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

## Squads

On 26 September 2022, the PCB confirmed all the squads for the tournament.
| Balochistan | Central Punjab | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Northern | Sindh | Southern Punjab |
| Yasir Shah (c) Azeem Ghumman Haris Sohail Abdul Bangalzai Akif Javed Ali Waqas Amad Butt Imam-ul-Haq Imran Butt Asad Shafiq Akbar-ur-Rehman Ayaz Tasawwar Haseebullah Khan (wk) Hussain Talat Imran Butt Kashif Bhatti Khurram Shahzad Taj Wali | Azhar Ali (c) Aamer Yamin Abdullah Shafique Abid Ali Ahmed Daniyal Ahmed Shehzad Ali Shan (wk) Hunain Shah Mohammad Ali Mohammad Saad Qasim Akram Tayyab Tahir Umaid Asif Usama Mir Waqas Maqsood | Khalid Usman (c) Ashfaq Ahmed Adil Amin Arshad Iqbal Arshad Ullah Ihsanullah Imran Khan Irfanullah Shah Kamran Ghulam Mohammad Sarwar Afridi Nabi Gul Rehan Afridi (wk) Sahibzada Farhan Sajid Khan Waqar Ahmed Maaz Sadaqat | Umar Amin (c) Abdul Faseeh Athar Mahmood Faizan Riaz Kashif Ali Mehran Mumtaz Mubasir Khan Mohammad Huraira Muhammad Musa Nauman Ali Rohail Nazir (wk) Sarmad Bhatti Umar Waheed Waqas Ahmed Zeeshan Malik | Saud Shakeel (c) Abrar Ahmed Asif Mehmood Fawad Alam Ghulam Mudassar Khurram Manzoor Mir Hamza Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Umar Omair Yousuf Saad Khan Saim Ayub Sarfaraz Ahmed (wk) Faraz Ali Zahid Mahmood | Hasan Ali (c) Ahmed Bashir Ali Usman Hassan Khan Imran Rafiq Maqbool Ahmed (wk) Mohammad Ilyas Mohammad Imran Agha Salman Sameen Gul Sharoon Siraj Umar Siddiq Usman Salahuddin Yousaf Babar Zain Abbas |

## Venues

| 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 |
| LahoreAbbottabadMultanRawalpindiFaisalabadKarachi ||||
| 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

| Team | 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
### Round 1

* 27–30 September 2022 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* 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

* 3–6 October 2022 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* Match Drawn Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Mohammad Asif
* Arshadullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his first-class debut.
* Points: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 9, Southern Punjab 13

### Round 3

* 9–12 October 2022 Scorecard
* 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
* Match drawn Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Khalid Mahmood
* 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
* Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Shozab Raza
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 10, Central Punjab 12

### Round 4

* 15–18 October 2022 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Tariq Rasheed and Waleed Yaqub
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Central Punjab 10, Northern 9

### Round 5

* 21–24 October 2022 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* 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

* 27–30 October 2022 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* 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

* 2–5 November 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Mohammad Asif
* 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
* Sindh won by 202 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Tariq Rasheed
* Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Sindh 22, Southern Punjab 6
* 2–5 November 2022 Scorecard
* 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

* 8–11 November 2022 Scorecard
* Match drawn Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Mohammad Asif
* 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
* 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
* 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

* 14–17 November 2022 Scorecard
* 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
* 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
* 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

* 20–23 November 2022 Scorecard
* Match Drawn Lahore City Cricket Association Ground, Lahore Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aaliyan Mehmood (Sindh) and Arish Ali Khan (Sindh) both made their first-class debuts.
* Substitute: Aaliyan Mehmood for Abrar Ahmed (Sindh 1st innings, 155.1 over)
* Substitute: Arish Ali Khan for Zahid Mahmood (Sindh 1st innings, 155.1 over)
* Substitute: Danish Aziz for Saud Shakeel (Sindh 1st innings, 155.1 over)
* Substitute: Mohammad Hasan for Sarfaraz Ahmed (Sindh 1st innings, 155.1 over)
* Points: Sindh 10, Balochistan 10
* 20–23 November 2022 Scorecard
* Match Drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Waleed Yaqub
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Southern Punjab 10, Central Punjab 11
* 20–23 November 2022 Scorecard
* 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

* 26–30 November 2022 Scorecard
* 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