2022–23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The 2022–23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 27 September to 30 November 2022.[1] In September 2022, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the defending champions but did not qualify for the final.[2][3]

2022–23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Dates27 September – 30 November 2022
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)Double round-robin and Final
Host(s)Pakistan
ChampionsNorthern (1st title)
Participants6
Matches31
Player of the seriesMubasir Khan (Northern)
Most runsMohammad Huraira (1,024)
Most wicketsAbrar Ahmed (43)

The final of the tournament was played from 26 to 30 November and Northern won their first title.

Squads edit

On 26 September 2022, the PCB confirmed all the squads for the tournament.[4]

Balochistan Central Punjab Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Northern Sindh Southern Punjab

Venues edit

Lahore Abbottabad Rawalpindi Rawalpindi
Gaddafi Stadium Abbottabad Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Shoaib Akhtar Stadium
Capacity: 27,000 Capacity: 4,000 Capacity: 17,000 Capacity: 8,000
   
Matches: 2 Matches: 9 Matches: 8 Matches: 1
Faisalabad Lahore Karachi Multan
Iqbal Stadium LCCA Ground National Bank Cricket Arena Multan Cricket Stadium
Capacity: 18,000 Capacity: 5,000 Capacity: 35,000 Capacity: 35,000
     
Matches: 4 Matches: 4 Matches: 1 Matches: 2

Points table edit

Team[5] Pld W L D T NR Pts NRR
Northern 10 3 1 6 0 0 135 -0.165
Sindh 10 3 0 6 0 1 128 0.135
Central Punjab 10 0 0 10 0 0 124 0.133
Balochistan 10 2 2 6 0 0 114 -0.169
Southern Punjab 10 0 2 7 0 1 91 0.103
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 10 1 4 3 0 2 80 -0.022
  • The top 2 teams qualified for the Final

Fixtures edit

Round 1 edit

27–30 September 2022
Scorecard
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473 (123 overs)
Azeem Ghumman 78 (144)
Arshad Iqbal 4/114 (28 overs)
291 (85.5 overs)
Kamran Ghulam 102 (171)
Khurram Shahzad 4/67 (21 overs)
107/4 (38 overs)
Hussain Talat 55 (80)
Arshad Iqbal 2/33 (14 overs)
235 (68.5 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 63 (67)
Khurram Shahzad 3/61 (17 overs)
Balochistan won by 134 runs.
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Saqib Khan
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Haseebullah Khan (Balochistan) and Ihsanullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) both made their first-class debuts.
  • Points: Balochistan 24, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5

27–30 September 2022
Scorecard
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428 (102.2 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 232 (263)
Mir Hamza 3/72 (24 overs)
368 (85.5 overs)
Fawad Alam 127* (298)
Mohammad Ali 4/84 (20 overs)
277/9d (90.4 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 152* (252)
Asif Mahmood 4/59 (18.4 overs)
132/4 (44 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 50* (88)
Qasim Akram 1/8 (4 overs)
Match drawn
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Sajid
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Asif Mahmood (Sindh) and Saim Ayub (Sindh) both made their first-class debuts.
  • Points: Central Punjab 13, Sindh 12

27–30 September 2022
Scorecard
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529/5d (133 overs)
Mubasir Khan 170 (236)
Hassan Khan 3/94 (26 overs)
269 (86.2 overs)
Zain Abbas 120 (371)
Nauman Ali 4/73 (20.2 overs)
8/0 (1.8 overs)
Mohammad Huraira 4* (3)
143/2 (45 overs) (f/o)
Imran Rafiq 90 (228)
Musa Khan 3/39 (12 overs)
Northern won by 10 wickets.
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Shozab Raza and Waheed Yaqoob
  • Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Northern 25, Southern Punjab (Pakistan) 3

Round 2 edit

3–6 October 2022
Scorecard
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185 (47.2 overs)
Hussain Talat 43 (65)
Ahmed Daniyal 3/41 (9 overs)
535/6d (143.3 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 137 (244)
Hussain Talat 2/75 (22 overs)
303/6 (118 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 108 (231)
Ahmed Daniyal 3/73 (23 overs)
Match drawn
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Sajid
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ahmed Daniyal (Central Punjab) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Balochistan 6, Central Punjab 15

3–6 October 2022
Scorecard
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417 (143.3 overs)
Faizan Riaz 119 (279)
Zahid Mahmood 4/138 (48 overs)
457/8d (138.5 overs)
Saud Shakeel 158* (319)
Mubasir Khan 4/140 (43.5 overs)
160/4 (56 overs)
Saad Khan 72 (116)
Mubasir Khan 2/57 (21 overs)
Match drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Nasir Hussain and Shozab Raza
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sindh 9, Northern 8

