1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

Dates	11 October 1957 (1957-10-11) – 16 March 1958 (1958-03-16)
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	First-class
Tournament format(s)	round-robin, semi-finals and final
Champions	Bahawalpur (2nd title)
Participants	15
Matches	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.

Matches in the competition were played from 11 October 1957 to 16 March 1958, 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.

Group stage

The winner of each zone, marked in bold, qualified for the semi-finals.^[1]

Central Zone Team Pld W L WD LD ND Pts Bahawalpur 3 1 0 2 0 0 7 Karachi B 3 2 0 0 1 0 6 Punjab A 3 1 2 0 0 0 3 Quetta 3 0 2 0 1 0 0 North Zone Team Pld W L WD LD ND Pts Punjab† 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 Railways 3 2 0 0 1 0 6 Peshawar 3 1 1 0 1 0 3 Punjab B 3 0 2 0 1 0 4 † – Punjab beat Railways on first innings in a playoff match to advance to the semi-final.

East Zone Team Pld W L WD LD ND Pts Dacca University 2 2 0 0 0 0 6 East Pakistan A 2 1 1 0 0 0 3 East Pakistan B 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 South Zone Team Pld W L WD LD ND Pts Karachi C 3 2 0 1 0 0 8 Karachi A 3 2 0 0 1 0 6 Sindh A 3 0 2 0 0 1 1 Sindh B 3 0 2 0 0 1 1

Position determined by total points; matches finishing in a draw or a tie were decided on first innings scores, with points awarded as follows:

• Win = 3 points
• Draw having led on first innings = 2 points
• Draw with no decision on first innings = 1 point
• Loss or draw having trailed on first innings = 0 points

Finals

Semi-finals

8–10 February 1958 Scorecard

Bahawalpur	v	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.

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10–13 March 1958 Scorecard

Karachi C	v	Punjab
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

Bahawalpur	v	Karachi C
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]

Player	Team	Runs	Inns	Avg	Highest	100s	50s
Iqbal Chaudhri	Bahawalpur	392	9	56.00	70	0	4
Shakoor Ahmed	Punjab	357	8	44.62	99	0	3
Alimuddin	Karachi A	317	3	158.50	131*	2	1
Mohammad Ramzan	Bahawalpur	297	8	42.42	91	0	3
Hanif Mohammad	Karachi A	269	2	269.00	146*	2	0

Most wickets

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

Player	Team	Overs	Wkts	Ave	5	10	BBI
Israr Ali	Bahawalpur	231.4	35	12.45	3	1	9/58
Haseeb Ahsan	Peshawar	106.0	26	9.76	4	1	8/23
Sajid Ali	Punjab	173.3	26	14.84	0	0	4/34
Mohammad Ramzan	Bahawalpur	191.3	25	12.72	2	0	7/37
Ismail Gul	East Pakistan A	112.3	23	5.86	3	2	7/29

References

1. "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58 | Points tables". Pakistan Cricket Board. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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.