Media Release - 14 September 2005

National Cricket Pakistan Season 2005-06 Schedule and Details

Following is the schedule of events and their respective prize money for the PCB National Cricket Pakistan Season 2005-2006:

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (First Class) 2005-06 (Gold League)
Sponsored by ABN.AMRO
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
16-19 Oct.	Rawalpindi- Sialkot	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Aleem Dar- Asad Rauf	Azhar Khan	Najamus Saeed
	Faisalabad- Multan	Multan Cricket Stad	Saleem Badar- Riazuddin	Naeem Ahmed	Zulfiqar Ali
	Karachi Urban- Peshawar	Arbab Niaz Stad. .Peshawar	Nadeem Ghouri- Zameer Haidar	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Nadeem Akhtar
22-25 Oct	Peshawar- Faisalabad	Arbab Niaz Stad Peshawar	Nadeem Ghouri- Asad Rauf	Khalid Niazi	Nadeem Akhtar
	Lahore Shalimar- Sialkot	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Abdul Sami Khan	Abdul Hameed
	Karachi Urban- Rawalpindi	KRL Gnd Rawalpindi	Riazuddin- Nazir Jr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Shakeel Ahmed
28-31 Oct	Karachi Urban- Faisalabad	Iqbal Stad Faisalabad	Aleem Dar- Asad Rauf	Abdul Sami Khan	Tahir Suhaib
	Lahore Shalimar- Peshawar	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Shakeel Khan- Afzaal Ahmed	Azhar Khan	Najamus Saeed
	Multan- Rawalpindi	KRL Gnd Rawalpindi	Nazir Jr- Iftikhar Malik	Khateeb Rizwan	Abdul Hameed
09-12 Nov	Peshawar- Sialkot	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Aleem Dar- Nadeem Ghouri	Azhar Khan	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi Urban- Multan	National Stad Karachi	Iftikhar Malik- Zameer Haidar	Taslim Arif	Imran Ali
	Lahore Shalimar- Rawalpindi	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Abdul Sami Khan	Abdul Hameed
15-18 Nov	Peshawar- Multan	Arbab Niaz Stad. Peshawar	Nazir Jr- Afzaal Ahmed	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Nadeem Akhtar
	Lahore Shalimar- Faisalabad	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Khalid Niazi	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi Urban- Sialkot	National Stad Karachi	Iftikhar Malik- Zameer Haidar	Naeem Ahmed	Imran Ali
21-24 Nov	Rawalpindi- Faisalabad	Pindi Stad Rawalpindi	Nazir Jr.- Zameer Haidar	Khateeb Rizwan	Asghar Awan
	Multan-Sialkot	Multan Cricket Stad	Saleem Badar- Asad Rauf	Khalid Niazi	Shahid Farooq
	Lahore Shalimar- Karachi Urban	Quaid-e-Azam Park Karachi	Riazuddin- Iftikhar Malik	Anwar Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
27-30 Nov	Peshawar- Rawalpindi	Arbab Niaz Stad. Peshawar	Nazir Jr.- Nadeem Ghouri	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Nadeem Akhtar
	Sialkot- Faisalabad	Iqbal Stad Faisalabad	Aleem Dar- Saleem Badar	Saadat Ali	Tahir Suhaib
	Lahore Shalimar- Multan	Multan Cricket Stad	Shakeel Khan- Afzaal Ahmed	Khalid Niazi	Farzand Ali
03-07 Dec	FINAL
Note: Venue, Umpires, Referee & Scorer for the Final will be announced later.
One bottom team will be relegated to Silver League for the next season i.e. 2006-2007

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (First Class) 2005-06 (Silver League)
Sponsored by ABN.AMRO
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
16-19 Oct.	Lahore Ravi- Karachi Harbour	LCCA Gnd. Lahore	Z.I.Pasha- Iqbal Butt	Saadat Ali	Abdul Hameed
	Hyderabad- Quetta	Bughti Stad. Quetta	Siddique Khan- Rasheed Bhatti	Taslim Arif	Fahim Tariq
	Islamabad- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Mian Aslam- Ahmed Shahab	Abdul Sami Khan	Adnan Farooq
22-25 Oct	Lahore Ravi- Hyderabad	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Z.I.Pasha- Iqbal Butt	Taslim Arif	Arif Majeed Arif
	Karachi Harbour- Islamabad	Diamond Club Gnd Islamabad	Mian Aslam- Ahmed Shahab	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Adnan Farooq
	Quetta- Abbottabad	Bughti Stad. Quetta	Siddique Khan- Rasheed Bhatti	Anwar Khan	Fahim Tariq
28-31 Oct	Lahore Ravi- Quetta	Bughti Stad. Quetta	Siddique Khan- Rasheed Bhatti	Naeem Ahmed	Fahim Tariq
	Karachi Harbour- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Kaukab Butt- Akbar Khan	Saadat Ali	Aamer Sharif
	Hyderabad- Islamabad	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Javed Iqbal- Akmal Hayat	Anwar Khan	Arif Majeed Arif
09-12 Nov	Lahore Ravi- Islamabad	Mirpur Cricket Stad. AJK	Iqbal Butt- Akbar Khan	Khateeb Rizwan	Adnan Farooq
	Karachi Harbour- Quetta	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Javed Iqbal- Akmal Hayat	Anwar Khan	Nauman Nazir
	Hyderabad- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Kaukab Butt- Ahmed Shahab	Naeem Ahmed	Shakeel Ahmed
15-18 Nov	Lahore Ravi- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Z.I.Pasha- Kaukab Butt	Saadat Ali	Shakeel Ahmed
	Karachi Harbour- Hyderabad	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Javed Iqbal- Akmal Hayat	Taslim Arif	Nauman Nazir
	Quetta- Islamabad	Diamond Club Gnd Islamabad	Mian Aslam- Akbar Khan	Azhar Khan	Adnan Farooq
21-25 Nov	FINAL
Note: Venue, Umpires, Referee & Scorer for the Final will be announced later.
The winner of Silver League will be promoted to Gold League for the next season i.e. 2006-2007