3–6 October 2022
Scorecard
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240 (69.2 overs)
Waqar Ahmed 134* (218)
Mohammad Ilyas 4/ 76 (15.2 overs)
308 (91.2overs)
Umar Siddiq 112 (199)
Ihsanullah 3/45 (18 overs)
334 (108.5 overs)
Kamran Ghulam 86 (175)
Hasan Ali 4/82 (25 over)
101/2 (44 overs)
Zain Abbas 32 (51)
[[Arshad Iqbal]] 1/9 (7 overs)
  • Arshadullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 9, Southern Punjab 13

Round 3 edit

9–12 October 2022
Scorecard
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520/8d (116 overs)
Faizan Riaz 201 (216)
Taj Wali 5/91 (23 overs)
216 (81.1 overs)
Asad Shafiq 53 (83)
Mubasir Khan 3/18 (7.1 overs)
34/0 (7.1 overs)
Mohammad Huraira 26* (24)
336 (90 overs) (f/o)
Hussain Talat 115* (178)
Mubasir Khan 3/50 (19 overs)
Northern won by 10 wickets
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Faisal Afridi
  • Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Northern (Pakistan) 26, Balochistan 2

9–12 October 2022
Scorecard
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278 (94.3 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 89 (214)
Abrar Ahmed 5/94 (37.3 overs)
181 (50.2 overs)
Mohammad Umar 59 (57)
Mohammad Ilyas 5/50 (15 overs)
283 (85.5 overs)
Zain Abbas 138 (195)
Abrar Ahmed 6/100 (31.5 overs)
326/7 (103 overs)
Omair Yousuf 110* (192)
Mohammad Abbas 3/55 (20 overs)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sharoon Siraj (Southern Punjab) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Southern Punjab 13, Sindh 9

9–12 October 2022
Scorecard
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274 (100.3 overs)
Abid Ali 66 (101)
Khalid Usman 6/86 (24 overs)
220 (77.4 overs)
Waqar Ahmed 58 (85)
Usama Mir 6/91 (28.4 overs)
174/3 (39 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 100* (121)
Mohammad Ali 2/32 (10 overs)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 10, Central Punjab 12

Round 4 edit

15–18 October 2022
Scorecard
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346 (127 overs)
Asad Shafiq 106 (183)
Sameen Gul 5/84 (30 overs)
330 (96.5 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 88 (184)
Najeebullah 5/90 (23.5 overs)
295/6 (89 overs)
Haris Sohail 133* (188)
Mohammad Imran 2/43 (13 overs)
Match drawn
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Saqib Khan
  • Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Balochistan 10, Southern Punjab 9

15–18 October 2022
Scorecard
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384 (115.2 overs)
Mohammad Sarwar 148 (201)
Abrar Ahmed 4/130 (39.2)
490 (138 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 116 (130)
Ihsanullah 3/109 (25 overs)
108 (46.2 overs)
Ashfaq Ahmed 37 (86)
Abrar Ahmed 5/29 (19)
4/0 (0.3 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 4* (3)
Sindh won by 10 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Nasir Hussain
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sindh 21, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4

15–18 October 2022
Scorecard
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509/9d (140 overs)
Azhar Ali 219 (323)
Mehran Mumtaz 3/111 (38 overs)
651/9 (197.1 overs)
Sarmad Bhatti 140 (345)
Ahmed Safi Abdullah 6/132 (50 overs)
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Central Punjab 10, Northern 9

Round 5 edit

21–24 October 2022
Scorecard
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269 (90.5)
Haseebullah Khan 67 (139)
Ghulam Mudassar 5/73 (20.5 overs)
390 (123 overs)
Saud Shakeel 187* (387)
Asad Shafiq 2/37 (17 overs)
190 (64.3 overs)
Kashif Bhatti 37 (58)
Abrar Ahmed 5/49 (23.3 overs)
74/0 (10.3 overs)
Saim Ayub 48* (33)
Sindh won by 10 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Sajid
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sindh 23, Balochistan 5

21–24 October 2022
Scorecard
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302 (92.5 overs)
Faheem Ashraf 87 (131)
Sameen Gul 4/67 (20.5 overs)
200 (50 overs)
Mohammad Imran 71 (112)
Mohammad Ali 6/59 (18 overs)
274/3d (57 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 114* 168
Mohammad Ilyas 1/31 (12 overs)
330/8 (103 overs)
Agha Salman 103 (169)
Mohammad Ali 5/71 (31 overs)
Match drawn
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Nasir Hussain and Tariq Rasheed
  • Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hunain Shah (Central Punjab) and Mohammad Sadaqat (Southern Punjab) both made their first-class debuts.
  • Points: Central Punjab 14, Southern Punjab 11

