2024–25 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The 2024–25 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition held in Pakistan during the 2024–25 season from 26 October to 6 January 2025. It was the 68th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, contested by 18 teams representing regional cricket associations.^[1]

2024–25 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Dates	26 October 2024 (2024-10-26) – 6 January 2025 (2025-01-06)
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin, finals
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Sialkot (3rd title)
Runners-up	Peshawar
Participants	18
Matches	49
Player of the series	Niaz Khan (Peshawar)
Most runs	Azan Awais (Sialkot) (844)
Most wickets	Niaz Khan (Peshawar) (39)
Official website	PCB
← 2023–24 2025–26 →

Format

For the 2024–25 competition the number of teams was increased from eight to 18, in three pools of six teams each. Three of the teams – Larkana Region, Azad Jammu & Kashmir Region and Dera Murad Jamali Region – were competing at the first-class level for the first time.^[2]

• Pool A: Abbottabad Region, Faisalabad Region, Hyderabad Region, Islamabad Region, Lahore Region Whites, Larkana Region
• Pool B: Azad Jammu & Kashmir Region, Bahawalpur Region, Karachi Region Whites, Multan Region, Peshawar Region, Rawalpindi Region
• Pool C: Dera Murad Jamali Region, Federally Administered Tribal Areas Region, Karachi Region Blues, Lahore Region Blues, Quetta Region, Sialkot Region

After a 15-match round-robin in each pool, the top team from each pool took part in a three-team, three-match series. The top two teams from this series then played off in the final, beginning on 2 January.^[2][3]

Tables

Pool A

Team[4]	Pld	W	L	D	T	NR	Pts
Lahore Whites	5	4	1	0	0	0	99
Islamabad	5	3	2	0	0	0	87
Abbottabad	5	3	2	0	0	0	84
Faisalabad	5	3	2	0	0	0	82
Hyderabad	5	2	3	0	0	0	71
Larkana	5	0	5	0	0	0	32

• The top team qualified for the triangular stage.

Pool B

Team[4]	Pld	W	L	D	T	NR	Pts
Peshawar	5	3	0	2	0	0	89
Rawalpindi	5	2	1	2	0	0	85
Multan	5	1	2	2	0	0	81
Bahawalpur	5	3	1	1	0	0	59
Karachi Whites	5	1	2	2	0	0	55
Azad Jammu & Kashmir	5	0	4	1	0	0	28

• The top team qualified for the triangular stage.

Pool C

Team[4]	Pld	W	L	D	T	NR	Pts
Sialkot	5	3	0	2	0	0	90
FATA	5	2	1	2	0	0	77
Lahore Blues	5	2	2	1	0	0	68
Karachi Blues	5	2	2	1	0	0	65
Quetta	5	1	3	1	0	0	53
Dera Murad Jamali	5	1	3	1	0	0	45

• The top team qualified for the triangular stage.

Triangular Stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Pts	Qualification
1	Sialkot	2	1	0	1	36	Advanced for the final
2	Peshawar	2	1	1	0	25
3	Lahore Whites	2	0	1	1	13

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Triangular stage

26–29 November 2024 Scorecard

Peshawar	v	Sialkot
171 (46.1 overs) Obaidullah 35 (44) Mohammad Ali 4/35 (16.1 overs)		410 (133.1 overs) Azan Awais 203* (407) Mohammad Amir Khan 5/141 (40.1 overs)
182 (34.4 overs) Sajjad Ibrahim 44 (57) Shoaib Akhtar 6/51 (13 overs)

Sialkot won by an innings and 57 runs Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad Umpires: Saqib Khan and Ahmed Shahab

• Peshawar won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Sialkot 27, Peshawar 1

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2–5 December 2024 Scorecard

Peshawar	v	Lahore Whites
332 (82.2 overs) Maaz Sadaqat 95 (97) Ahmed Bashir 3/54 (19.2 overs)		217 (56.3 overs) Obaid Shahid 75 (105) Sajid Khan 5/56 (17 overs)
141 (40 overs) Nabi Gul 83* (138) Mohammad Salman 3/31 (12 overs)		131 (23.3 overs) Saad Nasim 56 (62) Sajid Khan 5/43 (6.3 overs)

Peshawar won by 125 runs Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Imran Javed

• Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Peshawar 24, Lahore Whites 4

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27–30 December 2024 Scorecard

Sialkot	v	Lahore Whites
465 (119.3 overs) Azan Awais 168 (293) Mohammad Waheed 5/124 (32.3 overs)		639 (153.1 overs) Ali Zaryab 206* (372) Shahzaib Bhatti 5/236 (57.1 overs)
260/6 (67 overs) Azan Awais 121 (169) Mohammad Ahsan 2/47 (22 overs)

Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Imran Javed

• Sialkot won the toss and elected to bat.
• Shahzaib Bhatti and Fahad Jamil (Sialkot) both made their first-class debuts.
• Points: Sialkot 9, Lahore Whites 9

Final

2–6 January 2025 Scorecard

Peshawar	v	Sialkot
258 (80.1 overs) Zubair Khan 47 (126) Amad Butt 4/51 (19.1 overs)		245 (85 overs) Mohsin Riaz 57 (130) Niaz Khan 5/61 (26 overs)
159 (59.5 overs) Maaz Sadaqat 57 (79) Ali Raza 7/48 (14 overs)		176/9 (46.2 overs) Amad Butt 65 (94) Niaz Khan 4/51 (17 overs)

Sialkot won by 1 wicket United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Amad Butt (Sialkot)

• Sialkot won the toss and elected to field.
• Ali Raza (Sialkot) took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.