- Faisalabad’s Asim Ali Nasir and Islamabad’s Sarmad Bhatti scored centuries in losing cause
- The fourth round of the tournament will begin on Friday across five venues in four cities
- Scorecards and stats are available here; Points table is available here; Top performers pictures from day four are available here for free download and editorial use
- Day four highlights of Multan v Faisalabad are available here, Karachi Blues v FATA are available here and Lahore Whites v Sialkot are available here
Lahore, 21 October 2025: The third round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy concluded with Abbottabad, FATA, Sialkot and Multan winning their matches on day four, while Peshawar bagged victory earlier on day three.
The next round will begin on Friday, 24 October in Abbottabad, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar.
Sialkot’s Mohammad Ali picked up his 12th first-class five-for and also completed 200 wickets in the format to skittle Lahore Whites for a mere 105 in 35.5 overs on day four as they fell 284 runs short.
Ali returned impressive figures of 10.5-3-24-5 as Lahore Whites collapsed from 34-1 losing nine wickets for 71 runs. He bagged 7-88 across his 30.5 overs in the match. Athar Mehmood picked up three wickets as Sialkot registered their first win of the tournament.
Fast bowler Shahid Aziz handed FATA an emphatic 184-run win – their first in the tournament - over Karachi Blues at the Imran Khan Stadium in Peshawar with his second five-wicket haul in the match.
Chasing 296 to win and 67-4 overnight, Karachi Blues batters were rattled by Shahid Aziz’s figures of 5-33 in 14.1 overs as he took his second first-class 10-fer and also bested his previous top match-figures of 10-120 with 10-78.
Multan made light work of the 35-run target set by Faisalabad as they took 41 balls to haul it, bagging their first victory and climbed to second spot on the points table besides Peshawar.
Earlier, Faisalabad resumed their second innings from overnight score of 223-5 and with 116 runs in arrears, but were dismissed for 373 in 129.3 overs.
Faisalabad’s overnight unbeaten batter Asim Ali Nasir registered his maiden first-class century (114, 249b, 16x4s, 2x6s), while wicketkeeper-batter Ali Shan remained unbeaten on 77 off 221 balls hitting 10 fours. For Multan, Mohammad Shan dismissed three batters.
Islamabad fell 70 runs short of hauling a mammoth 524-run target as they were dismissed for 453 in 114.1 overs after resuming from steady overnight position of 234-2 against Abbottabad at the Marghzar Cricket Ground.
Abbottabad’s Khalid Usman struck five blows in his 39.1 overs to safeguard his team against Islamabad’s come-from-behind effort.
Following Raja Hamza Waheed’s (117, 118b, 16x4s, 3x6s) departure early in the day, Sarmad Bhatti (109, 201b, 13x4s) kept Islamabad in the hunt with his 11th first-class century but didn’t get much help from the other end except from Jawad Ali (61, 114b, 8x4s, 2x6s).
The duo stitched together 129 runs for the seventh wicket but both fell prey to player of the match Khalid. Israr Hussain and Mohammad Adil dismissed two batters each.
Scores in brief – Day 4 – End of Round 3
Abbottabad beat Islamabad by 70 runs at Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad
Target for Islamabad: 524
Abbottabad 437 all out, 102 overs (Yasir Khan 185, Ahmed Khan 55, Khayam Khan 46, Mohammad Bilal 33, Khalid Usman 31, Shahzaib Khan 25; Mohammad Nadeem 3-83, Musa Khan 2-47, Kaleem Dil 2-119. Jawad Ali 2-133) and 314-9 dec, 55 overs (Fakhar Zaaman 74, Ahmed Khan 57 not out, Yasir Khan 56, Mohammad Bilal 54, Mohammad Suleman 29; Jawad Ali 3-126, Mohammad Nadeem 2-75)
Islamabad 228 all out, 54.2 overs (Shamyl Hussain 100, Mohammad Nadeem 24; Israr Hussain 4-71, Aqib Khan 2-53, Mohammad Adil 2-54) and 453 all out, 114.1 overs (Raja Hamza Waheed 117, Sarmad Bhatti 109, Shamyl Hussain 81, Jawad Ali 61, Mohammad Hammad Khana 27; Khalid Usman 5-115, Israr Hussain 2-82, Mohammad Adil 2-123)
Player of the match – Yasir Khan (Abbottabad)
Sialkot beat Lahore Whites by 284 runs at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad
Target for Lahore Whites: 390
Sialkot 222 all out, 70.5 overs (Mohsin Riaz 76, Ayaz Tasawar 52, Azan Awais 25, Aashar Mehmood 23; Haseeb-ur-Rehman 4-47, Mohammad Abbas 2-44) and 402-7dec, 88.3 overs (Mohsin Riaz 100 not out, Mohammad Huraira 90, Aashar Mehmood 79, Ayaz Tasawar 59, Azan Awais 26; Ubaid Shah 3-126)
Lahore Whites 235 all out, 70 overs (Haseeb-ur-Rehman 40, Mohammad Abbas 37 not out, Saad Nasim 36, Tayyab Tahir 33, Abid Ali 27; Mohammad Hasnain 4-42, Athar Mehmood 3-47, Mohammad Ali 2-64) and 105 all out, 35.5 overs (Junaid Ali 23; Mohammad Ali 5-24, Athar Mehmood 3-23)
Player of the match – Mohsin Riaz (Sialkot)
FATA beat Karachi Blues by 184 runs at Imran Khan Stadium, Peshawar
Target for Karachi Blues: 296
FATA 312 all out, 77.1 overs (Mohammad Farooq 75, Mohammad Sarwar Afridi 54, Rehan Afridi 38, Khushdil Shah 34, Salman Khan Jnr 23, Zahid Mehmood 21; Mohammad Asghar 3-47, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-78, Saqib Khan 3-104) and 190 all out, 62.4 overs (Mohammad Usman 56, Mohammad Farooq 54; Mohammad Asghar 4-28, Saqib Khan 4-47)
Karachi Blues 207 all out, 68.2 overs (Abdullah Fazal 67, Haroon Arshad 42, Danish Aziz 37 not out, Shahid Aziz 5-45, Arshadullah 2-41, Zahid Mehmood 2-51) and 111 all out, 45.1 overs (Mohammad Usman Rahim 23, Haroon Arshad 20; Shahid Aziz 5-33, Sameen Gul 2-33)
Player of the match – Shahid Aziz (FATA)
Multan beat Faisalabad by 10 wickets at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium
Target for Multan: 35
Faisalabad 212 all out, 61.2 overs (Ali Shan 95, Atiq-ur-Rehman 46, Ahmed Safi Abdullah 22; Aamer Yamin 6-37, Mohammad Shan 2-79) and 373 all out, 129.3 overs (Asim Ali Nasir 114, Ali Shan 77 not out, Ibtisam Rehman 26, Muhammad Awais Zafar 41, Atiq-ur-Rehman 37, Muhammad Irfan Khan 20; Mohammad Shan 3-104, Aamer Yamin 2-67, Ali Usman 2-95)
Multan 551-9 dec, 126 overs (Arafat Minhas 152 not out, Imran Rafiq 70, Waqar Hussain 67, Sharoon Siraj 64, Ali Usman 63, Bismillah Khan 47, Zain Abbas 30; Shahid Ali 3-139, Ahmed Safi Abdullah 2-90, Jahandad Khan 2-115) and 38-0, 6.5 overs
Player of the match – Aamer Yamin (Multan)
On Monday
Peshawar beat Bahawalpur by eight wickets at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Target for Peshawar: 115
