Dates | 26 October 2024 – 6 January 2025 |
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Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | First-class |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, finals |
Host(s) | ![]() |
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 |
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, and it is contested by 18 teams representing regional cricket associations. [1]
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 first-class level for the first time. [2]
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]
Team [4] | Pld | W | L | D | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
Team [4] | Pld | W | L | D | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
Team [4] | Pld | W | L | D | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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 |
2–6 January 2025 Scorecard |
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