1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Dates 11 October 1957–16 March 1958
Administrator(s) Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format First-class
Tournament format(s) Group stage, finals
Champions Bahawalpur (2nd title)
Participants 15
Matches played 26
Most runs Iqbal Chaudhri (392)
Most wickets Israr Ali (35)

The 1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the fourth edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. All matches in the competition, played from 11 October 1957 to 16 March 1958, were accorded first-class status, with the group stage matches played over three days, the semi-finals over four days, and the final over five days. In the final, Bahawalpur defeated Karachi C by 211 runs, claiming their second title. Two Bahawalpur players, Iqbal Chaudhri and Israr Ali, led the competition in runs and wickets, respectively.

Teams

The winner of each zone, marked in bold, qualified for the semi-finals. In the North Zone, Punjab and Railways finished with an equal number of points, necessitating a play-off.[1]

Finals

Semi-finals

8–10 February 1958
Scorecard
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Dacca University
405 (137 overs)
Israr Ali 79
Alauddin 4/29
39 (32 overs)
Aziz-ur-Rehman 8*
Israr Ali 6/1
111 (66.2 overs)
Ali Zafar 30
Riaz Mahmood 7/33
Bahawalpur won by an innings and 255 runs
Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur
Umpires: Kaleem Ahmed and Tawakkal Majeed
  • Bahawalpur won the toss and elected to bat.
10–13 March 1958
Scorecard
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346 (142.2 overs)
Anis-ul-Ghani 80
Humayun Zaman 4/69
165 (78.2 overs)
Shakoor Ahmed 99
Antao D'Souza 5/30
173 (64.2 overs)
Aftab Saeed 52
Humayun Zaman 5/32
220 (49.2 overs)
Humayun Zaman 57*
Antao D'Souza 5/53
Karachi C won by 134 runs
Parsi Institute Ground, Karachi
Umpires: Daud Khan and Qamaruddin Butt
  • Karachi C won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

16–20 March 1958
Scorecard
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263 (110.3 overs)
Shujauddin Butt 75
Saboor Ahmed 4/47
226 (85 overs)
Anis-ul-Ghani 127
Shujauddin Butt 4/66
256 (111 overs)
Shujauddin Butt 42
Abdul Wahab 5/93
82 (41.1 overs)
Mahboob Shah 23
Israr Ali 4/18
Bahawalpur won by 211 runs
Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur
Umpires: Idrees Baig and Shujaddin Siddiqui
  • Bahawalpur won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

Most runs

The top five run-scorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.[2]

PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Iqbal ChaudhriBahawalpur392956.007004
Shakoor AhmedPunjab357844.629903
AlimuddinKarachi A3173158.50131*21
Mohammad RamzanBahawalpur297842.429103
Hanif MohammadKarachi A2692269.00146*20

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.[3]

PlayerTeamOversWktsAve510BBI
Israr AliBahawalpur231.43512.45319/58
Haseeb AhsanPeshawar106.0269.76418/23
Sajid AliPunjab173.32614.84004/34
Mohammad RamzanBahawalpur191.32512.72207/37
Ismail GulEast Pakistan A112.3235.86327/29

References

  1. ↑ Tables: Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. ↑ Batting and fielding in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. ↑ Bowling in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.


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