# 2021–22 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The 2021–22 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class domestic cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 20 October to 29 December 2021. In September 2021, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament, with the full schedule being announced the following month. Central Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa were the defending champions, after the final of the previous tournament finished in a tie.
All of the matches played in the first three rounds of the tournament finished as draws. On 7 November 2021, the PCB announced that fourth round match between Central Punjab and Sindh would be played with the pink ball, along with the final of the tournament. The first result other than a draw came in the fourth round of the tournament, when Southern Punjab beat Northern by ten wickets. In the same round, Ahsan Ali became the ninth batsman to score a triple century in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, when he made 303 not out in Sindh's match against Central Punjab. All of the matches in round five of the competition also ended as draws. Conversely, only one match in rounds six and seven ended as a draw, with Sindh winning back-to-back matches to lead the table.
Ahead of the tenth and final round of matches, four teams were still in contention of reaching the final. In the tenth round of fixtures, Mohammad Huraira of Northern scored his maiden triple century in first-class cricket. Following the completion of the group stage matches, Northern and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finished first and second respectively to advance to the final of the tournament. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the tournament, beating Northern by 169 runs in the final.

## Squads

On 15 October 2021, the PCB confirmed all the squads for the tournament.
| Balochistan | Central Punjab | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Northern | Sindh | Southern Punjab |
| Imran Butt (c) Abdul Bangalzai Akbar-ur-Rehman Amad Butt Ayaz Tasawwar Bismillah Khan (wk) Gohar Faiz Haris Sohail Imam-ul-Haq Junaid Khan Kashif Bhatti Raza-ul-Hasan Taj Wali Umaid Asif Yasir Shah | Azhar Ali (c) Abid Ali Ahmed Bashir Ahmed Shehzad Bilal Asif Bilawal Iqbal Ehsan Adil Faheem Ashraf Hussain Talat Junaid Ali (wk) Mohammad Saad Muhammad Akhlaq (wk) Saad Nasim Saif Badar Waqas Maqsood Zafar Gohar | Iftikhar Ahmed (c) Mohammad Amir Khan Adil Amin Ashfaq Ahmed Asif Afridi Imran Khan Israrullah Khalid Usman Musadiq Ahmed Nabi Gul Niaz Khan Rehan Afridi (wk) Sahibzada Farhan Sajid Khan Sameen Gul Tahir Khan | Nauman Ali (c) Aamer Jamal Aaqib Liaquat Athar Mahmood Faizan Riaz Mohammad Huraira Mubasir Khan Munir Riaz Muhammad Musa Nasir Nawaz Rohail Nazir (wk) Sarmad Bhatti Umar Amin Umar Waheed Usman Shinwari Waqas Ahmed | Fawad Alam (c) Asad Shafiq Ashiq Ali Hasan Mohsin Khuzaima Bin Tanvir Mir Hamza Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Hasan (wk) Mohammad Hasnain Mohammad Suleman Mohammad Taha Saad Khan Shan Masood Sharjeel Khan Sohail Khan Tabish Khan | Mohammad Abbas (c) Aamer Yamin Ali Usman Azam Khan (wk) Hassan Khan Imran Rafiq Mohammad Ilyas Mohammad Imran Mohammad Junaid Naved Yasin Tayyab Tahir Umar Siddiq (wk) Waqar Hussain (wk) Yousaf Babar Zain Abbas Zia-ul-Haq |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | D | T | Pts | NRR |
| Northern | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 152 | 0.152 |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 150 | 0.070 |
| Sindh | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 143 | 0.172 |
| Central Punjab | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 106 | –0.264 |
| Southern Punjab | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 100 | 0.056 |
| Balochistan | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 80 | –0.154 |

## Fixtures
### Round 1

* 20–23 October 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Saqib Khan
* Balochistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abdul Bangalzai (Balochistan) made his first-class debut.
* 20–23 October 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Aftab Gillani and Qaiser Waheed
* Toss uncontested, Southern Punjab elected to field.
* 20–23 October 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Shozab Raza
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammad Amir Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Mohammad Huraira (Northern) both made their first-class debuts.

