Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (Water and Power Development Authority) 1. NB: "Regional" teams represent cities, districts and provinces. "Departmental" teams represent institutions, corporations, and government departments and instrumentalities. "Number of matches" includes matches scheduled but not played. Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket championship played in Pakistan between teams representing regional cricket associations and corporations. Named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, who was known as "Quaid-i-Azam" (Great Leader), the trophy was introduced in the 1953-54 season to help the selectors pick the squad for Pakistan's Test tour of England in 1954. Five regional and two departmental teams
2012–13 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy decided that Karachi and Punjab would have to enter three teams each, in order to make the teams more evenly matched. Karachi teams have dominated the trophy, winning 19 times. In 2012-13 season of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Fourteen regional teams are divided in two Groups. The top four teams from each group will proceed to the Super League of the tournament and remaining six teams will proceed to Plate League. The Super League consist of two groups A and B. The Top Teams of each group from Super League will qualify for the Final. Plate League consists two pools A