ABN AMRO Cup (One-Day) 2005-06 (Gold League)
Sponsored by ABN.AMRO
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
21-Feb	Peshawar Panthers- Faisalabad Wolves	National Stad Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Lahore Eagles- Sialkot Stallions	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Taslim Arif	Salman Hussain
	Karachi Zebras- Rawalpindi Rams	NBP Stad Karachi	Asad Rauf- Iftikhar Malik	Azhar Khan	Imran Ali
23-Feb	Rawalpindi Rams- Sialkot Stallios	National Stad Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Faisalabad Wolves- Multan Tigers	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Iftikhar Malik	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
	Karachi Zebras- Peshawar Panthers	Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi.	Asad Rauf- Zameer Haidar	Azhar Khan	Imran Ali
25-Feb	Karachi Zebras- Faisalabad Wolves	National Stad Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Lahore Eagles- Peshawar Panthers	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri- Iftikhar Malik	Taslim Arif	Salman Hussain
	Multan Tigers- Rawalpindi Rams	NBP Stad Karachi	Asad Rauf- Zameer Haidar	Azhar Khan	Imran Ali
27-Feb	Peshawar Panthers- Sialkot Stallions	National Stad Karachi	Asad Rauf- Iftikhar Malik	Abdul Sami Khan	Salman Hussain
	Karachi Zebras- Multan Tigers	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Azhar Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Lahore Eagles- Rawalpindi Rams	Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi.	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Taslim Arif	Imran Ali
01 Mar	Peshawar Panthers- Multan Tigers	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Khateeb Rizwan	Salman Hussain
	Lahore Eagles- Faisalabad Wolves	NBP Stad Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Anwar Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Karachi Zebras- Sialkot Stallions	National Stad Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri- Zameer Haidar	Abdul Sami Khan	Imran Ali
03 Mar	Peshawar Panthers- Rawalpindi Rams	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Abdul Sami Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Sialkot Stallions- Faisalabad Wolves	Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi.	Nadeem Ghouri- Zameer Haidar	Khalid Niazi	Salman Hussain
	Lahore Eagles- Multan Tigers	National Stad Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Anwar Khan	Imran Ali
05 Mar	Rawalpindi Rams- Faisalabad Wolves	NBP Stad Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Khalid Niazi	Imran Ali
	Multan Tigers- Sialkot Stallions	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri- Zameer Haidar	Taslim Arif	Muhammad Ahsan
	Lahore Eagles- Karachi Zebras	National Stad Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
08 Mar	FINAL
Note: Venue, Umpires, Referee and Scorer for the Final will be announced later.

ABN AMRO Cup (One Day) 2005-06 (Silver League)
Sponsored by ABN.AMRO
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
21-Feb	Lahore Lions -Karachi Dolphins	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Z.I.Pasha- Iqbal Butt	Naeem Ahmed	Abdul Hameed
	Hyderabad Hawks- Quetta Bears	Sheikhupura Stad	Mian Aslam- Akmal Hayat	Saadat Ali	Sajjadul Hassan
	Islamabad- Abbottabad	Diamond Club Islamabad	Siddique Khan- Akbar Khan	Khalid Niazi	Adnan Farooq
23-Feb	Lahore Lions- Hyderabad Hawks	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Z.I.Pasha- Iqbal Butt	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Najamus Saeed
	Karachi Dolphins- Islamabad	Diamond Club Islamabad	Mian Aslam- Javed Iqbal	Khalid Niazi	Shakeel Ahmed
	Quetta Bears- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Siddique Khan- Akmal Hayat	Abdul Sami Khan	Nadeem Akhtar
25-Feb	Lahore Lions- Quetta Bears	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Z.I.Pasha- Kaukab Butt	Naeem Ahmed	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi Dolphins- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Siddique Khan- Ahmed Shahab	Saadat Ali	Nadeem Akhtar
	Hyderabad Hawks- Islamabad	Diamond Club Islamabad	Mian Aslam- Rasheed Bhatti	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Adnan Farooq
27-Feb	Lahore Lions- Islamabad	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Akbar Khan- Iqbal Butt	Naeem Ahmed	Abdul Hameed
	Karachi Dolphins- Quetta Bears	Diamond Club Islamabad	Rasheed Bhatti- Kaukab Butt	Saadat Ali	Shakeel Ahmed
	Hyderabad Hawks- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Javed Iqbal- Ahmed Shahab	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Nadeem Akhtar
01 Mar	Lahore Lions- Abbottabad	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Akbar Khan- Akmal Hayat	Naeem Ahmed	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi Dolphins- Hyderabad Hawks	Pindi Stad Rawalpindi	Rasheed Bhatti- Kaukab Butt	Saadat Ali	Shakeel Ahmed
	Quetta Bears- Islamabad	Diamond Club Islamabad	Javed Iqbal- Ahmed Shahab	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Adnan Farooq
04 Mar	FINAL
Note:The Venue, Umpires, Referee and Scorer for the Final will be announced later.

