- Lahore Whites bagged their second win of the tournament as they beat Bahawalpur; Three other matches of the penultimate round ended on Tuesday
- The last round of the tournament will begin on 23 November in Abbottabad, Islamabad, Rawalpindi and Peshawar
- Day three highlights of Peshawar v Multan are available here
Lahore, 19 November 2025: The eighth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2025-26 concluded on Wednesday - the day three - as Lahore Whites beat Bahawalpur, while Peshawar bagged a crucial 189-run victory over Multan to end up tied with Faisalabad on 132 points, below the top two Sialkot (149) and Karachi Blues (138).
The results in the penultimate round have turned the last-round fixtures enticing with table toppers Sialkot and Karachi Blues taking on each other at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, while Faisalabad will take on no.8 Bahawalpur at Marghzar Cricket Ground on Sunday, 23 November.
Peshawar are set to face Islamabad at the Diamond Cricket ground with all top four teams direly looking for outright wins to qualify for the five-day Quaid-e-Azam Trophy final starting 29 November at the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
On Wednesday, Peshawar dismissed Multan for a mere 92 in 39.4 overs - who fell 189 runs short of the 282-run target - as skipper Sajid Khan picked up his 22nd first-class five-wicket haul (15.4-0-39-6) and third in the tournament.
Sajid also completed his second-consecutive match haul of 10 wickets (5-82 & 5-60 v Lahore Whites and 4-29 and 6-39 v Multan) in the tournament and sixth in his first-class career.
Starting the day with 2-1 in three overs and requiring 280 more runs to win with nine wickets in hand, Multan crumbled after being 53-2 at one point as they were bundled out for 92 with only Test batter Imran Butt occupying the crease during his 111-ball 39 hitting four fours. Sajid was aided by Mohammad Irfan who took 3-10 in seven overs.
No.9 placed Multan will now take on No.10 Abbottabad at the Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in the last round as both teams look to avoid relegation.
At the Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Lahore Whites reached the 136-run target in 43.3 overs after resuming from overnight score of 58-4 in 21 overs.
Player of the match Hussain Talat – who turned up in the eighth round fresh from hitting the winning runs for Pakistan in their third ODI against Sri Lanka – remained unbeaten on 49 off 90 balls hitting three fours and one six to back up his first innings score of 58 off 79 balls inclusive of eight fours – the only half-century in the match.
Following a 50-run fifth-wicket stand with Tayyab Tahir (32, 58b, 3x4s), Hussain stitched an unbeaten 47-run partnership with Qasim Akram (17 not out, 37b, 1x4) to take their team home, which is now placed sixth on the table with two wins out of their eight games and will face no.5 placed FATA at the Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar in the last round.
Scores in brief – End of Eighth Round – Day 3
Lahore Whites beat Bahawalpur by five wickets at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Target for Lahore Whites: 136
Bahawalpur 140 all out, 49.1 overs (Saad Khan 37, Muhammad Imran 21, Rana Burhan Basharat 21; Noman Ali 4-51, Aamir Jamal 3-26, Mohammad Abbas 2-18) and 176 all out, 48.1 overs (Muhammad Imran 44, Mohammad Ammar 40, Saifullah Bangash 35; Mohammad Abbas 3-8, Aamir Jamal 3-27, Haseeb-ur-Rehman 2-44, Noman Ali 2-54)
Lahore Whites 181 all out, 43.2 overs (Hussain Talat 58, Ali Zaryab 39, Noman Ali 22; Mohammad Junaid 3-25, Mohammad Umair 2-34, Muhammad Imran 2-36, Mohammad Younis 2-52) and 136-5, 43.3 overs (Hussain Talat 49 not out, Tayyab Tahir 32; Mohammad Umair 4-46)
Player of the match – Hussain Talat (Lahore Whites)
Peshawar beat Multan by 189 runs at Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, Peshawar
Target for Multan: 282
Peshawar 239 all out, 57.4 overs (Abbas Ali 116, Sajid Khan 60, Azam Khan 21; Ali Usman 5-79, Mohammad Ismail 2-49, Kashif Ali 2-50) and 167 all out, 38.3 overs (Waqar Ahmed 45, Muhammad Amir Barki 24, Abbas Ali 24; Ali Usman 5-42, Ghulam Haider 3-38)
Multan 125 all out, 44 overs (Bismillah Khan 40, Zeeshan Ashraf 32, Ali Usman 22 not out; Sajid Khan 4-29, Razaullah 2-22, Niaz Khan 2-31) and 92 all out, 39.4 overs (Imran Butt 39; Sajid Khan 6-39, Mohammad Irfan 3-10)
Player of the match – Sajid Khan (Peshawar)
On Tuesday:
Faisalabad beat Abbottabad by 178 runs at Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad
Target for Abbottabad: 278
Player of the match – Ali Asfand (Faisalabad)
Karachi Blues beat Islamabad by an innings and 104 runs at Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad
Player of the match – Saud Shakeel (Karachi Blues)
Sialkot beat FATA by seven wickets at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad
Target for Sialkot: 151
Player of the match – Usama Mir (Sialkot)
