Karachi to stage only three QA Trophy games
From Zeeshan Mirza

KARACHI—Karachi will stage only three first class games of country’s premier Quaid-e-Azam Cricket Trophy — which goes into action at various parts of the country from October 16.
Eight teams including Faisalabad, Lahore Shalimar, Rawalpindi, Sialkot, Karachi Urban, Multan and Peshawar are taking in the competition which will conclude on December 7.
Karachi Urban will take on Multan at National Stadium from Nov. 9-12, Karachi Urban vs Sialkot at NSK Nov. 15-18, Karachi Urban vs Lahore Shalimar at Quaid-e-Azam Park Steel Township Nov. 21-24.
Following is the schedule of matches:
Oct. 16-19: Rawalpindi vs Sialkot at Jinnah Stadium Sialkot, Faisalabad vs Multan at Multan Cricket Stadium, Karachi Urban vs Peshawar at Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar.
Oct 22-25: Peshawar vs Faisalabad at Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar, Lahore Shalimar vs Sialkot Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot, Karachi Urban vs Rawalpindi at KRL Ground Rawalpindi.
Oct 28-31: Karachi Urban vs Faisalabad, Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad, Lahore Shalimar vs Peshawar at LCCA Ground Lahore, Multan vs Rawalpindi at KRL Ground Rawalpindi.
Nov 09-12: Peshawar vs Sialkot at Jinnah Stadium Sialkot, Karachi Urban vs Multan at National Stadium Karachi (NSK), Lahore Shalimar vs Rawalpindi at LCCA Ground Lahore.
Nov 15-18: Peshawar vs Multan at Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar, Lahore Shalimar vs Faisalbad at LCCA Ground Lahore, Karachi Urban vs Sialkot at NSK.
Nov 21-24: Rawalpindi vs Faisalabad at Pindi Stadium, Multan vs Sialkot at Multan Stadium, Lahore Shalimar vs Karachi Urban at Quaid-e-Azam Park, Karachi.
Nov 27-30: Peshawar vs Rawalpindi at Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar, Sialkot vs Faisalabad at Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad, Lahore Shalimar vs Multan at Multan Stadium.
Dec 3-7: Final — venue to be announced.