The 2023-2024 domestic season is set to commence on 10 September with both the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and the Hanif Mohammad Trophy to be played concurrently. A total of 18 regional teams have been slotted in this domestic structure with eight teams playing in the premier first-class tournament Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and 10 teams featuring in the Hanif Mohammad Trophy, a non-first-class four-day tournament.
This will be the first domestic season played after the PCB revived the PCB 2014 Constitution according to which regional and departmental teams return to the domestic circuit.
Abbottabad, Lahore, and Rawalpindi will be hosting the QeAT, with 29 matches slotted between four venues across the three cities.
Peshawar, Karachi Whites, Lahore Blues, Rawalpindi, FATA, Multan, Lahore Whites, and Faisalabad are the teams playing first-class cricket.
The opening round of the QeAT will begin on 10 September. The second round of matches will begin on 16 September. A total of seven rounds will take place with each team playing the other once before the top two sides meet in the final scheduled at the Gaddafi Stadium from 22 to 26 October.
With the revamped domestic structure, the new financial model will also be implemented. According to this, a player featuring in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy will get a match fee of PKR 80,000, and players participating in the Hanif Mohammad Trophy will get PKR 40,000 per game. The non-playing members of a first-class team will get PKR 40,000.
The squads for Quaid-e-Azam Trophy are attached here
Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2023/24 schedule:
10-13 Sep
Lahore Region(W)-Lahore Region (B) at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
Peshawar Region-Karachi Region (W) at Abbottabad Stadium Abbottabad
16-19 Sep
Lahore Region(W)-Rawalpindi Region at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
Peshawar Region-Multan Region at Shoaib Akhtar Std. KRL Rawalpindi
Faisalabad Region-Karachi Region (W) at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi
FATA Region-Lahore Region (B) at Abbottabad Stadium Abbottabad
22-25 Sep
Lahore Region(W)-Multan Region at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
Peshawar Region-Rawalpindi Region at Abbottabad Stadium Abbottabad
Faisalabad Region-Lahore Region (B) at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi
FATA Region-Karachi Region (W) at Shoaib Akhtar Std. KRL Rawalpindi
28 Sep-01 Oct
Lahore Region(W)-Karachi Region (W) at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
Peshawar Region-Lahore Region (B) at Abbottabad Stadium Abbottabad
Faisalabad Region-Rawalpindi Region at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi
FATA Region-Multan Region at Shoaib Akhtar Std. KRL Rawalpindi
04-07 Oct
Lahore Region(W)-Peshawar Region at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
FATA Region-Faisalabad Region at Abbottabad Stadium Abbottabad
Rawalpindi Region-Lahore Region (B) at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi
Karachi Region (W)-Multan Region at Shoaib Akhtar Std. KRL Rawalpindi
10-13 Oct
Lahore Region(W)-FATA Region at Abbottabad Stadium Abbottabad
Faisalabad Region-Peshawar Region at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi
Karachi Region (W)-Rawalpindi Region at Shoaib Akhtar Std. KRL Rawalpindi
Lahore Region (B)-Multan Region at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
16-19 Oct
Lahore Region(W)-Faisalabad Region at Pindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi
FATA Region-Peshawar Region at Abbottabad Stadium Abbottabad
Rawalpindi Region-Multan Region at Shoaib Akhtar Std. KRL Rawalpindi
Karachi Region (W)-Lahore Region (B) at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
22-26 Oct
Final between top two teams at Gaddafi Stadium Lahore