INTER REGION U-19 ONE-DAY TOURNAMENT 2005-06
POOL - A
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
11-Oct	Rawalpindi- Sialkot	Saga Gnd Sialkot	Ijaz Ahmed- Anayatullah	Muhammad Anees	Abdul Hameed
	Faisalabad- Multan	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Ahsan Raza- Hakeem Shah	Nadeem Arshad	Tahir Suhaib
	Karachi Urban- Peshawar	Gymkhana Gnd Pesh	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Zafar Sarfaraz	Nadeem Akhtar
18-Oct	Peshawar- Faisalabad	Gymkhana Gnd Pesh	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Zafar Sarfaraz	Muhammad Arif
	Lahore Metro- Sialkot	Saga Gnd Sialkot	Islam Khan- Wasimuddin	Muhammad Anees	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi Urban- Rawalpindi	ARL Gnd Rawalpindi	Ijaz Ahmed- Anayatullah	Arshad Parvaiz	Shakeel Ahmed
25-Oct	Karachi Urban- Faisalabad	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Ijaz Ahmed- Anayatullah	Nadeem Arshad	Noor Nabi
	Lahore Metro- Peshawar	Gymkhana Gnd Pesh	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Zafar Sarfaraz	Muhammad Arif
	Multan- Rawalpindi	ARL Gnd Rawalpindi	Islam Khan- Wasimuddin	Arshad Parvaiz	Asghar Awan
08 Nov	Peshawar- Sialkot	Saga Gnd Sialkot	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Azizur Rehman	Sohail Zaidi
	Karachi Urban- Multan	PCB Acad Karachi	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Ameeruddin	Nauman Nazir
	Lahore Metro- Rawalpindi	Pindi Stad Rawalpindi	Islam Khan- Wasimuddin	Parvaiz Akhtar	Asghar Awan
15 Nov	Peshawar- Multan	Gymkhana Gnd Okara	Ijaz Ahmed- Zaheer Khan	Muhammad Anees	Shahid Farooq
	Lahore Metro- Faisalabad	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Islam Khan- Hakeem Shah	Nadeem Arshad	Tahir Suhaib
	Karachi Urban- Sialkot	PCB Acad Karachi	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Muhammad Junaid	Salman Hussain
22 Nov	Rawalpindi- Faisalabad	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Naushad Khan- Anayatullah	Parvaiz Akhtar	Noor Nabi
	Multan- Sialkot	Gymkhana Gnd Okara	Ahsan Raza- Hakeem Shah	Ilyas Khan	Farzand Ali
	Lahore Metro- Karachi Urban	PCB Acad Karachi	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Ameeruddin	Salman Hussain
29 Nov	Peshawar- Rawalpindi	KRL Stad Rawalpindi	Ahsan Raza- Wasimuddin	Ilyas Khan	Shakeel Ahmed
	Sialkot- Faisalabad	Chenab College Jhang	Naushad Khan- Hakeem Shah	Arshad Parvaiz	Farman Ali
	Lahore Metro- Multan	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Parvaiz Akhtar	Muhammad Atiq
POOL - B
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
11-Oct	Lahore Ravi- Abbottabad	Country Club Muridke	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Farooq Shera	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Hyderabad	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Ilyas Khan	Arif Majeed Arif
	Quetta- Islamabad	Diamond Gnd Islamabad	Naushad Khan- Zaheer Khan	Azizur Rehman	Adnan Farooq
18-Oct	Lahore Ravi- Hyderabad	Country Club Muridke	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Farooq Shera	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Islamabad	PCB Acad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Muhammad Junaid	Muhammad Ahsan
	Quetta- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Ahsan Raza- Zaheer Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Aamer Sharif
25-Oct	Lahore Ravi- Quetta	Country Club Muridke	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Farooq Shera	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Abbottabad	PCB Acad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Ameeruddin	Salman Hussain
	Hyderabad- Islamabad	Mirpur Cricket Stad AJK	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Azhar Hussain
08 Nov	Lahore Ravi- Islamabad	Country Club Muridke	Naushad Khan- Zaheer Khan	Muhammad Anees	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Quetta	NBP Stad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Muhammad Junaid	Salman Siddiqui
	Hyderabad- Abbottabad	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Arif Majeed Arif
15 Nov	Lahore Ravi- Karachi Harbour	NBP Stad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Ilyas Khan	Salman Siddiqui
	Hyderabad- Quetta	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Arif Majeed Arif
	Islamabad- Abbottabad	Mirpur Cricket Stad AJK	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Azizur Rehman	Asghar Awan
6-Dec	FINAL
Note: Venue, Umpires, Referee and Scorer for the Final will be announced later.

