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The 69th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy got underway on Tuesday, November 3. Here’s all you need to know about the tournament.
Pakistan’s premier first-class competition will see eight teams battle for glory in the Gold Tier, featuring defending champions Karachi Blues, Faisalabad, FATA, Lahore Whites, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, and Sialkot Blues. Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold Tier matches will be played across Islamabad, Abbottabad and Rawalpindi.
The tournament also has 12 more teams competing in the Silver Tier, which will serve as a qualifying pathway to the Gold Tier for the next season. These teams have been divided into Group A (Lahore Blues, Rawalpindi, Larkana, Quetta, Bahawalpur, and Peshawar Whites) and Group B (Karachi Whites, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Hyderabad, Dera Murad Jamali, Abbottabad, and Sialkot Whites).
The QeAT Gold Tier matches in the league stage will be played from November 3 to December 12. The final, between the top two team, is scheduled from December 15 to 19 between the top two teams. Silver Tier group matches will take place from November 3 to 30, and the final between the top team of each group from December 3 to 7. All matches across both tiers are scheduled to commence at 10am local time (10:30am IST / 5am GMT) daily.
Date |
Teams |
Venue |
November 3-6 |
Karachi Blues vs Sialkot Blues |
National Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
Faisalabad vs Peshawar Blues |
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |
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Lahore Whites vs FATA |
Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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Islamabad vs Multan |
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium (KRL), Rawalpindi |
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November 9-12 |
Karachi Blues vs Multan |
Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
Sialkot Blues vs Faisalabad |
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium (KRL), Rawalpindi |
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Islamabad vs Lahore Whites |
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |
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FATA vs Peshawar Blues |
National Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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November 15-18 |
Islamabad vs Karachi Blues |
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium (KRL), Rawalpindi |
Sialkot Blues vs FATA |
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |
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Multan vs Faisalabad |
National Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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Lahore Whites vs Peshawar Blues |
Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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November 21-24 |
Faisalabad vs Karachi Blues |
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |
Peshawar Blues vs Sialkot Blues |
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium (KRL), Rawalpindi |
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Multan vs Lahore Whites |
National Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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FATA vs Islamabad |
Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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November 27-30 |
Lahore Whites vs Karachi Blues |
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |
Sialkot Blues vs Islamabad |
National Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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FATA vs Faisalabad |
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium (KRL), Rawalpindi |
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Multan vs Peshawar Blues |
Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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December 3-6 |
