2014–15 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The 2014–15 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the 57th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the premier domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. It was contested by 26 teams representing 14 regional associations and 12 departments.^[a][1]

2014–15 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Dates	12 October 2014 (2014-10-12) – 26 December 2014 (2014-12-26)
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Gold: round-robin and final; Silver: two round-robin groups and knockout
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	SNGPL (2nd title)
Participants	26 (Gold: 12, Silver: 14)
Matches	116 (Gold: 67, Silver: 49)
Official website	www.pcb.com.pk
← 2013–14 2015–16 →

The Pakistan Cricket Board made major changes to the structure of the domestic first-class competitions for the 2014–15 season. For the first time in three years, all teams competed in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, which was split into two divisions – named as the Gold and Silver leagues; the departments had competed in their own President's Trophy for the previous two seasons. There was also a change to the ball, with Pakistan's Gray's of Cambridge replacing Kookaburra as the competition's supplier.^[2]

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (SNGPL) won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for second time, defeating National Bank of Pakistan in the final after the match resulted in a draw; SNGPL had been set a nominal target of 208 runs to win late on the final day, but had amassed a 301 run lead in the first innings to secure the title.^[3]

Format

The structure of the domestic first-class cricket in Pakistan changed significantly for the 2014–15 season, with both regional associations and departments competing in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy for the first time since 2011–12. The format of the competition also changed, reintroducing a two tier Gold and Silver League system with promotion and relegation.^[1][2]

The top six associations and departments from the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and President's Trophy in 2013–14 were placed in the Gold League, and the remaining eight associations and six departments were placed in the Silver League. The Gold League was a played as a single round-robin group with a final contested between the two top teams at the end of the season. Teams in the Silver League were divided into two round-robin groups, with the leading four from each advancing to a knockout phase to determine the winner.^[1][2]

Promotions and relegations were rendered moot as the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy underwent further restructuring prior to the 2015–16 season.^[4]

Gold League

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	D	A	Pts
Sui Northern Gas Pipelines (Q)	11	8	1	0	2	0	72
National Bank of Pakistan (Q)	11	6	1	0	4	0	65
Port Qasim Authority	11	6	1	0	4	0	59
Water and Power Development Authority	11	5	2	0	4	0	45
United Bank Limited	11	4	3	0	4	0	44
Karachi Dolphins	11	4	4	0	3	0	44
Islamabad Leopards	11	4	2	0	5	0	42
Rawalpindi Rams	11	4	4	0	3	0	36
Peshawar Panthers	11	2	7	0	2	0	25
Lahore Lions	11	2	8	0	1	0	21
Zarai Taraqiati Bank (R)	11	2	5	0	4	0	19
Multan Tigers (R)	11	0	9	0	2	0	3

 (Q)  The top two teams advanced to the final
 (R)  The lowest ranked region and department would have been relegated to the Silver League for the following season^[b]

Position determined by total points, most matches won, fewest matches lost, followed by adjusted net run rate (matches with no result, i.e. those where both teams did not complete their first innings, were disregarded); matches finishing in a draw were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:

• Win by an innings = 10 points
• Win having led on first innings = 9 points
• Win having tied or trailed on first innings = 6 points
• Tie having led on first innings = 5 points
• Draw having led on first innings = 3 points
• Draw having tied on first innings, or tie having trailed on first innings = 2 points
• Draw with no result on first innings, or abandoned without a ball bowled = 1 point
• Loss, or draw having trailed on first innings = 0 points

Final

22–26 December 2014 Scorecard

National Bank of Pakistan	v	Sui Northern Gas Pipelines
242 (93.4 overs) Mohammad Nawaz 76 (139) Manzoor Khan 5/43 (21.4 overs)		543 (173.0 overs) Mohammad Rizwan 224 (399) Fawad Alam 3/33 (12.0 overs)
508 (160.3 overs) Kamran Akmal 137 (168) Imran Ali 5/85 (30.0 overs)		28/0 (10.0 overs) Khurram Shahzad 17* (32) Fawad Alam 0/8 (5.0 overs)

Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won on first innings lead National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Anwar Khan

• Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to bat.

Silver League

Group stage

Group I Team Pld W L T D A Pts Pakistan Int'l Airlines (Q) 6 6 0 0 2 0 52 Khan Research Labs. (Q) 6 4 1 0 1 0 34 Pakistan Television (Q) 6 3 2 0 1 0 28 Hyderabad Hawks (Q) 6 2 3 0 1 0 18 Karachi Zebras 6 2 3 0 1 0 15 Lahore Eagles 6 0 4 0 2 0 6 Quetta Bears 6 0 4 0 2 0 3

Group II Team Pld W L T D A Pts Habib Bank Ltd. (Q) 6 4 1 0 1 0 42 Sui Southern Gas Corp. (Q) 6 3 1 0 2 0 34 State Bank of Pakistan (Q) 6 2 1 0 3 0 28 Bahawalpur Stags (Q) 6 1 1 0 4 0 16 Sialkot Stallions 6 1 2 0 3 0 6 Faisalabad Wolves 6 1 3 0 2 0 6 Abbottabad Falcons 6 0 3 0 3 0 3

 (Q)  The top four teams in each group advanced to the knockout stage

Position determined by total points, most matches won, fewest matches lost, followed by adjusted net run rate (matches with no result, i.e. those where both teams did not complete their first innings, were disregarded); matches finishing in a draw were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:

• Win by an innings = 10 points
• Win having led on first innings = 9 points
• Win having tied or trailed on first innings = 6 points
• Tie having led on first innings = 5 points
• Draw having led on first innings = 3 points
• Draw having tied on first innings, or tie having trailed on first innings = 2 points
• Draw with no result on first innings, or abandoned without a ball bowled = 1 point
• Loss, or draw having trailed on first innings = 0 points

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

II–1

Habib Bank Limited

138 & 423/5d.