INTER REGION U-19 THREE-DAY TOURNAMENT 2005-06
POOL - A
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
13-15 Oct	Rawalpindi- Sialkot	Saga Gnd Sialkot	Ijaz Ahmed- Anayatullah	Muhammad Anees	Abdul Hameed
	Faisalabad- Multan	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Ahsan Raza- Hakeem Shah	Nadeem Arshad	Tahir Suhaib
	Karachi Urban- Peshawar	Gymkhana Gnd Pesh	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Zafar Sarfaraz	Nadeem Akhtar
20-22 Oct	Peshawar- Faisalabad	Gymkhana Gnd Pesh	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Zafar Sarfaraz	Muhammad Arif
	Lahore City- Sialkot	Saga Gnd Sialkot	Islam Khan- Wasimuddin	Muhammad Anees	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi Urban- Rawalpindi	ARL Gnd Rawalpindi	Ijaz Ahmed- Anayatullah	Arshad Parvaiz	Shakeel Ahmed
27-29 Oct	Karachi Urban- Faisalabad	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Ijaz Ahmed- Anayatullah	Nadeem Arshad	Noor Nabi
	Lahore City- Peshawar	Gymkhana Gnd Pesh	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Zafar Sarfaraz	Muhammad Arif
	Multan- Rawalpindi	ARL Gnd Rawalpindi	Islam Khan- Wasimuddin	Arshad Parvaiz	Asghar Awan
10-12 Nov	Peshawar- Sialkot	Saga Gnd Sialkot	Jamil Kamran- Parvaiz Azhar	Azizur Rehman	Sohail Zaidi
	Karachi Urban- Multan	PCB Acad Karachi	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Ameer- u ddin	Nauman Nazir
	Lahore City- Rawalpindi	Pindi Stad Rawalpindi	Islam Khan- Wasimuddin	Parvaiz Akhtar	Asghar Awan
17-19 Nov	Peshawar- Multan	Gymkhana Gnd Okara	Ijaz Ahmed- Zaheer Khan	Muhammad Anees	Shahid Farooq
	Lahore City- Faisalabad	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Islam Khan- Hakeem Shah	Nadeem Arshad	Tahir Suhaib
	Karachi Urban- Sialkot	PCB Acad Karachi	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Muhammad Junaid	Salman Hussain
24-26 Nov	Rawalpindi- Faisalabad	Bohranwali Faisalabad	Naushad Khan- Anayatullah	Parvaiz Akhtar	Noor Nabi
	Multan- Sialkot	Gymkhana Gnd Okara	Ahsan Raza- Hakeem Shah	Ilyas Khan	Farzand Ali
	Lahore City- Karachi Urban	PCB Acad Karachi	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Ameer- uddin	Salman Hussain
01-03 Dec	Peshawar- Rawalpindi	KRL Stad Rawalpindi	Ahsan Raza- Wasimuddin	Ilyas Khan	Shakeel Ahmed
	Sialkot- Faisalabad	Chenab College Jhang	Naushad Khan- Hakeem Shah	Arshad Parvaiz	Farman Ali
	Lahore City- Multan	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Ihtshamul Haq- Javed Ashraf	Parvaiz Akhtar	Muhammad Atiq
POOL - B
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
13-15 Oct	Lahore Ravi- Abbottabad	Country Club Muridke	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Farooq Shera	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Hyderabad	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Ilyas Khan	Arif Majeed Arif
	Quetta- Islamabad	Diamond Gnd Islamabad	Naushad Khan- Zaheer Khan	Azizur Rehman	Adnan Farooq
20-22 Oct	Lahore Ravi- Hyderabad	Country Club Muridke	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Farooq Shera	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Islamabad	PCB Acad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Muhammad Junaid	Muhammad Ahsan
	Quetta- Abbottabad	Abbottabad Stad	Ahsan Raza- Zaheer Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Aamer Sharif
27-29 Oct	Lahore Ravi- Quetta	Country Muridke	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Farooq Shera	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Abbottabad	PCB Acad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Ameer- uddin	Salman Hussain
	Hyderabad- Islamabad	Mirpur Cricket Stad AJK	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Azhar Hussain
10-12 Nov	Lahore Ravi- Islamabad	Country Club Muridke	Naushad Khan- Zaheer Khan	Muhammad Anees	Sajjadul Hassan
	Karachi Harbour- Quetta	NBP Stad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Muhammad Junaid	Salman Siddiqui
	Hyderabad- Abbottabad	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Arif Majeed Arif
17-19 Nov	Lahore Ravi- Karachi Harbour	NBP Stad Karachi	Aftab Gillani- Saqib Khan	Ilyas Khan	Salman Siddiqui
	Hyderabad- Quetta	Niaz Stad Hyderabad	Junaid Ghafoor- Masood Khan	Mahmood Rasheed	Arif Majeed Arif
	Islamabad- Abbottabad	Mirpur Cricket Stad AJK	K.Mahmood Sr.- Nasar Khan	Azizur Rehman	Asghar Awan
08-11 Dec	FINAL
Note:The Venue, Umpires, Referee and Scorer for the Final will be announced later.

