The eighth round of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2025-26 concluded on Wednesday (Day Three), with Lahore Whites securing a five-wicket win over Bahawalpur and Peshawar clinching a crucial 189-run victory against Multan. The result propelled Peshawar level with Faisalabad at 132 points, trailing behind Sialkot (149) and Karachi Blues (138), setting up a thrilling final round.

By PakPassion Staff (November 19, 2025)

The penultimate round’s outcomes have intensified the final fixtures. Table leaders Sialkot and Karachi Blues will face off at Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. Faisalabad are scheduled to play eighth-placed Bahawalpur at Marghzar Cricket Ground, while Peshawar takes on Islamabad at Diamond Cricket Ground. All four top teams are chasing outright wins to qualify for the five-day final beginning 29 November at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Peshawar’s dominant win was powered by captain Sajid Khan, who claimed 6-39 in 15.4 overs to bowl out Multan for just 92 in 39.4 overs—189 runs short of their 282-run target. This marked Sajid’s 22nd first-class five-wicket haul and his third of the tournament. He also completed his second consecutive 10-wicket match haul (5-82 and 5-60 vs Lahore Whites; 4-29 and 6-39 vs Multan), the sixth of his first-class career. Mohammad Irfan supported with 3-10 in seven overs.

Multan, who began the day at 2-1 in three overs needing 280 more with nine wickets in hand, collapsed after reaching 53-2. Only Test batter Imran Butt showed resistance, scoring 39 off 111 balls with four boundaries. Multan, now ninth on the table, will face bottom-ranked Abbottabad at Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in a bid to avoid relegation.

At Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Lahore Whites chased down a 136-run target in 43.3 overs, resuming from an overnight score of 58-4. Player of the Match Hussain Talat, fresh off hitting the winning runs for Pakistan in the third ODI against Sri Lanka, remained unbeaten on 49 off 90 balls (three fours, one six), backing up his first-innings 58 off 79 balls (eight fours)—the only half-century in the match.

Talat shared a 50-run fifth-wicket stand with Tayyab Tahir (32 off 58 balls, three fours) and stitched an unbeaten 47-run partnership with Qasim Akram (17 not out off 37 balls, one four) to seal the win. Lahore Whites now sit sixth with two wins from eight matches and will face fifth-placed FATA at Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, Peshawar, in the final round.

Scores in Brief – End of Round 8, Day 3

Lahore Whites beat Bahawalpur by five wickets Shoaib Akhtar Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Target: 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

Peshawar beat Multan by 189 runs Imran Khan Cricket Stadium, Peshawar Target: 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

Other Results (Tuesday)

Faisalabad beat Abbottabad by 178 runs Marghzar Cricket Ground, Islamabad Target: 278 Player of the Match: Ali Asfand

Karachi Blues beat Islamabad by an innings and 104 runs Diamond Cricket Ground, Islamabad Player of the Match: Saud Shakeel

Sialkot beat FATA by seven wickets Abbottabad Cricket Stadium Target: 151 Player of the Match: Usama Mir