I–4

Hyderabad Hawks

266 & 267

Habib Bank Limited

417 & 201/4

Sui Southern Gas Corporation

415

I–3

Pakistan Television

222 & 182

II–2

Sui Southern Gas Corporation

266 & 373

Habib Bank Limited

356 & 211/7

State Bank of Pakistan

162 & 527/8d.

I–1

Pakistan International Airlines

104 & 132/4

II–4

Bahawalpur Stags

137 & 96

Pakistan International Airlines

120 & 279

State Bank of Pakistan

172 & 229/7

I–2

Khan Research Laboratories

176 & 171

II–3

State Bank of Pakistan

394

Quarter-finals

23–26 November 2014 Scorecard

Bahawalpur Stags	v	Pakistan International Airlines
137 (38.5 overs) Moinuddin 49 (93) Kamran Sajid 4/14 (9.5 overs)		104 (41.1 overs) Fahad Iqbal 27 (83) Ansar Javed 4/32 (16.0 overs)
96 (38.0 overs) Faisal Mubashir 29 (55) Kamran Sajid 4/24 (9.0 overs)		132/4 (36.2 overs) Fahad Iqbal 52 (55) Zahir Siddiqi 3/46 (14.0 overs)

Pakistan International Airlines won by 6 wickets Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Umpires: Javed Ashraf and Ijaz Ahmed

• Pakistan Airlines won the toss and elected to field.

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23–26 November 2014 Scorecard

Habib Bank Limited	v	Hyderabad Hawks
128 (43.1 overs) Rameez Aziz 49 (117) Mir Ali 5/39 (15.0 overs)		266 (73.2 overs) Naeem-ur-Rehman 43 (39) Ashiq Ali 4/60 (15.0 overs)
423/5 dec. (86.1 overs) Bilal Shafayat 201 (257) Babar Khan 2/103 (17.1 overs)		267 (66.4 overs) Azeem Ghumman 201 (257) Umar Gul 3/64 (18.4 overs)

Habib Bank Limited won by 18 runs Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Riazuddin and Majid Hussain

• Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to field.

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23–26 November 2014 Scorecard

Khan Research Laboratories	v	State Bank of Pakistan
176 (59.4 overs) Nauman Ali 36 (54) Zafar Gohar 4/30 (10.4 overs)		394 (120.4 overs) Usman Salahuddin 154 (332) Usama Mir 4/133 (34.0 overs)
171 (48.1 overs) Ali Khan 73 (112) Kashif Bhatti 4/45 (11.0 overs)

State Bank of Pakistan won by an innings and 47 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Khalid Mahmood Sr. and Nasar Khan

• State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

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23–26 November 2014 Scorecard

Sui Southern Gas Corporation	v	Pakistan Television
266 (72.3 overs) Usman Tariq 64 (161) Waqar Ahmed 5/53 (15.0 overs)		222 (67.5 overs) Hasan Raza 59 (135) Atif Maqbool 6/82 (23.5 overs)
373 (90.1 overs) Awais Zia 79 (102) Nawaz Ahmed 3/60 (22.0 overs)		182 (41.0 overs) Rehan Afridi 70 (70) Tabish Khan 5/55 (14.0 overs)

Sui Southern Gas Company won by 235 runs National Ground, Islamabad Umpires: Naushad Khan and Hakeem Shah

• Sui Southern Gas Company won the toss and elected to bat.

Semi-finals

28 November–1 December 2014 Scorecard

Pakistan International Airlines	v	State Bank of Pakistan
120 (33.1 overs) Shoaib Khan 22 (47) Rizwan Haider 6/57 (16.1 overs)		172 (53.0 overs) Naved Yasin* 55 (78) Ali Imran 4/40 (11.0 overs)
279 (77.1 overs) Fahad Iqbal 93 (169) Rizwan Haider 5/101 (28.0 overs)		229/7 (69.2) Usman Salahuddin* 82 (166) Ali Imran 6/47 (21.0 overs)

State Bank of Pakistan won by 3 wickets Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot Umpires: Javed Ashraf and Mohammad Sajid

• State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

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28 November–1 December 2014 Scorecard

Habib Bank Limited	v	Sui Southern Gas Corporation
417 (121.3 overs) Rameez Aziz 169 (251) Atif Maqbool 3/94 (33 overs)		415 (122.2 overs) Asif Zakir 204* (374) Kamran Hussain 4/89 (24.2 overs)
201/4 (48 overs) Rameez Aziz 78 (125) Tabish Khan 2/63 (16 overs)

Match drawn; Habib Bank Limited won on first innings Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur Umpires: Mohammad Asif, Riazuddin

• Sui Southern Gas Company won the toss and elected to field.

Final

3–7 December 2014 Scorecard

State Bank of Pakistan	v	Habib Bank Limited
162 (40.4 overs) Aamer Yamin 54 (43) Abdur Rehman 4/35 (15.0 overs)		356 (128.2 overs) Kamran Hussain 76 (159) Kashif Bhatti 5/113 (44.0 overs)
527/8 dec. (152.5 overs) Babar Azam 266 (435) Abdur Rehman 4/222 (64.5 overs)		211/7 (114.0 overs) Imran Farhat 80 (217) Kashif Bhatti 4/74 (44.0 overs)

Habib Bank Limited won on first innings lead Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Riazuddin Player of the match: Babar Azam

• State Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Notes

1. The top level of domestic cricket in Pakistan was historically played by teams representing regional cricket associations and departments, which were owned and run by corporations, institutions or government departments.
2. Further restructuring of the competition by the Pakistan Cricket Board meant that any promotions and relegations were rendered moot.