ABN.AMRO PATRON'S TROPHY (FIRST CLASS TOURNAMENT) 2005-06
Group-A
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
10-13 Dec	PIA- ABL	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Riazuddin- Afzaal Ahmed	Taslim Arif	Muhammad Ahsan
	Customs- KRL	NBP Stadi Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Saleem Badar	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
16-19 Dec	PIA- Customs	NBP Stad Karachi	Riazuddin- Afzaal Ahmed	Taslim Arif	Muhammad Ahsan
	KRL- SNGPL	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Saleem Badar	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
22-25 Dec	ABL- KRL	National Stad Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Saleem Badar	Taslim Arif	Salman Hussain
	Customs- SNGPL	NBP Stad Karachi	Riazuddin- Afzaal Ahmed	Anwar Khan	Imran Ali
28-31 Dec	PIA- KRL	NBP Stad Karachi	Iftikhar Malik- Iqbal Butt	Azhar Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
	ABL- SNGPL	Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi.	Akbar Khan- Ahmed Shahab	Naeem Ahmed	Salman Hussain
03-06 Jan	PIA- SNGPL	Quaid-e-Azam Park Khi.	Iftikhar Malik- Iqbal Butt	Azhar Khan	Imran Ali
	ABL- Customs	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Akbar Khan- Ahmed Shahab	Naeem Ahmed	Muhammad Ahsan
Group-B
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
10-13 Dec	HBL- NBP	Sheikhupura Stad	Rasheed Bhatti- Akmal Hayat	Abdul Sami Khan	Sajjadul Hassan
	Wapda- ZTBL	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Aleem Dar- Asad Rauf	Azhar Khan	Nasir Khan
	PTCL- Service Ind.	KRL Stad Rawalpindi	Mian Aslam- Nazir Jr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Shakeel Ahmed
16-19 Dec	HBL- Wapda	Sheikhupura Stad	Aleem Dar- Kaukab Butt	Abdul Sami Khan	Sajjadul Hassan
	NBP- Service Ind.	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Siddique Khan- Iftikhar Malik	Khalid Niazi	Najamus Saeed
	ZTBL-PTCL	KRL Stad Rawalpindi	Mian Aslam- Nazir Jr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Azhar Hussain
22-25 Dec	HBL-ZTBL	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Zameer Haidar- Kaukab Butt	Abdul Sami Khan	Azhar Hussain
	NBP-PTCL	Sheikhupura Stad	Aleem Dar- Javed Iqbal	Saadat Ali	Sajjadul Hassan
	Wapda- Service Ind.	KRL Stad Rawalpindi	Nazir Jr.- Nadeem Ghouri	Khateeb Rizwan	Shakeel Ahmed
28-31 Dec	HBL-PTCL	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Asad Rauf- Akmal Hayat	Saadat Ali	Najamus Saeed
	NBP-Wapda	Sheikhupura Stad	Nadeem Ghouri- Siddique Khan	Khalid Niazi	Sajjadul Hassan
	ZTBL- Service Ind.	KRL Stad Rawalpindi	Z.I.Pasha- Zameer Haidar	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Adnan Farooq
03-06 Jan	HBL- Service Ind.	KRL Stad Rawalpindi	Z.I.Pasha- Zameer Haidar	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Shakeel Ahmed
	NBP-ZTBL	Jinnah Stad Sialkot	Nadeem Ghouri- Rasheed Bhatti	Saadat Ali	Azhar Hussain
	Wapda-PTCL	Sheikhupura Stad	Asad Rauf- Javed Iqbal	Khalid Niazi	Sajjadul Hassan
17-20 Jan	First Semi Final Winnerof Pool (A) Vs Runner up of Pool (B)
17-20 Jan	Second Semi Final: Winner of Pool (B) Vs Runner up of Pool (A)
24-28 Jan	FINAL
Note: One bottom team from each group will be relegated to Grade-II for the next season i.e.2006-2007

ABN.AMRO PATRON'S CUP (ONE-DAY TOURNAMENT) 2005-06
Group-A
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
4-Feb	PIA-HBL	UBL Ground No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan, Riazuddin	Anwar Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Customs-KRL	NBP Stadium Karachi	Saleem Badar, Afzaal Ahmed	Naeem Ahmed	Salman Hussain
6-Feb	HBL-KRL	NBP Stadium Karachi	Riazuddin, Afzaal Ahmed	Naeem Ahmed	Muhammad Ahsan
	Customs-SNGPL	UBL Ground No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan, Saleem Badar	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
11-Feb	PIA-KRL	NBP Stadium Karachi	Saleem Badar, Siddique Khan	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Salman Hussain
	HBL-SNGPL	UBL Ground No.1 Karachi	Riazuddin, Rasheed Bhatti	Anwar Khan	Imran Ali
13-Feb	PIA-Customs	UBL Ground No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan, Akbar Khan	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Muhammad Ahsan
	KRL-SNGPL	NBP Stadium Karachi	Siddique Khan, Rasheed Bhatti	Naeem Ahmed	Imran Ali
15-Feb	PIA-SNGPL	NBP Stadium Karachi	Siddique Khan, Rasheed Bhatti	Naeem Ahmed	Imran Ali
	HBL-Customs	UBL Ground No.1 Karachi	Afzaal Ahmed, Akbar Khan	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Nauman Nazir

