Published on, Oct. 1 -- October 1, 2025 1:33 AM

The 10-team Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is all set to begin in four cities - Abbottabad, Islamabad, Peshawar and Rawalpindi from Monday, October 6, as the domestic cricket season 2025-26 gets into full swing, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on Tuesday.

The four-day first-class tournament will be played on a single-league round-robin format as a total of nine rounds pencilled in from October 6 to November 26, while the five-day final between the two top teams will take place from 29 November 29 to December 3.

The venues for the 46-match QeA Trophy are Abbottabad Cricket Stadium in Abbottabad, Shoaib Akhtar Stadium in Rawalpindi, Imran Khan Cricket Stadium in Peshawar and Diamond and Mar...