- Top teams from each of the three groups have advanced to the triangular stage of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy after completion of five rounds
- Abbottabad, Bahawalpur, Faisalabad, Peshawar and Sialkot win their matches on the last day of fifth round after four results came on third day
- Complete scorecards, stats & triangular stage schedule available here; Action images of the Rawalpindi-Peshawar match available here for free download and editorial use; Please credit @PCB
Lahore, 22 November 2024: At the completion of the five rounds and 45 matches of the 18-team Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2024-25, three teams, Lahore Whites, Peshawar and Sialkot from Group A, B and C, respectively have qualified for the triangular stage of the first-class tournament.
The single-league triangular stage of the QeA Trophy is set to begin on 25 November with Peshawar and Sialkot taking on each other followed by Lahore Whites facing Peshawar from 1 December at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium. The third and last fixture of the triangular stage will be played between Lahore Whites and Sialkot from 27-30 December, while the final is set to be staged from 2-6 January 2025. The venue for the last triangular fixture and the final will be announced in due course.
Peshawar qualified for the triangular stage on the back of heroic bowling effort on day four against Rawalpindi to win by only 26 runs at the Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.
Requiring 241 runs to win the game and qualify for next stage, Rawalpindi began their day from overnight score of 19-2 and were bundled out for 214 in 64.3 overs as Umar Amin’s 129-ball 65-run effort went in vain. He partnered with Taimur Khan (42, 70b, 5x4s, 1x6) to take Rawalpindi from 97-5 to 172-6 before they slipped to 196-9. Peshawar’s Maaz Sadaqat and Niaz Khan picked up three wickets each in six and 13.3 overs, respectively. Skipper Sajid Khan snapped two scalps.
Sialkot, who topped the Group C, beat Karachi Blues by eight wickets at Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur. Sialkot chased the 99-run target in 18.5 overs. Earlier, Sialkot wrapped up the Karachi Blues innings for 224 after they bagan from overnight score of 220-9. Test fast bowler Mohammad Ali completed his ninth first-class five-fer taking his tally of match wickets to nine.
Elsewhere, Faisalabad beat Islamabad by 247 runs at National Ground Islamabad. Faisalabad took only 2.5 overs to snap the remaining three Islamabad wickets, who had resumed from overnight score of 136-7, bundling them out for 148 in 40.5 overs. Faisalabad’s Asad Raza and Shehzad Gul picked up four wickets each taking their match tally to eight and seven wickets, respectively. At Diamond Cricket Ground, Abbottabad beat Hyderabad by 249 runs. Hyderabad were bundled out for 95 in 27.4 overs chasing 345 as Aftab Ahmed picked 5-34 in 6.4 overs. Bahawalpur romped to a 198-run win over Karachi Whites who were dismissed for a mere 102 in pursuit of 301 runs. Bahawalpur’s Mehran Sanwal snapped 5-22 in 6.3 overs.
Scores in brief (Day 4 of 4):
Faisalabad beat Islamabad by 247 runs at National Ground, Islamabad, Group A
Faisalabad 202 all out, 47.5 overs (Atiq-ur-Rehman 61, Faheem Ashraf 39, Hammad Hamza 21, Mohammad Kashif 20; Musa Khan 6-51, Nusratullah 3-48) and 346 all out, 74.1 overs (Muhammad Awais Zafar 145, Mohammad Kashif 98, Hammad Hamza 24, Faheem Ashraf 21; Musa Khan 5-68, Umair Riaz 2-37)