Group-B

Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
4-Feb	WAPDA-ZTBL	KRL Stadium Rawalpindi	Nazir Jr., Ahmed Shahab	Saadat Ali	Adnan Farooq
	PTCL-Service Ind.	Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad	Mian Aslam, Iftikhar Malik	Khalid Niazi	Tahir Suhaib
6-Feb	NBP-Service Ind.	Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad	Iftikhar Malik, Akmal Hayat	Azhar Khan	Tahir Suhaib
	ZTBL-PTCL	KRL Stadium Rawalpindi	Mian Aslam, Z.I.Pasha	Khateeb Rizwan	Asghar Awan
11-Feb	NBP-PTCL	KRL Stadium Rawalpindi	Mian Aslam, Kaukab Butt	Khateeb Rizwan	Asghar Awan
	WAPDA-Service Ind.	Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad	Iqbal Butt, Javed Ibal	Khalid Niazi	Noor Nabi
13-Feb	NBP-WAPDA	KRL Stadium Rawalpindi	Nazir Jr., Z.I.Psha	Khateeb Rizwan	Shakeel Ahmed
	ZTBL-Service Ind.	Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad	Iqbal Butt, Javed iqbal	Azhar Khan	Tahir Suhaib
15-Feb	NBP-ZTBL	Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad	Iftikhar Malik, Akmal Hayat	Azhar Khan	Tahir Suhaib
	WAPDA-PTCL	KRL Stadium Rawalpindi	Kaukab Butt, Ahmed Shahab	Saadat Ali	Shakeel Ahmed
18-Feb	First Semi Final Winner of Pool (A) Vs Runner up of Pool (B) at NBP Stadium Karachi				Imran Ali
18-Feb	Second Semi Final: Winner of Pool (B) Vs Runner up of Pool (A) at UBL Ground No.1 Karachi				Muhammad Ahsan
20-Feb	FINAL	NBP Stadium Karachi			Salman Hussain

PATRON'S TROPHY GRADE-II 2005-06
POOL(A)
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Scorer
10-12 Dec	KPT- KESC	PCB Acad Gnd Khi.	Islam Khan- Aftab Gillani	Imran Ali
	PPWD- DHA	Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi.	K.Mahmood Sr.- Junaid Ghafoor	Nauman Nazir
14-16 Dec	KPT- PPWD	PCB Acad Gnd Khi.	Islam Khan- Aftab Gillani	Imran Ali
	DHA- UBL	KCCA Stad Karachi	Junaid Ghafoor- J amil Kamran	Nauman Nazir
18-20 Dec	KPT- UBL	KCCA Stad Karachi	K.Mahmood Sr.- Aftab Gillani	Nauman Nazir
	PPWD- KESC	Asghar Ali Shah Std. Khi.	Islam Khan- Jamil Kamran	Salman Siddiqui
22-24 Dec	PPWD- UBL	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Junaid Ghafoor- Aftab Gillani	Muhammad Ahsan
	DHA- KESC	PCB Acad Gnd Khi.	K.Mahmood Sr.- Jamil Kamran	Salman Siddiqui
26-28 Dec	KESC- UBL	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Islam Khan- Jamil Kamran	Salman Siddiqui
	KPT- DHA	KCCA Stad Karachi	Junaid Ghafoor- K.Mahmood Sr.	Imran Ali
POOL(B)
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Scorer
10-12 Dec	ARL- POF	ARL Gnd Rawalpindi	Parvaiz Azhar- Wasimuddin	Adnan Farooq
	Army- Navy	Pindi Club Gnd R,pindi	Naushad Khan- Saqib Khan	Asghar Awan
14-16 dec	Army- NHA	Pindi Club Gnd R,pindi	Parvaiz Azhar- Wasimuddin	Asghar Awan
	Navy- POF	Diamond Club Gnd Rwp	Javed Ashraf- Saqib Khan	Muhammad Arif Jr.
18-20 Dec	Navy- ARL	ARL Gnd Rawalpindi	Naushad Khan- Wasimuddin	Asghar Awan
	POF- NHA	POF Gnd Wah Cantt	Parvaiz Azhar- Javed Ashraf	Muhammad Arif Jr.
22-24 Dec	Navy- NHA	Diamond Club Gnd Rwp	Naushad Khan - Saqib Khan	Adnan Farooq
	Army- ARL	ARL Gnd Rawalpindi	Javed Ashraf- Wasimuddin	Asghar Awan
26-28 Dec	ARL- NHA	Diamond Club Gnd Rwp	Parvaiz Azhar- Javed Ashraf	Shakeel Ahmed
	Army -POF	POF Gnd Wah Cantt	Naushad Khan- Saqib Khan	Asghar Awan
POOL(C)
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Scorer
10-12 Dec	PTV- DFML	Jinnah Stad Gujranwala	Ihtshamul Haq- Raweed Khan	Farrukh Ilyas
	PEB- SAGA	SAGA Gnd Sialkot	Zaheer Ahmed- Hakeem Shah	Sohail Zaidi
14-16 dec	PTV- PEB	Jinnah Stad Gujranwala	Ihtshamul Haq- Raweed Khan	Farrukh Ilyas
	DFML- Leo Int.	SAGA Gnd Sialkot	Zaheer Ahmed- Hakeem Shah	Sohail Zaidi
18-20 Dec	PTV- Leo Int.	Jinnah Stad Gujranwala	Zaheer Ahmed- Hakeem Shah	Sohail Zaidi
	SAGA- DFML	SAGA Gnd Sialkot	Ihtshamul Haq- Raweed Khan	Farrukh Ilyas
22-24 Dec	PEB- DFML	Jinnah Stad Gujranwala	Zaheer Ahmed- Hakeem Shah	Sohail Zaidi
	SAGA- Leo Int.	SAGA Gnd Sialkot	Ihtshamul Haq- Raweed Khan	Farrukh Ilyas
26-28 Dec	SAGA- PTV	SAGA Gnd Sialkot	Ijaz Ahmed- Masood Khan	Sohail Zaidi
	PEB- Leo Int.	Jinnah Stad Gujranwala	Ahsan Raza- Nasar Khan	Farrukh Ilyas
POOL(D)
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Scorer
10-12 Dec	Railways- SSGC	Railways Stad Lahore	Ijaz Ahmed- Masood Khan	Zahoor Alam
	HEC- PAF	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Ahsan Raza- Nasar Khan	Muhammad Arif Sr.
14-16 dec	Railways- HEC	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Ijaz Ahmed- Masood Khan	Muhammad Arif Sr.
	SSGC- PAF	Railways Stad Lahore	Ahsan Raza- Nasar Khan	Zahoor Alam
18-20 Dec	Railways- PAF	Railways Stad Lahore	Ahsan Raza- Nasar Khan	Zahoor Alam
	SSGC- HEC	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Ijaz Ahmed- Masood Khan	Muhammad Arif Sr.
01-03 Jan.	First Semi Final: Winner of Pool (A) Vs Winner of Pool (C)
01-03 Jan.	Second Semi Final: Winner of Pool (B) Vs Winner of Pool (D)
06-09 Jan.	FINAL
Note: Winner of Patron's Trophy Grade-II tournament will be promoted to Grade-I for the nextseason i.e. 2006-2007

