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The National One-day Cricket Tournament will be played from March 8 to April 7 with 28 teams, including 10departments, 14 associations and four provincial sides vying for top honours.

The teams have been divided into four pools of seven teams each in the first phase which runs from March 8 to 20. The top two teams will from each pool will qualify for the final round, to be played from March 27 to 31.

The semi-finals and the final will be played under floodlights. The first semi-final will be played at National Stadium, Karachi April 4 and the second at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore a day later.

The final is scheduled for Gaddafi Stadium April 7. In all, 99 matches will be played in the month-long tournament.

Pool A: PIA, Pakistan Customs, Karachi Whites, Lahore Whites, Bahawalpur, Hyderabad and Rest of Sindh.

Pool B: National Bank, Pak PWD, Sui Gas, Karachi Blues, Gujranwala, Sialkot and Rest of Balochistan.

Pool C: Habib Bank, Wapda, Lahore Blues, Faisalabad, Sargodha, Sheikhupura and Rest of Punjab.

Pool D: Allied Bank, ADBP, KRL, Rawalpindi, Islamabad, Peshawar and Rest of NWFP.

Schedule:

Preliminary round:

March 8:

Pool A: Customs v Rest of Sindh at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi; PIA v Bahawalpur at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, Karachi; Karachi Whites v Lahore Whites at National Stadium, Karachi.

Pool B: Gujranwala v Karachi Blues at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala; Sialkot v Pak PWD at Saga Ground, Sialkot; National Bank v Sui Gas at Lahore Country Club, Muridke.

Pool C: Lahore Blues v Faisalabad at LCCA Ground, Lahore; Sheikhupura v Sialkot at Sheikhupura Stadium; Habib Bank v Wapda at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad.

Pool D: Rawalpindi v Allied Bank at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi; Peshawar v ADBP at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; KRL v Islamabad at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 10:

Pool A: Hyderabad v Pakistan Customs at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad; PIA v Lahore Whites at National Stadium, Karachi; Karachi Whites v Rest of Sindh at KCCA Stadium, Karachi.

Pool B: Sialkot v Karachi Blues at Saga Ground, Sialkot; Gujranwala v Rest of Balochistan at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala; Sui Gas v Pak PWD at Lahore Country Club, Muridke.

Pool C: Sargodha v Lahore Blues at Sports Stadium, Sargodha; Faisalabad v Sheikhupura at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Habib Bank v Rest of Punjab at Sheikhupura Stadium.

Pool D: Peshawar v Rest of NWFP at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; Rawalpindi v Islamabad at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi; KRL v ADBP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 12:

Pool A: Pakistan Customs v Lahore Whites at National Stadium, Karachi; Karachi Whites v Hyderabad at KCCA Stadium, Karachi; Bahawalpur v Rest of Sindh at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi.

Pool B: Karachi Blues v Rest of Balochistan at Lahore Country Club, Muridke; Gujranwala v Pak PWD at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala; Sialkot v National Bank at Saga Ground, Sialkot.

Pool C: Lahore Blues v Sheikhupura at LCCA Ground, Lahore; Faisalabad v Sargodha at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Wapda v Restof Punjab at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Pool D: Rest of NWFP at Allied Bank at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; KRL v Peshawar at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi; ADBP v Islamabad at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 14:

Pool A: Karachi Whites v PIA at National Stadium, Karachi; Hyderabad v Lahore Whites at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad; Pakistan Customs v Bahawalpur at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi.

Pool B: Sui Gas v Karachi Blues at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Sialkot v Rest of Balochistan at Saga Ground, Sialkot; Gujranwala v National Bank at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala.

Pool C: Faisalabad v Habib Bank at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Sargodha v Wapda at SportsStadium, Sargodha; Sheikhupura v Restof Punjab at Sheikhupura Stadium.

Pool D: Peshawar v Allied Bank at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; KRL v Rest of NWFP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi; Rawalpindi v ADBP at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 16:

Pool A: Hyderabad v PIA at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad; Lahore Whites v Rest of Sindh at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi; Karachi Whites v Bahawalpur at National Stadium, Karachi.

Pool B: Karachi Blues v Pak PWD at Lahore Country Club, Muridke; Sialkot v Sui Gas at Saga Ground, Sialkot; National Bank v Rest of Balochistan at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

Pool C: Faisalabad v Wapda at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Sargodha b Habib Bank at Sports Stadium, Sargodha; Lahore Blues v Rest of Punjab at LCCA Ground, Lahore.

Pool D: Islamabad v Allied Bank at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; ADBP v Rest of NWFP at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi; KRL v Rawalpindi at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 18:

Pool A: PIA v Pakistan Customs at National Stadium, Karachi; Hyderabad v Rest of Sindh at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad; Lahore Whites v Bahawalpur at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi.

Pool B: National Bank v Karachi Blues at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Gujranwala v Sui Gas at Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala; Pak PWD v Rest of Balochistan at Lahore Country Club, Muridke.

Pool C: Sheikhupura v Habib Bank at Sheikhupura Stadium; Sargodha v Rest of Punjab at Sports Stadium, Sargodha; Lahore Blues v Rest of Punjab at LCCA Ground, Lahore.

Pool D: Peshawar v Islamabad at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; Rawalpindi v Rest of NWFP at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi; Allied Bank v ADBP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi.

March 20:

Pool A: Karachi Whites v Pakistan Customs at National Stadium, Karachi; Hyderabad v Bahawalpur at Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad; PIA vRest of Sindh at Asghar Ali Shah Stadium, Karachi.

Pool B: National Bank v Pak PWD at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore; Gujranwala v Sialkot at JinnahStadium, Gujranwala; Sui Gas v Rest of Balochistan at Lahore Country Club, Muridke.

Pool C: Sheikhupura v Wapda at Sheikhupura Stadium; Faisalabad v Rest of Punjab at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; Lahore Blues v Habib Bank at LCCA Ground, Lahore.

Pool D: Peshawar v Rawalpindi at Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar; Islamabad v Rest of NWFP at KRL Stadium, Rawalpindi; KRL v ABL at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.

Final round:

March 27: A1 v B2 at National Stadium, Karachi; C1 v D2 at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi; A2 v B1 at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; C2 v D1 at Sheikhupura Stadium.

March 29: A1 v C1; National Stadium, Karachi; B2 v D2 at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi; B1 v D1 at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; A2 v C2 at Sheikhupura Stadium.

March 31: C1 v B2 at National Stadium, Karachi; A1 v D2 at UBL Sports Complex, Karachi; A2 v D1 at Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad; C2 v B1 at Sheikhupura Stadium.

April 4:

First semifinal (D/N) at National Stadium, Karachi.

April 5:

Second semifinal (D/N) at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

April 7:

Final (D/N) at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.

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