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The revised schedules of Patron's Trophy Grade-I and Grade-II tournaments were announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on Wednesday.

The Grade-I fixture will be held during Feb 20-April 11. Eight departmental teams will contest on single league basis and the final will be held at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore from April 7 to 11. Each match will be of four-day.

Allied Bank, Customs, Habib Bank (HBL), National Bank (NBP), Khan Research Laboratories (KRL), PIA, Agricultural Development Bank (ADBP) and Wapda are the teams which will vie for the top honours.

The Grade-II competition starts from Feb 21 and will be and the four-day final due to played during March 28-31. Eight departmental teams will compete in the tournament. in it. Except the final all other matches will be of three-day.

Teams which competing are Sui Gas, Pakistan Education Boards (PEB), Servis Industries, National Development Finance Corporation (NDFC), Pakistan Planning Works Department (PPWD), Army, University Grants Commission (UGC) and Pakistan Air Force (PAF).

Following are the draws:

Grade-I:

Feb 20-23: Customs v HBL at National Stadium, Karachi; NBP v KRL at UBL ground No.1 Karachi; PIA v ADBP at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; ABL v Wapda at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Feb 26 to March 1: KRL v Customs at National Stadium, Karachi; HBL v NBP at UBL ground no.1, Karachi; PIA v Wapda at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; ABL v ADBP at IqbalStadium, Faisalabad.

March 10-13: KRL v HBL at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Customs v NBP at Sheikhupura Stadium; PIA v ABL at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi; Wapda v ADBP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 16-19: Customs v PIA at Pindi Stadium, Rawalpindi; HBL v ADBP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi; NBP v Wapda at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; KRL v ABL at Sheikhupura Stadium.

March21-24: ADBP v Customs atIqbalStadium, Faisalabad; PIA v HBL at Shahi Bagh Stadium, Peshawar; NBP v ABL at Sheikhupura Stadium; KRL v Wapda at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March26-29: Wapda v Customs atIqbalStadium, Faisalabad; ABL v HBL at Sheikhupura Stadium, NBP v PIA at Shahi Bagh Stadium, Peshawar; KRL v ADBP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 31 to April 3: ABL v Customs at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Wapda v HBL at Sheikhupura Stadium; ADBP v NBP at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; PIA v KRL at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

April 7-11: Final at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Grade-II:

Feb 21-23: Sui Gas v PEB at Saga ground, Sialkot; Servis v NDFC at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; PPWD v Army at LCCA ground, Lahore; UGC v PAF at Punjab University Old Campus, Lahore.

Feb 25-27: Sui Gas v Army at Saga ground, Sialkot; Servis v PAF at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; NDFC v UGC at Sheikhupura Stadium; PPWD v PEB at LCCA ground.

March 1-3: Army v Servis at LCCA ground, Lahore; Sui Gas v PPWD at Saga ground, Sialkot; PAF v NDFC at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; UGC v PEB PU Old Campus, Lahore.

March 11-13: Servis v Sui Gas at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; PEB v PAF at Saga ground, Sialkot; NDFC v PPWD at LCCA ground, Lahore; Army v UGC at PU Old Campus, Lahore.

March 15-17: Servis v PPWD at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; PEB v NDFC at Saga ground, Sialkot; Army v PAF at LCCA ground, Lahore; UGC v Sui Gas at PU Old Campus, Lahore.

March 19-21: PAF v PPWD at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot; NDFC v Sui Gas at LCCA ground, Lahore; Servis v UGC at PU Old Campus, Lahore; Army v PEB at Saga ground, Sialkot.

March 23-25: PEB v Servis at PU Old Campus, Lahore; Army v NDFC at Saga ground, Sialkot; PAF v Sui Gas at LCCA ground, Lahore; PPWD v UGC at Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot.

March 28-31: Final.

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