ABN AMRO Twenty-20 CUP 2005-06
POOL -A
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
11-Mar	Peshawar Panthers- Faisalabad Wolves	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Anwar Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Lahore Eagles- Sialkot Stallions	National Stad Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Taslim Arif	Salman Hussain
	Karachi Zebras- Rawalpindi Rams	National Stad Karachi	Asad Rauf- Zameer Haidar	Naeem Ahmed	Imran Ali
12-Mar	Rawalpindi Rams- Sialkot Stallios	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
	Faisalabad Wolves- Multan Tigers	National Stad Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Afzaal Ahmed	Taslim Arif	Muhammad Ahsan
	Karachi Zebras- Peshawar Panthers	National Stad Karachi	Asad Rauf- Zameer Haidar	Naeem Ahmed	Imran Ali
13-Mar	Karachi Zebras- Faisalabad Wolves	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Taslim Arif	Imran Ali
	Lahore Eagles- Peshawar Panthers	National Stad Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri- Iftikhar Malik	Anwar Khan	Salman Hussain
	Multan Tigers- Rawalpindi Rams	National Stad Karachi	Asad Rauf- Zameer Haidar	Naeem Ahmed	Muhammad Ahsan
14-Mar	Peshawar Panthers- Sialkot Stallions	National Stad Karachi	Asad Rauf- Zameer Haidar	Taslim Arif	Salman Hussain
	Karachi Zebras- Multan Tigers	National Stad Karachi	Aleem Dar- Nazir Jr.	Anwar Khan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Lahore Eagles- Rawalpindi Rams	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Naeem Ahmed	Imran Ali
15 Mar	Peshawar Panthers- Multan Tigers	National Stad Karachi	Riazuddin- Nazir Jr.	Khateeb Rizwan	Imran Ali
	Lahore Eagles- Faisalabad Wolves	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Muhammad Ahsan
	Karachi Zebras- Sialkot Stallions	National Stad Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri- Iftikhar Malik	Khalid Niazi	Salman Hussain
16 Mar	Peshawar Panthers- Rawalpindi Rams	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Khateeb Rizwan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Sialkot Stallions- Faisalabad Wolves	National Stad Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri- Iftikhar Malik	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Salman Hussain
	Lahore Eagles- Multan Tigers	National Stad Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Khalid Niazi	Imran Ali
17 Mar	Rawalpindi Rams- Faisalabad Wolves	National Stad Karachi	Saleem Badar- Afzaal Ahmed	Khateeb Rizwan	Muhammad Ahsan
	Multan Tigers- Sialkot Stallions	UBL Gnd No.1 Karachi	Nadeem Ghouri- Iftikhar Malik	Khalid Niazi	Imran Ali
	Lahore Eagles- Karachi Zebras	National Stad Karachi	Shakeel Khan- Riazuddin	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Salman Hussain
POOL -B
Date	Matches	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
11-Mar	Lahore Lions- Karachi Dolphins	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Z.I.Pasha- Kaukab Butt	Khateeb Rizwan	Abdul Hameed
	Hyderabad Hawks- Quetta Bears	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Mian Aslam- Javed Iqbal	Ishtiaq Ahmed	Najamus Saeed
	Islamabad- Abbottabad	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Siddique Khan- Ahmed Shahab	Khalid Niazi	Azhar Hussain
12-Mar	Lahore Lions- Hyderabad Hawks	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Z.I.Pasha- Kaukab Butt	Azhar Khan	Abdul Hameed
	Karachi Dolphins- Islamabad	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Mian Aslam- Javed Iqbal	Abdul Sami Khan	Najamus Saeed
	Quetta Bears- Abbottabad	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Siddique Khan- Ahmed Shahab	Saadat Ali	Azhar Hussain
13-Mar	Lahore Lions- Quetta Bears	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Akmal Hayat- Iqbal Butt	Abdul Sami Khan	Abdul Hameed
	Karachi Dolphins- Abbottabad	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Rasheed Bhatti- Akbar Khan	Azhar Khan	Azhar Hussain
	Hyderabad Hawks- Islamabad	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Siddique Khan- Ahmed Shahab	Saadat Ali	Najamus Saeed
14-Mar	Lahore Lions- Islamabad	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Akmal Hayat- Iqbal Butt	Saadat Ali	Najamus Saeed
	Karachi Dolphins- Quetta Bears	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Rasheed Bhatti- Akbar Khan	Azhar Khan	Azhar Hussain
	Hyderabad Hawks- Abbottabad	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Z.I.Pasha- Kaukab Butt	Abdul Sami Khan	Abdul Hameed
15 Mar	Lahore Lions- Abbottabad	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Akmal Hayat- Iqbal Butt	Abdul Sami Khan	Azhar Hussain
	Karachi Dolphins- Hyderabad Hawks	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Mian Aslam- Javed Iqbal	Saadat Ali	Najamus Saeed
	Quetta Bears- Islamabad	LCCA Gnd Lahore	Rasheed Bhatti- Akbar Khan	Azhar Khan	Abdul Hameed
18-Mar	SEMI-FINAL
18-Mar	SEMI-FINAL
19-Mar	FINAL
Note: Vvenue, umpires, referee and scorer for the final will be announced later.