### Round 2

* 27–30 October 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Nasir Hussain and Saqib Khan
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Niaz Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his first-class debut.
* 27–30 October 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Aftab Gillani and Qaiser Waheed
* Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* Tayyab Tahir (Southern Punjab) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.
* 27–30 October 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

### Round 3

* 3–6 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Shozab Raza and Waheed Yaqoob
* Balochistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Najeebullah (Balochistan) made his first-class debut.
* 3–6 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Aftab Gillani and Qaiser Waheed
* Toss uncontested, Sindh elected to field.
* Mohammad Suleman (Sindh) made his first-class debut.
* Tabish Khan (Sindh) took his 600th first-class wicket.
* 3–6 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Nasir Hussain
* Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* Azam Khan (Southern Punjab) scored his maiden century in first-class cricket.

### Round 4

* 10–13 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Nasir Hussain
* Balochistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* 10–13 November 2021 (D/N) Scorecard
* Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Shozab Raza and Waleed Yaqub
* Toss uncontested, Sindh elected to field.
* 10–13 November 2021 Scorecard
* Southern Punjab won by 10 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Zameer Haider
* Toss uncontested, Southern Punjab elected to field.

### Round 5

* 17–20 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Nasir Hussain
* Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abdul Faseeh, Kashif Ali and Mehran Mumtaz (Northern) all made their first-class debuts.
* 17–20 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Shozab Raza and Waleed Yaqub
* Toss uncontested, Sindh elected to field.
* 17–20 November 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Saqib Khan
* Toss uncontested, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elected to field.

### Round 6

* 24–27 November 2021 Scorecard
* Sindh won by an innings and 188 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Zameer Haider
* Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
* 24–27 November 2021 Scorecard
* Central Punjab won by an innings and 56 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
* Toss uncontested, Central Punjab elected to field.
* 24–27 November 2021 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi
* Toss uncontested, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elected to field.

### Round 7

* 30 November–3 December 2021 Scorecard
* Match drawn United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Zameer Haider
* Toss uncontested, Balochistan elected to field.
* Adeel-ur-Rehman (Southern Punjab) made his first-class debut.
* 30 November–3 December 2021 Scorecard
* Sindh won by 127 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Waleed Yaqub
* Toss uncontested, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elected to field.
* 30 November–3 December 2021 Scorecard
* Northern won by 9 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Ghaffar Kazmi
* Toss uncontested, Khyber Central Punjab elected to field.
* Haider Ali (Northern) scored his maiden double century in first-class cricket.

### Round 8

* 6–9 December 2021 Scorecard
* Central Punjab won by 5 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Saqib Khan
* Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* 6–9 December 2021 Scorecard
* Northern won by an innings and 39 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Zameer Haider
* Toss uncontested, Northern elected to field.
* Mohammad Taha (Sindh) made his first-class debut.
* 6–9 December 2021 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 7 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Waleed Yaqub
* Toss uncontested, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa elected to field.

### Round 9

* 12–15 December 2021 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 145 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Zameer Haider
* Toss uncontested, Balochistan elected to field.
* Tariq Jameel (Balochistan) made his first-class debut.
* 12–15 December 2021 Scorecard
* Sindh won by 11 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Nasir Hussain and Waleed Yaqub
* Toss uncontested, Central Punjab elected to field.
* 12–15 December 2021 Scorecard
* Northern won by an innings and 5 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Toss uncontested, Northern elected to field.

### Round 10

* 18–21 December 2021 Scorecard
* Northern won by an innings and 170 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Nasir Hussain and Qaiser Waheed
* Toss uncontested, Northern elected to field.
* 18–21 December 2021 Scorecard
* Sindh won by 48 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Toss uncontested, Southern Punjab elected to field.
* Mohammad Junaid (Southern Punjab) made his first-class debut.
* 18–21 December 2021 Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 244 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Zameer Haider
* Toss uncontested, Central Punjab elected to field.

## Final

* 25–29 December 2021 (D/N) Scorecard
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa win by 169 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
* Northern won the toss and elected to field.
* No play was possible on day 3 due to rain.