21–24 October 2022
Scorecard
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175 (38.5 overs)
Waqar Ahmed 35 (42)
Aamer Jamal 5/38 (8.5 overs)
249 (61.2 overs)
Sarmad Bhatti 114 (118)
Ihsanullah 5/70 (14 overs)
121 (37 overs)
Rehan Afridi 29 (30)
Athar Mahmood 6/40 (14 overs)
48/1 (20.1 overs)
Mohammad Huraira 23 (34)
Northern won by 9 wickets
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
Umpires: Saqib Khan and Waleed Yaqub
  • Northern won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Northern 23, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5

Round 6 edit

27–30 October 2022
Scorecard
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215 (64.1 overs)
Sajid Khan 68 (116)
Yasir Shah 5/57 (18.1 overs)
487/7d (142.3 overs)
Hussain Talat 112 (195)
Sajid Khan 2/155 (52 overs)
324 (106.1 overs) (f/o)
Kamran Ghulam 92 (146)
Yasir Shah 5/105 (30 overs)
53/3 (4.2 overs)
Haseebullah Khan 23 (16)
Ihsanullah 2/35 (202)
Balochistan won by 7 wickets
Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
Umpires: Shozab Raza and Mohammad Asif
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Maaz Sadaqat (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Balochistan 24, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 2

27–30 October 2022
Scorecard
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188 (56 overs)
Saad Khan 29 (68)
Aamer Yamin 5/54 (16 overs)
305 (95.5 overs)
Aamer Yamin 63 (49)
Abrar Ahmed 4/82 (28 overs)
419 (113.3 overs)
Saad Khan 161 (262)
Aamer Yamin 4/73 (25 overs)
90/2 (37 overs)
Abid Ali 42 (99)
Mir Hamza 1/9 (5 overs)
Match drawn
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Aaley Haider and Imran Javed
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sindh 8, Central Punjab 14

27–30 October 2022
Scorecard
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566/7d (122 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 126 (252)
Kashif Ali 2/110 (28 overs)
388 (117 overs)
Rohail Nazir 149 (297)
Mohammad Abbas 5/95 (29 overs)
261/7 (58.4 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 100* (154)
Mubasir Khan 5/115 (19.5 overs)
Match drawn
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
Umpires: Saqib Khan and Tariq Rasheed
  • Northern won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Punjab 11, Northern 10

Round 7 edit

2–5 November 2022
Scorecard
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259 (85.2 overs)
Umar Amin 130 (226)
Bilawal Iqbal 5/49 (23.2 overs)
375 (89.3 overs)
Asad Shafiq 131 (224)
Aamer Jamal 8/120 (30 overs)
68/1 (26 overs)
Abdul Faseeh 38 (82)
Yasir Shah 1/14 (4 overs)
  • Northern won the toss and elected to bat first.
  • No play was possible on Day 4 due to rain.
  • Points: Northern 10, Balochistan 13

2–5 November 2022
Scorecard
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210 (69.1 overs)
Sarfaraz Ahmed 56 (62)
Mohammad Abbas 5/50 (18.1 overs)
202 (59.5 overs)
Sharoon Siraj 35 (76)
Abrar Ahmed 6/61 (19.5 overs)
337 (107.2 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 121 (273)
Mohammad Ilyas 3/57 (17 overs)
143 (40.3 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 47 (67)
Mohammad Umar 3/41 (12 overs)
  • Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sindh 22, Southern Punjab 6

2–5 November 2022
Scorecard
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436 (126.3 overs)
Israrullah 124 (211)
Usama Mir 3/98 (38 overs)
471 (128.2 overs)
Abid Ali 159 (287)
Khalid Usman 4/185 (38 overs)
120/1 (27 overs)
Waqar Ahmed 60* (80)
Aamer Yamin 1/9 (5 overs)
Match drawn
Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, Lahore
Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Mohammad Sajid
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mohammad Imran (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 10, Central Punjab 12

Round 8 edit

8–11 November 2022
Scorecard
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350 (89.4 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 135 (256)
Hussain Talat 6/70 (16 overs)
213/4 (50 overs)
Abdul Bangalzai 97 (130)
Mohammad Ilyas 2/43 (12 overs)
  • Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible after 0.2 overs on Day 1 and Day 2 due to rain.
  • Points: Southern Punjab 10, Balochistan 9

