Karachi Port Trust (KPT) was a Pakistani domestic

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team, sponsored by the

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. They competed in first-class and

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cricket for two seasons, in 2003−04 and 2004–05. They were set to return to first-class cricket in 2015–16 having won the

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Grade II the previous season, but following restructuring of the

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by the

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, they failed to make it through the newly introduced qualifying tournament.

Playing record

First-class

In 2003–04 Karachi Port Trust played five matches in the

, winning one, losing three and drawing one. The following season they again played five matches, losing three and drawing two, as they finished bottom of their group and were relegated to Grade II.

List A cricket

Karachi Port Trust lost all ten

matches they played during the 2003–04 and 2004–05 seasons.

Leading players

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scored most runs for Karachi Port Trust in first-class cricket, totalling 588 runs at an average of 42.00; he also recorded the highest individual score, 176, against

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,Karachi Port Trust v Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited 2003-04
/ref> in Karachi Port Trust's only victory. In the same match

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took 7 for 19, the team's best bowling figures.

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