ABN AMRO PENTANGULAR (First Class) 2005-06
Date	Teams	Venue	Umpires	Referee	Scorer
24-27 Mar	WQATG- WPAT	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Riazuddin- Saleem Badar	Abdul Sami Khan	Abdul Hameed
	RQATG- RPAT	Iqbal Stad Faisalabad	Shakeel Khan- Afzaal Ahmed	Khateeb Rizwan	Tahir Suhaib
30Mar-2Apr	WQATG- RQATG	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Riazuddin- Saleem Badar	Abdul Sami Khan	Najamus Saeed
	RPAT- WQATS	Iqbal Stad Faisalabad	Shakeel Khan- Afzaal Ahmed	Khateeb Rizwan	Tahir Suhaib
05-08 Apr	WQATG- WQATS	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Nazir Jr.- Iftikhar Malik	Azhar Khan	Azhar Hussain
	RQATG- WPAT	Iqbal Stad Faisalabad	Aleem Dar- Zameer Haidar	Taslim Arif	Tahir Suhaib
11-14 Apr	RQATG- WQATS	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Asad Rauf- Nadeem Ghouri	Anwar Khan	Abdul Hameed
	WPAT- RPAT	Iqbal Stad Faisalabad	Nazir Jr.- Iftikhar Malik	Taslim Arif	Tahir Suhaib
17-20 Apr	WPAT- WQATS	Gaddafi Stad Lahore	Aleem Dar- Zameer Haidar	Azhar Khan	Azhar Hussain
	WQATG- RPAT	Iqbal Stad Faisalabad	Asad rauf- Nadeem Ghouri	Anwar Khan	Tahir Suhaib
	Abbreviations:
	WQATG = Winner of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League
	RQATG = Runner up of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League
	WPAT = Winner of Patron's Trophy Grade-I
	RPAT = Runner up of Patron's Trophy Grade-I
	WQATS = Winner of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Siver League

DETAIL OF PRIZE MONEY

• Inter District U-19 - Pk Rs. 675,000
• Inter District Senior - Pk Rs. 825,000
• Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Gold League) - Pk Rs. 11,00,000
• Quaid-e-Azam Trophy - (Silver League) - Pk Rs. 550,000
• Inter Region Under-19 (One Day & Three Day) - Pk Rs. 600,000
• ABN AMRO Patron’s Trophy (Grade-I) Pk - Rs. 600,000
• ABN AMRO Patron’s Cup - Pk Rs. 350,000
• Patron’s Trophy Grade-II - Pk Rs. 200,000
• ABN AMRO Cup (Gold) - Pk Rs. 500,000
• ABN AMRO Cup (Silver) - Pk Rs. 300,000
• ABN AMRO Twenty-Twenty Cup - Pk Rs. 700,000
• ABN AMRO Pentangular Tournament - Pk Rs. 10,00,000
• Win Bonus Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Gold) - Pk Rs. 700,000
• Win Bonus Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Silver) - Pk Rs. 250,000
• Total - Pk Rs. 8,350,000
  

  Highlights of National Cricket Pakistan Season 2005-2006

  1. This is the first time in the history of Pakistan Cricket Board that schedule of all National Cricket Tournaments is being announced before the start of the First Class season. A total of eleven tournaments will be played during the ensuing National Cricket season out of which Inter District U-19 has already been completed and Inter District Senior is under progress. A total number of 645 matches will be played in this season as compared to last season in which 740 matches were played.

  2. For the first time Quaid-e-Azam Trophy has been divided into two leagues, Gold and Silver League; both Leagues are First Class tournaments. Bottom team of Gold League will be relegated and Winner of Silver League will be promoted for the following season.

  Gold League incentives
  a) Matches will be televised
  b) Win Bonus for each match Pk Rs. 100,000/-
  c) Prize Money Pk Rs. 1,100,000/-
  

  Silver League incentives
  a) Win Bonus for each match Pk Rs.50,000/-
  b) Prize Money Pk Rs. 550,000/-

  3. The Pentangular tournament is being revived after 9 years. The last Pentangular tournament was played in 1995-96. Both the finalist teams of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Gold League and ABN AMRO Patron’s Trophy Grade-I and winner of Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Silver League will participate in this tournament.

  4. ABN AMRO Twenty–20 Tournament will be played at Karachi and Lahore. Main matches will be played at Karachi and will be televised.

  5. In all Pk Rs.8,350,000/- will be given as prize money for all National Cricket Tournaments.

  6. First Class season will start with a match between Pakistan Team and Peshawar Panthers, Champion Team of last year’s Quaid-e-Azam Trophy Tournament on 8-11 October 2005 at Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar

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  (Article: Copyright © 2005 Pakistan Cricket Board)