9–12 November 2022
Scorecard
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
  • No toss
  • No play was possible due to the attempted assassination of Imran Khan and subsequent blocking of Rawalpindi-Islamabad highway by his followers
  • Points: Sindh 5, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5

8–11 November 2022
Scorecard
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333 (96.2 overs)
Mohammad Huraira 114 (179)
Zafar Gohar 6/96 (31.2 overs)
385 (94 overs)
Abdullah Shafique 155 (220)
Musa Khan 4/100 (20 overs)
166/5 (58.2 overs)
Mubasir Khan 58* (98)
Qasim Akram 1/8 (2 overs)
210/7d (42 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 100 (113)
Aamer Jamal 3/60 (12 overs)
Match drawn
Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, Lahore
Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Mohammad Sajid
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Central Punjab 12, Northern 11

Round 9 edit

14–17 November 2022
Scorecard
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349 (96.5 overs)
Qasim Akram 111 (162)
Akif Javed 4/97 (23 overs)
318 (99.3 overs)
Imran Butt 80 (147)
Zafar Gohar 5/94 (32.3 overs)
126/1 (49 overs)
Mohammad Saad 57* (143)
Kashif Bhatti 1/40 (18 overs)
Match drawn
Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, Lahore
Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Imtiaz Iqbal
  • Balochistan wont the toss and elected to field.
  • No play was possible on Day 3 due to rain.
  • Points: Central Punjab 11, Balochistan 11

14–17 November 2022
Scorecard
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476 (144.4 overs)
Omair Yousuf 150* (293)
Nauman Ali 5/130 (40.4 overs)
605/8d (154.5 overs)
Mohammad Huraira 173 (293)
Zahid Mahmood 4/185 (45.4 overs)
101/1 (26 overs)
Mohammad Huraira 58* (66)
Zahid Mahmood 1/28 (10 overs)
Match drawn
National Bank Cricket Arena, Karachi
Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Nasir Hussain
  • Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Northern 10, Sindh 9

14–17 November 2022
Scorecard
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
Umpires: Aaley Haider and Mohammad Sajid
  • No toss
  • No play was possible due to rain.
  • Points: Southern Punjab 5, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 5

Round 10 edit

20–23 November 2022
Scorecard
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644/6d (165.1 overs)
Saud Shakeel 181 (259)
Kashif Bhatti 3/142 (51 overs)
485 (132.5 overs)
Imran Butt 195 (314)
Kashif Bhatti 3/142 (51 overs)
31/1 (4 overs) (f/o)
Kashif Bhatti 22* (9)
Saim Ayub 1/18 (2 overs)
Match Drawn
Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, Lahore
Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Imtiaz Iqbal

20–23 November 2022
Scorecard
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550/8d (126 overs)
Agha Salman 158* (168)
Qasim Akram 3/43 (14 overs)
490 (119.2 overs)
Mohammad Saad 182 (281)
Hasan Ali 3/108 (28 overs)
216/2 (55 overs)
Usman Salahuddin 100* (134)
Umaid Asif 1/16 (6 overs)
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Southern Punjab 10, Central Punjab 11

20–23 November 2022
Scorecard
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223 (72.2 overs)
Rohail Nazir 82 (158)
Ihsanullah 4/41 (14.2 overs)
444 (132.4 overs)
Maaz Sadaqat 91 (236)
Kashif Ali 3/90 (29 overs)
171 (73.5 overs)
Rohail Nazir 62 (158)
Sajid Khan 5/50 (20.5 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by an innings and 50 runs
Shoaib Akhtar Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Faisal Afridi
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Muhammad Mohsin Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his first-class debut.
  • Points: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 25, Northern 3

Final edit

26–30 November 2022
Scorecard
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284 (92.5 overs)
Asif Mehmood 78 (111)
Muhammad Musa 3/61 (19 overs)
593 (141 overs)
Mohammad Huraira 221 (236)
Aaliyan Mehmood 4/96 (26 overs)
254 (56.2 overs)
Fawad Alam 113 (130)
Muhammad Musa 3/49 (10.2 overs)
Northern won by an innings and 55 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Rashid Riaz
Player of the match: Mohammad Huraira (Northern)
  • Northern won the toss and elected to field.
  • Northern won the 2022-23 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 squads and schedule announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Proud' Iftikhar lauds hardworking KP side after QeA title win; Huraira sets sights on Pakistan cap". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
  3. ^ PCB & Cricket World Wednesday 26 October 2022. "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aim resurgence as Quaid-e-Azam Trophy moves towards the business end". Cricket World. Retrieved 24 November 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022-23 squads announced". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  5. ^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2022/23". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 November 2022.