Karachi Blues vs Peshawar Blues |
National Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
Lahore Whites vs Sialkot Blues |
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium (KRL), Rawalpindi |
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Faisalabad vs Islamabad |
Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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Multan vs FATA |
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |
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December 9-12 |
FATA vs Karachi Blues |
Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
Sialkot Blues vs Multan |
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium (KRL), Rawalpindi |
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Faisalabad vs Lahore Whites |
National Cricket Ground, Islamabad |
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Peshawar Blues vs Islamabad |
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium |
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December 15-19 |
Final |
TBA |
Date |
Teams |
Venue |
November 3-6 |
Lahore Region Blues vs Rawalpindi Region |
SBP Sports Complex, Karachi |
Larkana Region vs Quetta Region |
UBL Sports Complex, Karachi |
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Bahawalpur Region vs Peshawar Region Whites |
KCCA Stadium, Karachi |
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November 9-12 |
Bahawalpur Region vs Quetta Region |
SBP Sports Complex, Karachi |
Lahore Region Blues vs Peshawar Region Whites |
UBL Sports Complex, Karachi |
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Larkana Region vs Rawalpindi Region |
KCCA Stadium, Karachi |
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November 15-18 |
Larkana Region vs Bahawalpur Region |
SBP Sports Complex, Karachi |
Rawalpindi Region vs Peshawar Region Whites |
UBL Sports Complex, Karachi |
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Lahore Region Blues vs Quetta Region |
KCCA Stadium, Karachi |
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November 21-24 |
Peshawar Region Whites vs Larkana Region |
SBP Sports Complex, Karachi |
Lahore Region Blues vs Bahawalpur Region |
UBL Sports Complex, Karachi |
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Rawalpindi Region vs Quetta Region |
KCCA Stadium, Karachi |
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November 27-30 |
Lahore Region Blues vs Larkana Region |
SBP Sports Complex, Karachi |
Rawalpindi Region vs Bahawalpur Region |
UBL Sports Complex, Karachi |
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Peshawar Region Whites vs Quetta Region |
KCCA Stadium, Karachi |
Date |
Teams |
Venue |
November 3-6 |
Karachi Region Whites - AJK Region |
Multan Cricket Stadium Multan |
Hyderabad Region - DMJ Region |
Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan |
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Abbottabad Region - Sialkot Region Whites |
Dring Stadium Bahawalpur |
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November 9-12 |
Abbottabad Region - DMJ Region |
Multan Cricket Stadium Multan |
Karachi Region Whites - Sialkot Region Whites |
Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan |
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Hyderabad Region - AJK Region |
Dring Stadium Bahawalpur |
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November 15-18 |
Hyderabad Region - Abbottabad Region |
Multan Cricket Stadium Multan |
AJK Region - Sialkot Region Whites |
Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan |
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Karachi Region Whites - DMJ Region |
Dring Stadium Bahawalpur |
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November 21-24 |
Sialkot Region Whites - Hyderabad Region |
Multan Cricket Stadium Multan |
Karachi Region Whites - Abbottabad Region |
Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan |
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AJK Region - DMJ Region |
Dring Stadium Bahawalpur |
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November 27-30 |
