The 2015–16 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the 58th edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the premier domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. It was contested by 16 teams representing eight regional associations and eight departments.[lower-alpha 1][1]
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The Pakistan Cricket Board restructured the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy just one season after implementing the previous changes. The number of teams was reduced from 26 to 16 with 12 automatic qualifiers and four additional teams gaining entry via two new pre-qualifying competitions, one for regions and one for departments. The competition proper was contested by means of two round-robin group stages, with a final to determine the winner.[1][2] Among the qualifiers was Federally Administered Tribal Areas, which competed in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy first-class competition for the first time.[3]
Following the completion of the preliminary group stages, six departments (Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited, National Bank of Pakistan, Water and Power Development Authority, United Bank Limited, Khan Research Laboratories and Sui Southern Gas Corporation) and two regions (Karachi Whites and Lahore Blues) qualified for the Super Eight stage of the competition.[4] United Bank Limited and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited topped the Super Eight groups to advance to the final, where Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won by 6 wickets to defend their title.[5]
Despite having unveiled a revised format in 2015 which was intended to last five seasons, the Pakistan Cricket Board decided to overhaul the structure after just one season. The number of teams was reduced from 26 down to 16, made up of eight regional associations and eight departments; six of each were automatically qualified based on their record in 2014–15, and the remainder had to earn their place through a corresponding qualifying tournament, although the bottom teams from 2014–15 (Quetta and Pakistan Television) were not eligible as they were relegated directly to Grade II cricket.[1]
The sixteen teams were divided into two groups, with four regions and four departments in each. After a round-robin of matches, the top four teams in each group advanced to a second group stage, called the "Super Eight", with four teams in each group. After a further round-robin, the top team in each group advanced to the final.[1]
Two qualifying competitions were held, one for regional associations and one for departments. Making it through from the regional competition were Federally Administered Tribal Areas, advancing to the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy first-class competition for the first time,[3] and Lahore Blues. Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) and Khan Research Laboratories (KRL) qualified from the departments. Under the previous system, Karachi Port Trust had been set to return to first-class cricket having won the Patron's Trophy Grade II the previous season but following the restructuring, they missed out in the qualifying tournament.[2]
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(Q) The top four teams in each group advanced to the Super Eight stage
Position determined by total points, most matches won, fewest matches lost, followed by adjusted net run rate (matches with no result, i.e. those where both teams did not complete their first innings, were disregarded); matches finishing in a
draw were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:
- Win by an innings = 10 points
- Win having led on first innings = 9 points
- Win having tied or trailed on first innings = 6 points
- Tie having led on first innings = 5 points
- Draw having led on first innings = 3 points
- Draw having tied on first innings, or tie having trailed on first innings = 2 points
- Draw with no result on first innings, or abandoned without a ball bowled = 1 point
- Loss, or draw having trailed on first innings = 0 points
Results
Pool A
Round 1
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Port Qasim Authority won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Sohail (Hyderabad) made his first-class debut.
- Sui Southern Gas Corporation won the toss and elected to field.
- Tayyab Tahir (Lahore Blues) made his first-class debut.
Round 2
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Southern Gas Corporation won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 3
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to bat.
- Port Qasim Authority won the toss and elected to field.
- Munir-ur-Rehman (Islamabad) made his first-class debut.
United Bank Limited won by an innings and 206 runsGaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Nasar Khan |
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Southern Gas Corporation won the toss and elected to field.
Round 4
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
- Daniyal Zahid and Mohsin Nadeem (Lahore Blues) both made their first-class debuts.
- Port Qasim Authority won the toss and elected to bat.
- Mehran Alam and Wasif Nawaz (Peshawar) made their first-class debuts.
- Taj Wali (PQA) became the first bowler in more than 20 years to take four wickets in four balls in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[6]
Round 5
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Taimur Sultan (Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited) made his first-class debut.
- United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 6
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Haris Nazar (Lahore Blues) made his first-class debut.
- Hyderabad won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Faizan Khan (Sui Southern Gas Corporation) made his first-class debut.
- Port Qasim Authority won the toss and elected to field.
- Noor Wali, Waqar Ahmed (Port Qasim Authority) and Sameen Gul (United Bank Limited) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 7
Lahore Blues won by an innings and 184 runsNiaz Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Shameem Ansari |
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
- No play was possible on days 3 and 4.
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208/6 (66 overs) Awais Zia 72* (121)Waqar Ahmed 2/41 (14 overs) |
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- Port Qasim Authority won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 4.
- United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to bat.
- No play was possible on day 4.
Pool B
Round 1
- National Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Anas Mahmood, Kamil Akram, Sajid Watto and Shuja Haider (Lahore Whites) all made their first-class debuts.
- Water and Power Development Authority won the toss and elected to field.
- Haris Ali, Jaahid Ali and Saud Shakeel (Karachi Whites) all made their first-class debuts.
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114/3 (25.4 overs) Haroon Sadaqat 50* (56)Nauman Anwar 1/3 (1 over) |
- Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
Round 2
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Abdullah Muqaddam (Karachi Whites) made his first-class debut.
- National Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Razaullah Wazir (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) made his first-class debut.
- Water and Power Development Authority won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
- National Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Ghulam Mudassar and Salman Zaib (Karachi Whites) made their first-class debuts.
- Water and Power Development Authority won the toss and elected to field.
- Habib Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field.
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168 (78 overs) Haroon Sadaqat 37 (69)Nauman Ali 4/27 (23 overs) |
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- Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
- Irfanullah, Mohammad Kashif and Samar Gul (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) all made their first-class debuts.
Round 4
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186 (45.3 overs) f/o Nisar Khan 37 (30)Waqas Maqsood 4/67 (14 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Habib Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
- Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
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276/8 (92 overs) Haroon Sadaqat 77* (234)Fahad Masood 4/36 (20 overs) |
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- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- National Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
Karachi Whites won by an innings and 160 runsGaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Majid Hussain and Saqib Khan |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Imran (Lahore Whites) made his first-class debut.
- Habib Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was FATA's maiden win in first-class cricket.[7]
- Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7
- Habib Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
- Sheraz Ali (Karachi Whites) made his first-class debut.
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
- Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
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(Q) The top team in each group advanced to the final
Position determined by total points, most matches won, fewest matches lost, followed by adjusted net run rate (matches with no result, i.e. those where both teams did not complete their first innings, were disregarded); matches finishing in a
draw were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:
- Win by an innings = 10 points
- Win having led on first innings = 9 points
- Win having tied or trailed on first innings = 6 points
- Tie having led on first innings = 5 points
- Draw having led on first innings = 3 points
- Draw having tied on first innings, or tie having trailed on first innings = 2 points
- Draw with no result on first innings, or abandoned without a ball bowled = 1 point
- Loss, or draw having trailed on first innings = 0 points
Results
Group 1
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to bat.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
- Khan Research Laboratories won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited won the toss and elected to field.
Group 2
- Sui Southern Gas Corporation won the toss and elected to field.
- United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to bat.
- National Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to bat.
- National Bank of Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Sui Southern Gas Corporation won the toss and elected to bat.
- United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the third time the final of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a day-night game.
- Bilawal Bhatti recorded his best figures in first-class cricket with 8 for 56, and his best overall match figures, with 11 for 95.[8]
The top level of domestic cricket in Pakistan was historically played by teams representing regional cricket associations and departments, which were owned and run by corporations, institutions or government departments.