Islamabad 153 all out, 49.5 overs (Faizan Riaz 63, Shayan Sheikh 24; Asad Raza 4-31, Faheem Ashraf 3-32, Shehzad Gul 3-47) and 148 all out, 40.5 overs (Mohammad Ali Taj 53, Sarmad Bhatti 39; Shehzad Gul 4-30, Asad Raza 4-43)
Abbottabad beat Hyderabad by 249 runs at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad Group A
Abbottabad 290 all out, 62.5 overs (Mohammad Bilal 102, Khalid Usman 62, Khayam Khan 35, Shahab Khan 28; Mustafa Nasir 3-50, Mohammad Waqar 3-57, Shehryar Baloch 3-84) and 369 all out, 86.1 overs (Mohammad Arif 96, Khayam 63, Shahab Khan 61 not out, Mohammad Ali 29, Shujah ur Rehman 24, Gul Rehman 23, Shujah Zaheer 20; Shehryar Baloch 5-86, Mustafa Nasir 4-99)
Hyderabad 315 all out, 80.3 overs (Gohar Ali 86, Ubaidullah 55, Jawad Ali 41 not out, Daniyal Hussain Rajput 31, Haris Khan 30; Khalid Usman 3-65, Aftab Ahmed 2-79, Mohamamd Adil 2-80) and 95 all out, 27.4 overs (Shehryar Baloch 20; Aftab Ahmed 5-34, Mehrooz Rasheed 3-26)
Peshawar beat Rawalpindi by 26 runs at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Group B
Peshawar 393 all out, 102.2 overs (Sajjad Ibraheem 73, Zubair Khan 69, Israrullah 62, Mohammad Haris 62, Sajid Khan 45, Maaz Sadaqat 43; Munir Riaz 3-56, Mehran Mumtaz 3-98, Mohammad Faizan 2-69) and 195 all out, 53 overs (Maaz Sadaqat 85, Nabi Gul 32, Sajjad Ibraheem 25; Mehran Mumtaz 5-85, Mohammad Faizan 2-28)
Rawalpindi 348 all out, 88.1 overs (Aqib Shah 105, Shadab Khan 51, Umar Amin 51, Mehran Mumtaz 36, Taimur Khan 30; Niaz Khan 4-76, Sajid Khan 3-80, Mohammad Imran Jnr 2-74) and 214 all out, 64.3 overs (Umar Amin 65, Taimur Khan 42, Ziad Khan 33, Aqib Shah 26; Maaz Sadaqat 3-21, Niaz Khan 3-57, Sajid Khan 2-65)
Bahawalpur beat Karachi Whites by 198 runs at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad, Group B
Bahawalpur 248 all out, 72.3 overs (Mohammad Sheharyar 95, Muhammad Imran 60, Abid Ali 49, Mohammad Asif 4-88, Aftab Ibrahim 3-41) and 266 all out, 71.3 overs (Ali Hamza Wasim 65, Mohammad Sheharyar 53, Abid Ali 52, Mohammad Ammar 36, Muhammad Imran 31; Baseer Shah 4-45, Saqib Khan 3-59) and 7-0
Karachi Whites 214 all out, 63.4 overs (Abdur Rahman 62, Khurram Manzoor 53, Saqib Khan 36, Mohammad Tahah Mehmood 36, Saqib Khan 36; Muhammad Imran 6-28, Gulfam Aziz 3-60) and 102 all out, 25.3 overs (Jahanzaib Sultan 25; Mehran Sanwal 5-22, Gulfam Aziz 2-42)
Sialkot beat Karachi Blues by eight wickets at Mirpur Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Group C
Karachi Blues 171 all out, 47.4 overs (Fawad Alam 60, Saifullah Bangash 33, Kashif Ali 28; Mohammad Ali 4-51, Amad Butt 3-33, Shoaib Akhtar 3-51) and 224 all out, 61 overs (Saifullah Bangash 105 not out, Fawad Alam 21; Mohammad Ali 5-88, Shoaib Akhtar 4-46)
Sialkot 297 all out, 98.5 overs (Mohammad Waleed 75, Ashir Mehmood 55, Amad Butt 42, Abdul Rehman 31, Mohsin Riaz 26, Azan Awais 23; Tabish Khan 7-76, Aftab Khan 2-72) and 99-2, 18.5 overs (Abdul Rehman 39 not out, Azan Awais 26)
On Thursday: Lahore Whites beat Larkana by eight wickets at Marghzar Cricket Ground (Pool A), Multan beat AJK by an innings and 112 runs, Ashfaq Cricket Ground Sirdheri, Charsadda (Group B), FATA beat Lahore Blues by six wickets at Gohati Cricket Stadium, Swabi (Group C), Quetta beat DM Jamali by an innings and 125 runs at Railway Cricket Ground, Haripur (Group C)