Karachi Region Whites - Hyderabad Region |
Multan Cricket Stadium Multan |
AJK Region - Abbottabad Region |
Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan |
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Sialkot Region Whites - DMJ Region |
Dring Stadium Bahawalpur |
Muhammad Irfan Khan (c), Abdul Samad (vc), Ahmed Safi Abdullah, Ali Asfand, Ali Shan (wk), Asad Raza, Asim Ali Nasir (wk), Atiq-ur-Rehman, Faheem Ashraf, Faham-ul-Haq (U21), Khurram Shahzad, Malik Abdul Rafay, Muhammad Awais Zafar, Sameer Saqib, Shehzad Gul
Reserves – Daniyal Ali Khan, Mudasir Zunair, Ali Hassan, Muhammad Afzal, Saifullah Khan
Shaheen Shah Afridi (c), Muhammad Farooq (U21), Salman Khan Jnr, Kashif Noor, Muhammad Sarwar, Muhammad Wasim Khan, Khushdil Shah, Shahid Aziz, Rehan Afridi (wk), Afaq Afridi, Sameen Gul, Sirajuddin, Hayatullah, Fawad Arshad, Muhammad Usman Khan, Kashif Noor, Adnan Khan
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – Akif Javed, Kashif Noor, Khyalman (wk), Muhammad Tahir (U21), Adnan Khan, Muhammad Usman Khan
Shamyl Hussain (c), Raja Hamza Waheed, Ali Imran, Azim Bari, Sarmad Bhatti, Muhammad Hammad Khan, Hasan Nawaz, Azan Tariq, Rohail Nazir (wk), Musa Khan, Muhammad Waeem Jnr, Sajid Raza, Mohammad Qaiser, Asfand Yar, Umer Hameed
Reserves – Shahid Islam, Sudais Ulfat, Rizwan Ali (wk), Muhammad Qaiser, Muhammad Sufyan
Saud Shakeel (c), Saim Ayub, Omair Bin Yousuf, Abdul Basit, Umer Farooq (U21), Danish Aziz, Saifullah Bangash, Rameez Aziz, Usman Khan (wk), Haroon Arshad (U21), Afnan Khan, Muhammad Ghazi Ghori (wk), Muhammad Asghar, Muhammad Umar, Muhammad Hamza Sohail, Muhammad Raza Chandio, Asad Umar (U21)
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – Shan Masood (recovering from injury), Abrar Ahmed, Zaryab Shah (U21), Wahaj Riaz, Abdullah Fazal, Saad Baig, Saqib Khan, Rizwanullah (U21), Niqab Shafiq (U21) and Mir Hamza
Aamir Jamal (c), Babar Azam, Ali Zaryab, Mohib Haider, Muhammad Faiq, Muhammad Imran, Tayyab Tahir, Muhammad Mohsin, Muhammad Akhlaq, Zain Bin Farooq (wk), Noman Ali, Muhammad Kamran Afzal, Muhammad Salman Mirza, Zulqarnain, Hunain Shah
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) - Usman Sohail, Noman Latif, Hussain Talat, Hamza Zahoor (wk), Aalyan Salman, Ahmed Daiyal
Imam-ul-Haq (c), Uzair Mumtaz, Yousuf Babar, Moheer Saeed (U21), Sharoon Siraj, Imran Rafiq, Waseem Akram Jr, Mohammad Ismail (U21), Muhammad Shan (U21), Aamer Yamin, Hasan Hafeez (U21), Faisal Akram, Bilal Khan (U21), Waqar Ahmed (WK)
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) – Muhammad Basit, Ilman Khan, Alam Zaib, Rana Adeel, Bilal Ahmad, Arafat Minhas, Sameer Minhas, Muhammad Shahzad, Ali Usman
Muhammad Rizwan (c & wk), Sahibzada Farhan, Maaz Sadaqat, Muhammad Haris (wk), Israrullah, Iftikhar Ahmed, Najab Khan (U21), Nabi Gul, Muhammad Haleem, Sajid Khan, Muhammad Irfan, Muhammad Abbas Afridi, Muhammad Amir Khan, Niaz Khan, Muhammad Adnan (U21)
Reserves – Muhammad Seyam, Sahibzada Abdullah, Muhammad Haleem, Najeebullah, Muhammad Wisal
Abdullah Shafique (c), Muhammad Tayyab Arif (vc), Hamza Sheraz, Muhammad Huraira, Ahmed Hassan, Mohsin Riaz, Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Hamza Nazar, Muhammad Hamza, Muhammad Ali, Hasan Ali, Ammad Butt, Athar Mehmood, Shahzaib Bhatti, Tayyab Ali, Afzaal Manzoor (wk)
Reserves + National Duty (available for selection when free or needed) - Ali Raza, Rahatullah (wk), Azan Awais, Shoaib Akhtar Jnr
Khalid Usman (c), Shahzaib Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Fakhar Zaman, Zain Ishaq, Ahmed Khan, Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Riazullah, Umair Badshah, Muhammad Shayan, Arshad Iqbal, Razaullah, Israr Hussain, Aqib Khan, Junaid Ahmed, Khayyam Khan, Mehroz Rasheed, Aftab Khan, Muhammad Arif, Khan Zaib
Hasan Raza (c), Husnain Nadeem (U21), Hamad Islam, Hassan Ali, Umer Hayat, Muhammad Ammar (U21), Saad Mumtaz, Naveed Malik, Awais Akram (wk), Aqib Liaqat, Sufyan Moqim, Zaman Khan, Muhammad Faizan Saleem, Muhammad Jawad, Adil Azad, Usman Maroof, Aman Arshad, Usman Yousuf, Raja Farhan (wk), Shadab Majeed
