| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team | |
| Founded: | Current Form: 2019 Historic: 1937 (as NWFP) |
| Dissolved: | 2023 |
| Colors: | Grey Black |
| Ground: | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar |
| Ground2: | Abbottabad Cricket Stadium, Abbottabad |
| Owner: | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association |
| Title1: | Quaid-e-Azam Trophy |
| Title1wins: | 2 (2020/21 & 2021/22) |
| Title2: | Pakistan Cup |
| Title2wins: | 1 (2020/21) |
| Title3: | National T20 Cup |
| Title3wins: | 2 (2020/21 & 2021/22) |
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| H Title: | First-class |
| A Title: | List A / T20 |
| T Title: | T20 |
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team was a domestic cricket team in Pakistan representing the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. It competed in domestic first-class, List A and T20 cricket tournaments, namely the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan Cup and National T20 Cup. The team was operated by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Cricket Association.
See also: North West Frontier Province cricket team. As the North-West Frontier Province (NWFP), the team played its inaugural season in the Ranji Trophy in 1937. After the independence of Pakistan, NWFP competed in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy sporadically from 1953–54 to 1978–79, and in the Pentangular Cup and Pakistan Cup. In 2010, the province was renamed "Khyber Pakhtunkhwa" and the team name changed accordingly. The team used Peshawar Club Ground as a home ground since 1938 until it was replaced by Arbab Niaz Stadium in 1985.
A new Khyber Pakhtunkhwa team was introduced as a part of the new domestic structure announced by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) on 31 August 2019.[1]
In 2019, domestic cricket in Pakistan was reorganised into six regional teams (on provincial lines). A three tier bottom-up system[2] is in operation with the Tier 1 teams participating in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy (First Class), Pakistan Cup (List A) and National T20 Cup (Regional T20). The Tier 2 teams participate in the City Cricket Association Tournament whilst the Tier 3 teams participate in various local tournaments as both tiers feed players to the Tier 1 team.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finished in third and fourth place respectively in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy and National T20 Cup. The Pakistan Cup was cancelled this season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The team won the treble being declared champions of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, Pakistan Cup and the National T20 Cup. The final against Central Punjab (Quaid-e-Azam Trophy) resulted in a tie, and they were declared joint winners.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won their second National T20 Cup by defeating Central Punjab in the final.[3]