The Pakistan Cricket Board is known as PCB controls and organizes domestic tours, matches, and leagues undertaken by the Pakistan National Cricket Team. PCB was formed in 1948 and its headquarter is located in Lahore. Ehsan Mani is the current Chairman of PCB.
After the independence in 1947, amateur and professional Cricket commenced next year and local infrastructure was established. Matches and series were informally arranged until 1948 by Board of Control. Pakistan was admitted to the Imperial Cricket Conference in 1952. Pakistan has been a part of every Test series since 1952 after affiliation with Imperial Cricket Conference and Pakistan played the first series with India on December 1952.
PCB also runs its own leagues, you might have heard about Pakistan Super League (PSL) which is one of the top listed Cricket League in the world. Due to security issues, most of the matches of PSL are played outside of Pakistan, matches are played in United Arab Emirates.
Presidents and Chairmen: |
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| Sr. No | Name | Period |
| 1 | Iftikhar Hussain Khan, Nawab of Mamdot | May 1948– March 1950 |
| 2 | Chaudhry Nazir Ahmad Khan | March 1950 – Sept 1951 |
| 3 | Abdus Sattar Pirzada | September 1951 – May 1953 |
| 4 | Mian Aminuddin | March 1953 – Jul 1954 |
| 5 | Muhammad Ali Bogra | July 1954 – September 1955 |
| 6 | Maj. Gen Iskander Mirza | September 1955 – December 1958 |
| 7 | Field Marshal Muhammad Ayub Khan | Dec 1958 – June 1960 |
| 8 | Justice A.R.Cornelius | 1960 – May 1963 |
| 9 | Syed Fida Hassan | June 1963 – May 1969 |
| 10 | Ikram Ahmed Khan | May 1969 – May 1972 |
| 11 | Abdul Hafeez Kardar | May 1972 – Apr 1977 |
| 12 | Chaudhry Muhammad Hussain | Apr 1977 – July 1978 |
| 13 | Lt Gen (Retd) Kh. Muhammad. Azhar | August 1978 – Feb 1980 |
| 14 | Air Marshal (Retd) Muhammad Nur Khan | February 1980 – Feb 1984 |
| 15 | Lt Gen. (Retd) Ghulam Safdar Butt | Feb 1984 – February 1988 |
| 16 | Lt Gen. (Retd) Zahid Ali Akbar Khan | Feb 1988 – Sep 1992 |
| 17 | Justice Dr Nasim Hasan Shah | Oct 1992 – Dec 1994 |
| 18 | Javed Burki | January 1994 – March 1995 |
| 19 | Syed Zulfiqar Ali Shah Bukhari | March 1995 – Jan 1998 |
| 20 | Khalid Mahmood | Jan 1998 – Jul 1999 |
| 21 | Mujeeb ur Rehman | Aug 1999 – October 1999 |
| 22 | Dr. Zafar Altaf | October 1999 – December 1999 |
| 23 | Lt. Gen. Tauqir Zia | December 1999 – 2003 |
| 24 | Shaharyar Khan | December 2003 – October 2006 |
| 25 | Dr. Nasim Ashraf | October 2006 – August 2008. |
| 26 | Ijaz Butt October | 2008 – October 2011 |
| 27 | Zaka Ashraf | October 2011 – 28 May 2013 |
| 28 | Najam Sethi | Jun 2013 – Jan 2014 |
| 29 | Zaka Ashraf | Jan–Feb 2014 |
| 30 | Najam Sethi | Feb 2014– 16 May 2014 |
| 31 | Justice (R) Jamshed Ali Shah | July 2014 (Acting Chairman) |
| 32 | Shaharyar Khan | May 2014 – August 2017 |
| 33 | Najam Sethi | August 2017 – August 2018 |
| 34 | Ehsan Mani | August 2018 – Present |
PCB Head Office
Gaddafi Stadium, 54000 Ferozepur Road
Lahore, Pakistan
PCB Sponsors
Pepsi, Ptcl, Brighto Paints