Muhammad Imran Randhawa (c), Mohammad Ammar (U21), Muhammad Aon Shahzad, Ali Hamza Wasim, Muhammad Sudais, Mohammad Alamgir, Mohammad Shahiryar, Ali Afzal, Muhammad Umair, Muhammad Akram (wk), Muhammad Junaid, Muhammad Khaqan Bashir, Muhammad Azab, Muhammad Basit, Shoaib Manzoor, Ali Shabbir (U21), Rana Muhammad Burhan Basharat, Mohammad Faizan Zafar, Muhammad Faizan, Muhammad Huzaifa (U21), Ibrar Amin, Amjad Ali, Hasnain Majid (wk), Muhammad Nabeel Arshad (wk), Muhammad Ali, Muhammad Younis
Fahad Hussain (c), Nasir Khan, Aqib Junaid, Muhammad Uzair, Ubaid Ullah, Taimur Ali, Dawood Khan, Muhammad Deen, Muhammad Shahid, Shahbaz Ali (wk), Abu Huraira, Saleem Mal, Farhan Ullah, Abu Bakar, Allah Bakhsh, Muhammad Ali, Shahid Khan, Sajjad Ahmed, Atal Khan, Mir Hazar (wk), Sajjad Ali
Saad Khan (c), Zain-ul-Abdin (U21), Muhammad Saddam, Haris Khan, Ubaidullah Rahupoto (U21), Muhammad Suleman, Daniyal Hussain Rajput, Rizwan Mehmood, Nabeel Ahmed (wk), Jawad Ali, Asad Malik, Mohammad Hasnain, Mustafa Nasir, Ayaz Khan (U21), Muhammad Umair (U21), Muhammad Ahsan (U21), Muhammad Sikandar, Akbar Khan (wk), Kashif Bhatti, Muhammad Waleed
Jahanzaib Sultan (c), Muhammad Taha, Aibaad Khan (U21), Muhammad Usman Rahim, Khawaja Muhammad Nafay (U21), Huzaifa Ahsan (U21), Muhammad Taha Mehmood, Kashif Ali, Ghulam Ashraf (wk), Saifullah, Rehman Ghani, Maaz Khurram Amin, Fahad Amin, Abdul Rauf (U21), Asadullah Hamza, Imran Shah, Muhammad Ali Butt, Sabeh Siddiqui, Fahad Ansari (wk), Syed Shah Raza Naqvi, Najeeb-ur-Rehman, Arif Yaqoob, Muhammad Makki, Muhammad Azaan (U21), Asad Akhtar
Imran Butt (c), Umer Siddiq, Muhammad Saleem, Hashim Ibrahim, Qasim Akram, Ali Razzaq, Ali Hassan Baloch, Obaid Shahid, Khawaja Muhammad Abdullah (wk), Sajjad Khan, Usman Qadir, Muhammad Salman, Muhammad Zahid, Ahmed Bashir, Nisar Ahmed, Samama Riaz, Muhammad Huzaifa Shujaat, Mohsin Irshad, Sagar Ali (wk)
Zahid Mehmood (c), Malhar Rasool, Muhammad Ibrahim (U21), Muhammad Aqeel Danish, Sabit Ali, Ghulam Raza, Ishfaque Ahmed, Najaf Ali (U21), Faraz Aziz, Asif Ali Jnr, Shahnawaz Dahani, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saqlain Nawaz (U21), Muhammad Mustafa, Mohsin Raza (wk), Shahzaib Aziz (U21), Feroz Ali (U21), Muhammad Umer, Umer Khalid, Muhammad Saboor
Waqar Ahmed (c), Muhammad Mohsin Khan, Muhammad Amir Barki, Abubakar Khan, Abbas Ali, Adil Amin, Sajjad, Adil Khan (U21), Haris Khan, Mujtaba Khan, Abuzar Tariq, Muhammad Ilyas, Muhammad Imran Jnr, Muhammad Abuzar, Muhammad Shoaib Afridi, Afqar Durrani, Salman Khan, Sarmad Khattak, Azam Khan, Ahmad Hussain, Usman Tariq, Ihsanullah
Abdul Wahid Bangalzai (c), Bismillah Khan (wk), Salahuddin, Shahzad, Hazrat Wali, Nadeem Ahmed, Abdul Ghafar, Muhammad Umar (U21), Haseebullah (wk), Syed Zain Ullah, Muhammad Ibrahim Snr, Najeebullah Achakzai, Khalil Ahmed (U21), Muhammad Ghous, Naqeebullah, Ghulam Nabi, Zulfiqar Ali, Eshan Ullah, Bilal Ahmed, Abdul Hameed
Mohammad Nawaz (c), Yasir Khan, Abdul Faseeh, Affan Ishaq (U21), Nasir Nawaz, Mehran Mumtaz, Haider Ali, Mubasir Khan, Aqib Shah, Shehbaz Tabraiz Kyani, Kashif Ali, Muhammad Nabeel (U21), Muhammad Faizan Ghani, Badruddin, Taimur Khan (wk), Abdul Qadir (wk), Jahandad Khan, Shadab Khan, Saad Masood, Raza-ul-Mustafa (wk)
Muhammad Husnain Khan (c), Khawaja Arham, Aashir Mehmood, Mirza Tahir Baig, Muhammad Tayyab, Qasim Sajjad, Muhammad Hammad Sarwar, Rizwan Ahmed, Mubashir Aslam, Abdullah Nawaz, Salman Aslam, Abdul Rehman Saad, Sharjeel Ahmed, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Raza Shahzaib (wk), Musa Azeem, Saleem, Ameer Hassan, Syed Hussain Sajjad Bukhari, Muhammad Taha Tariq (wk)
Islamabad, Abbottabad and Rawalpindi
Group A - Karachi - KCCA Stadium, SBP and UBL Sports Complexes
Group B - Multan Cricket Stadium, Sports Complex Rahim Yar Khan and Dring Stadium, Bahawalpur
All matches in the Gold Tier, while four out of six matches in each round in the Silver Tier, will be streamed live on Tapmad and Tamasha in Pakistan.
PCB Domestic Cricket YouTube Channel will stream the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy matches for the fans in the rest of the world.
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