# 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The 2020–21 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Karachi, Pakistan, from 25 October 2020 to 5 January 2021. Central Punjab cricket team were the defending champions. Central Punjab started their title defence poorly, with no wins from their first five matches. Despite being bottom in the table at the half-way point of the tournament, they won four of the next five matches to finish second in the table, advancing to the final with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The final finished in a tie, with Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa sharing the title. It was the first time the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy had been tied, and the first tie in the final of a domestic first-class cricket tournament. Central Punjab's Hasan Ali was named the player of the final and the tournament. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa batsman Kamran Ghulam set a new record for runs scored during a Quaid-e-Azam Trophy season with 1,249; the previous record had stood since 1983–84.

## Squads

| Balochistan | Central Punjab | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Northern | Sindh | Southern Punjab |
| Yasir Shah (c) Bismillah Khan (vc, wk) Abdul Rehman Muzammil Abdul Bangalzai Adnan Akmal (wk) Akhtar Shah Amad Butt Ayaz Tasawwar Imran Butt Imran Farhat Kashif Bhatti Khurram Shehzad Najeebullah Sami Aslam Taimur Ali Taj Wali | Azhar Ali (c) Saad Nasim (vc) Ahmed Bashir Ahmed Safi Abdullah Ahmed Shehzad Ali Shan Ali Zaryab Bilal Asif Ehsan Adil Hasan Ali Kamran Akmal (wk) Mohammad Saad Qasim Akram Rizwan Hussain Salman Butt Usman Salahuddin Waqas Maqsood | Ashfaq Ahmed (c) Adil Amin (vc) Ahmed Jamal Imran Khan Israrullah Junaid Khan Kamran Ghulam Khalid Usman Mohammad Mohsin Nabi Gul Rehan Afridi (wk) Sahibzada Farhan Sajid Khan Sameen Gul Samiullah Usman Shinwari | Nauman Ali (c) Zeeshan Malik (vc) Ali Sarfraz Asif Ali Faizan Riaz Farhan Shafiq Hammad Azam Jamal Anwar (wk) Nasir Nawaz Naved Malik Sadaf Hussain Salman Irshad Sarmad Bhatti Tauseeq Shah Umar Amin Waqas Ahmed | Sarfaraz Ahmed (c, wk) Asad Shafiq (vc) Ashiq Ali Azizullah Fawad Alam Ghulam Mudassar Hasan Mohsin Khurram Manzoor Mir Hamza Mohammad Asghar Omair Yousuf Saad Ali Saud Shakeel Sharjeel Khan Sohail Khan Tabish Khan | Shan Masood (c) Hussain Talat (vc) Aamer Yamin Bilawal Bhatti Dilbar Hussain Imran Rafiq Maqbool Ahmed (wk) Mohammad Abbas Mohammad Ilyas Mohammad Irfan Saif Badar Salman Ali Agha Umar Siddiq Umar Khan Zahid Mahmood Zeeshan Ashraf (wk) |
On 21 October 2020, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the squads for the tournament. Ahead of the opening round of matches, Salman Butt withdrew from the tournament and was replaced by Ali Zaryab in Central Punjab's team.

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | T | Pts | NRR |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 161 | –0.013 |
| Central Punjab | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 137 | –0.111 |
| Southern Punjab | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 129 | –0.145 |
| Balochistan | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 128 | +0.098 |
| Northern | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 123 | +0.183 |
| Sindh | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 87 | –0.006 |

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 25–28 October 2020 Scorecard
* Balochistan won by 186 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Nasir Hussain
* Balochistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Akhtar Shah (Balochistan) made his first-class debut.
* 25–28 October 2020 Scorecard
* Sindh won by 6 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Zameer Haider and Faisal Afridi
* Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
* Qasim Akram (Central Punjab) made his first-class debut.
* 25–28 October 2020 Scorecard
* Southern Punjab won by an innings and 96 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Ghaffar Kazmi
* Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hussain Talat (Southern Punjab) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.
* Zahid Mahmood (Southern Punjab) took his first ten-wicket match haul and his 100th wicket in first-class cricket.

### Round 2

* 31 October–3 November 2020 Scorecard
* Southern Punjab won by 4 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Imran Jarved
* Toss uncontested, Southern Punjab elected to field.
* Dilbar Hussain (Southern Punjab) made his first-class debut.
* 31 October–3 November 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Saqib Khan
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 31 October–3 November 2020 Scorecard
* Northern won by 9 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Zameer Haider and Ghaffar Kazmi
* Toss uncontested, Northern elected to field.

### Round 3

* 6–9 November 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Nasir Hussain
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 6–9 November 2020 Scorecard
* Northern won by 128 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Saqib Khan
* Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
* 6–9 November 2020 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 75 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Imran Jarved
* Toss uncontested, Southern Punjab elected to field.

### Round 4

* 20–23 November 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Qaiser Waheed
* Toss uncontested, Northern elected to field.
* Nasir Nawaz (Northern) made his first-class debut.
* 20–23 November 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Zameer Haider and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abrar Ahmed (Sindh) made his first-class debut.
* 20–23 November 2020 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Nasir Hussain and Imran Jarved
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 5

* 26–29 November 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Saqib Khan
* Toss uncontested, Sindh elected to field.
* 26–29 November 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Nasir Hussain
* Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 26–29 November 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Imran Jarved
* Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammad Wasim (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Munir Riaz (Northern) both made their first-class debuts.
* Munir Riaz (Northern) took his first five-wicket haul in first-class cricket.
* Umair Masood (Northern) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

### Round 6

* 2–5 December 2020 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 175 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Saqib Khan
* Toss uncontested, Balochistan elected to field.
* 2–5 December 2020 Scorecard
* Central Punjab won by 227 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz
* Toss uncontested, Sindh elected to field.
* 2–5 December 2020 Scorecard
* Northern won by 6 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Aftab Gillani
* Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 7

* 8–11 December 2020 Scorecard
* Southern Punjab won by 205 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob
* Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 8–11 December 2020 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by an innings and 37 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Waleed Yaqub
* Toss uncontested, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elected to field.
* 8–11 December 2020 Scorecard
* Central Punjab won by 6 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Saqib Khan
* Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shadab Majeed (Northern) made his first-class debut.

### Round 8

* 14–17 December 2020 Scorecard
* Central Punjab won by 9 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Aftab Gillani
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 14–17 December 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza
* Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mubasir Khan (Northern) made his first-class debut, and scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
* 14–17 December 2020 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 10 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Jarved and Waleed Yaqub
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 9

* 20–23 December 2020 Scorecard
* Balochistan won by an innings and 5 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Waleed Yaqub
* Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
* 20–23 December 2020 Scorecard
* Southern Punjab won by 5 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Aftab Gillani
* Toss uncontested, Southern Punjab elected to field.
* 20–23 December 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Asif Yaqoob
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

### Round 10

* 26–29 December 2020 Scorecard
* Balochistan won by 9 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Balochistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Azam Khan (Sindh) made his first-class debut.
* 26–29 December 2020 Scorecard
* Central Punjab won by 10 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Jarved and Shozab Raza
* Toss uncontested, Southern Punjab elected to field.
* Usman Salahuddin (Central Punjab) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.
* 26–29 December 2020 Scorecard
* Match drawn National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Waleed Yaqub
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final

* 1–5 January 2021 Scorecard
* Match tied National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Hasan Ali (Central Punjab)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.