LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Thursday unveiled schedule of the men`s domestic tournaments for the 2025 season with three first-class events including the ongoing President`s Trophy Grade I.

Apart from the red-ball contests, focus will also be on white-ball competitions, which include one 50-over List-A event, three T20 and one non-first-class three-day tournament.

Development cricket has seen some exciting changes as well with the introduction of the U-15 and U-17 tournaments, and the Champions U-19 One-Day Cup and three-day Trophy. These three events will serve as a clear pathway for aspiring cricketers.

A total of 21 domestic, age-group and pathways tournaments are set to take place in 2025. This includes a minimum of 131 first-class, 37 50-over List-A and 119 T20 matches.

Additionally, the club, age-group, schools, colleges and universities tournaments are set to produce more than 10,000 matches across the country, further creating opportunities for emerging cricketers.

The 18-team National T20 Cup will take place in March and will provide opportunities to players from 16 regions across Pakistan to showcase their talent.

President`s Trophy Grade-II, the non-first-class threeday departmental tournament, will be held in AprilMay, which will be a battleground for the departments vying for places in the 50-over List-A and first-class departmental events.

The Pakistan Super League 10 will catch the eyeballs in April-May, following which the senior men`s domestic events will come to a three-month halt.

During this time, the PCB will hold training, fitness and conditioning camps across the 16 regions to get the players ready for the upcoming domestic tournaments, while also preparing for the second half of the year.

The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the Champions Cup, the premier first-class tournaments, are set to take place in September-October.

The 50-over List-A tournament Presidents Cup Grade-I is slotted for November-December, which will be followed by the second edition of the Champions T20 Cup. The Champions Cup one-day tournament will be played in January 2026.

On the age-group and pathways front, the PCB has reassessed the U-13 and U-16 categories and relaunched them as U-15 and U-17 to maximise the participation of teenagers in national tournaments.

The National U-19 Cup will be contested between 18 regional teams in September as the top performers of the Inter-district U-19 event will progress to regional academies and then take part in this tournament.

After working their way up from the Club and District and Regional level, the best of the best U-19 cricketers will be assembled as part of the inaugural five-team Champions U-19 Cup and Trophy, which is set to take place in October-November.

The district U-19 and senior events along with the inter-s chools, collegiate and universities tournaments are also set to take place as usual helping Pakistan cricket widen the talent scouting net in the year 2025.-APP