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Lahore, Oct 15: Eleven matches will be played in the first round of the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Trophy, starting at different centres of the country from tomorrow (Saturday).

Five matches are carded in the Pool "A" while six in the Pool "B".

The five-day final of the championship will be played at the Qadhafi Stadium from Feb 9, 2000.

Eleven teams each are competing in Pool 'A' and Pool 'B', making the total numbers of participating teams to22 after the sudden withdrawal of Redco from the championship. Twelve associations and 10 departmental teams are competing each other jointly in the championship after the Pakistan Cricket Board has revived the old system.

In Pool 'A' PIA, National Bank of Pakistan, Customs, Pakistan National Shipping Corporation, WAPDA, Karachi Whites, Bahawalpur, Hyderabad, Gujranwala, Lahore Division, LahoreCity Whites are competing. The defending champions Peshawar are in Pool 'B' with Pakistan Reserves, Habib Bank, Agricultural Development Bank of Pakistan, Allied Bank, KhanResearch Laboratories, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Sargodha, Islamabad, Faisalabad and Karachi Blues.

The following is the schedule of the first round of the Quaid-i-Azam Cricket Trophy:

Pool 'A':

Oct 16 to 19:

PIA vs Karachi Whites at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi
Umpires: Riazuddin and Sadiq Muhammad;
Referee: Sikandar Bakht.

Customs vs PNSC at the DHA Stadium, Karachi;
Umpires: Feroz Butt and MH Dars;
Referee: Iqbal Sikandar.

WAPDA vs Bahawalpur at Bahawalpur Stadium;
Umpires: Shakeel Khan and Athar Zaidi;
Referee: Tauseef Ahmad.

Hyderabad vs Gujranwala at Academy ground, Gujranwala;
Umpires: Islam Khan and Kaukab Butt;
Referee: Talat Mirza.

LDCA vs LCCA Whites at LCCA ground, Lahore;
Umpires: Salim Badar, Afzaal Ahmad;
Referee: Raees Ahmad.

Pool 'B':

HBL vs ADBP at Shahi Bagh Stadium, Peshawar;
Umpires: Ikram Rabbani and Iftikhar Malik;
Referee: Farrukh Zaman.

ABL vs KRL at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi;
Umpires: Z.I Pasha and Iqbal Butt;
Referee: Masood Anwar.

Rawalpindi vs Sargodha at PindiStadium, Rawalpindi.

Islamabad v Faisalabad at CRA ground, Islamabad.
Umpires: Nazir Junior and Javed Ashraf;
Referee: Muhammad Javed.

PakistanReserves vs Karachi Blues at the National Stadium, Karachi;
Umpires: Waqar Mughal and Masroor Ali;
Referee: Anwar Khan.