Quaid-E-Azam Trophy
Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah
The tournament is named after the founder of Pakistan, Quaid-e-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah and is the most prestigious event in the domestic cricket calendar.
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy this year has been divided into two divisions; the Gold League and the Silver League. Both leagues will enjoy first-class status; the winners of the Gold League will be declared the national champion while the winners of the Silver League will get promotion into the Gold League of the subsequent season. Bottom placed team of the Gold League will be relegated to the Silver League of the next season. All matches are of four days duration, with the two finals of either league to be spread over five days.
The competition has been contested sometimes by regional teams, sometimes by departments, and sometimes by a mixture of the two. Karachi teams have won the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 17 times, PIA 6, National Bank 5, Lahore teams and United Bank 4, Bahawalpur, Punjab and Railways 2, ADBP, Faisalabad, Habib Bank and Peshawar 1.
Of the previous 47 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy editions, Karachi have won the championship most a grand total of 17 times followed by Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), who have been the national champions on six occasions.
List of Winners
Year |
Winners |
| 2003-04 |
Faisalabad |
| 2002-03 |
PIA |
| 2001-02 |
Karachi Whites |
| 2000-01 |
Lahore City Blues |
| 1999-00 |
PIA |
| 1998-99 |
Peshawar |
| 1997-98 |
Karachi Blues |
| 1996-97 |
Lahore City |
| 1995-96 |
Karachi Blues |
| 1994-95 |
Karachi Blues |
| 1993-94 |
Lahore City |
| 1992-93 |
Karachi Whites |
| 1991-92 |
Karachi Whites |
| 1990-91 |
Karachi Whites |
| 1989-90 |
PIA |
| 1988-89 |
ADBP |
| 1987-88 |
PIA |
| 1986-87 |
National Bank |
| 1985-86 |
Karachi |
| 1984-85 |
United Bank |
| 1983-84 |
National Bank |
| 1982-83 |
United Bank |
| 1981-82 |
National Bank |
| 1980-81 |
United Bank |
| 1979-80 |
PIA |
| 1978-79 |
National Bank |
| 1977-78 |
Habib Bank |
| 1976-77 |
United Bank |
| 1975-76 |
National Bank |
| 1974-75 |
Punjab A |
| 1973-74 |
Railways |
| 1972-73 |
Railways |
| 1970-71 |
Karachi Blues |
| 1969-70 |
PIA |
| 1968-69 |
Lahore |
| 1966-67 |
Karachi |
| 1964-65 |
Karachi blues |
| 1963-64 |
Karachi Blues |
| 1962-63 |
Karachi A |
| 1961-62 |
Karachi Blues |
| 1959-60 |
Karachi |
| 1958-59 |
Karachi |
| 1957-58 |
Bahawalpur |
| 1956-57 |
Punjab |
| 1954-55 |
Karachi |
| 1953-54 |
Bahawalpur |
