The Habib Bank Limited cricket team was a

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

side, sponsored by the

Habib Bank Limited Habib Bank Limited ( ur, ) abbreviated as HBL, is a Pakistani multinational bank based in Habib Bank Plaza, Karachi, Pakistan. Founded in 1939 by the Habib Family, HBL became Pakistan's first commercial bank. In 1951 it opened its first inte ...

, who competed as a departmental team in

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domestic cricket from 1975–76 season. Before disbandment, the bank was providing an annual budget of .

History

Habib Bank made its debut on the Pakistan domestic circuit in 1975-76 and attained ‘Grand Slam’ in 1977-78. Since their debut, they have won the United Bank Limited (UBL) Trophy and Servis Cup limited-overs competitions in their inaugural season. As of mid-January 2014 they had played 378 first-class matches, with 166 wins, 70 losses, 141 draws and 1 tie. They had also played 257 List A matches, with 181 wins, 73 losses and 3 no-results, and 10

Twenty20 Twenty20 (T20) is a shortened game format of cricket. At the professional level, it was introduced by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) in 2003 for the inter-county competition. In a Twenty20 game, the two teams have a single inn ...

matches with 8 wins, 2 losses. In April 2019, Habib Bank Limited did not renew their players' contracts and ended the team. In May 2019, Pakistan's Prime Minister

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

revamped the domestic cricket structure in Pakistan, excluding departmental teams in favour of regional sides, therefore ending the participation of the team. The

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(PCB) was criticised in removing departmental sides, with players voicing their concern to revive the teams.

Honours

Patron's Trophy (9) * 1976-77 * 1977-78 * 1987-88 * 1991-92 * 1992-93 * 1997-98 * 1998-99 * 2004-05 * 2006-07

Pentangular Trophy The Pentangular Trophy was a first-class cricket competition that was held intermittently in Pakistan between 1973–74 and 2011–12. History The Pentangular Trophy was first contested in 1973–74. From 1977–78 through to 1979–80 it was known ...

(5) * 1977-78 * 1978-79 * 1981-82 * 1982-83 * 2006-07

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...

(3) * 1977-78 * 2010-11 * 2018-19

National One Day Championship The National One Day Cup was the national domestic List A (one-day) cricket competition in Pakistan. Due to frequent reorganisations by the Pakistan Cricket Board, at different times there have been one or more competitions involving teams repre ...

(6) * 1986–87 * 1989–90 * 1990–91 * 1991–92 * 1993–94 * 2010-11 2018-19 Quaid-e-Azam One Day Cup (1) * 2018-19

Ramadan T20 Cup The Ramadan T20 Cup, sponsored as the Advance Telecom Ramadan T20 Cup, was a one-off a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament held in Karachi, Pakistan from 6 to 25 July 2013, during the holy month of Ramadan. The cup was contested by differ ...

(1) * 2013

References

External links

Lists of matches played by Habib Bank Limited at CricketArchive

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