014 featuring 12 regional squads aiming to climb the ladder to Pakistan\u2019s top-tier cricket.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"612\" data-end=\"676\">This year\u2019s tournament divides teams into two competitive pools:<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"867\">\n<li data-start=\"678\" data-end=\"781\">\n<p data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"781\"><strong data-start=\"680\" data-end=\"690\">Pool A<\/strong>: Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, Karachi Whites, Lahore Blues, and Quetta<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"782\" data-end=\"867\">\n<p data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"867\"><strong data-start=\"784\" data-end=\"794\">Pool B<\/strong>: Dera Murad Jamali, FATA, Karachi Blues, Larkana, Multan, and Rawalpindi<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"869\" data-end=\"973\">The tournament kicks off on <strong data-start=\"897\" data-end=\"910\">August 29<\/strong>, with <strong data-start=\"917\" data-end=\"951\">Lahore Blues facing Faisalabad<\/strong> in the opening clash.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"975\" data-end=\"1233\">Over the course of nearly four weeks \u2014 running until <strong data-start=\"1028\" data-end=\"1044\">September 25<\/strong> \u2014 the trophy will host <strong data-start=\"1068\" data-end=\"1091\">30 four-day matches<\/strong> that fall under the <strong data-start=\"1112\" data-end=\"1140\">non\u2013first-class category<\/strong>. Each side will take part in <strong data-start=\"1170\" data-end=\"1201\">five round-robin encounters<\/strong> within their respective groups.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1235\" data-end=\"1411\">At the end of the group stage, the <strong data-start=\"1270\" data-end=\"1297\">top team from each pool<\/strong> will secure a place in the prestigious <strong data-start=\"1337\" data-end=\"1360\">Quaid-e-Azam Trophy<\/strong>, Pakistan\u2019s elite first-class cricket competition.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1413\" data-end=\"1613\">The Hanif Mohammad Trophy serves as a proving ground for raw talent from across the nation\u2019s regions \u2014 offering a platform for up-and-coming players to break into higher levels of competitive cricket.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1615\" data-end=\"1788\">With emerging cricketers eager to make their mark and selectors watching closely, the tournament is expected to deliver high-intensity matches and strong regional rivalries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has rolled out the fixtures for the opening event of the 2025\u201326 domestic cricket calendar \u2014 the Hanif Mohammad Trophy \u2014 featuring 12 regional squads aiming to climb the ladder to Pakistan\u2019s top-tier cricket. This year\u2019s tournament divides teams into two competitive pools: Pool A: Azad Jammu and Kashmir, &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5197,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2307,2313,2312,2315,2306,2311,2314,2305,2308,2310,2309,2294],"class_list":["post-5196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","tag-domesticcricketpk","tag-emergingcricketers","tag-faisalabadcricket","tag-googletranding","tag-hanifmohammadtrophy","tag-lahoreblues","tag-pakcricketnews","tag-pakistancricketboard","tag-pcbseason2025","tag-quaideazamqualification","tag-regionalcricket","tag-youdigital"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5198,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5196\/revisions\/5198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/youdigital.pk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}