Quaid-i-Azam Trophy

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The Qaid-i-Azam Trophy (aka Quaid-e-Azam Trophy) is the premier first-class domestic cricket competition in Pakistan.

[edit] History

Named after Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, the Trophy was introduced in 1953 to help pick the squad for Pakistan's Test tour of England in the forthcoming year. The competition has been contested sometimes by regional teams, sometimes by departments, and sometimes by a mixture of the two. Seven regional teams competed in the first competition. However, in 1956-57, it was decided that Karachi and Punjab would have to enter three teams each, in order to make the teams more evenly matched. Karachi teams have dominated the trophy, winning 17 times.

[edit] Winners

Year Winning Team Runner-up
1953/54 Bahawalpur Punjab
1954/55 Karachi Pakistan Combined Services
1956/57 Punjab Karachi Whites
1957/58 Bahawalpur Karachi C
1958/59 Karachi Pakistan Combined Services
1959/60 Karachi Lahore
1961/62 Karachi Blues Pakistan Combined Services
1962/63 Karachi A Karachi B
1963/64 Karachi Blues Karachi Whites
1964/65 Karachi Blues Lahore
1965/66 Karachi Blues Lahore Greens
1966/67 Karachi Pakistan Railways
1967/68 Karachi Pakistan Railways
1968/69 Lahore Karachi
1969/70 PIA PWD
1970/71 Karachi Blues Punjab University
1972/73 Pakistan Railways Sind
1973/74 Pakistan Railways Sind
1974/75 Punjab A Sind A
1975/76 National Bank Punjab A
1976/77 United Bank National Bank
1977/78 Habib Bank National Bank
1978/79 National Bank Habib Bank
1979/80 National Bank PIA
1980/81 United Bank PIA
1981/82 National Bank United Bank
1982/83 United Bank National Bank
1983/84 National Bank United Bank
1984/85 United Bank Pakistan Railways
1985/86 Karachi Pakistan Railways
1986/87 National Bank United Bank
1987/88 PIA United Bank
1988/89 ADBP Habib Bank
1989/90 PIA United Bank
1990/91 Karachi Whites Bahawalpur
1991/92 Karachi Whites Lahore
1992/93 Karachi Whites Sargodha
1993/94 Lahore Karachi Whites
1994/95 Karachi WBlues Lahore
1995/96 Karachi Blues Karachi Whites
1996/97 Lahore Karachi Whites
1997/98 Karachi Blues Peshawar
1998/99 Peshawar Karachi Whites
1999/00 PIA Habib Bank
2000/01 Lahore Blues Karachi Whites
2001/02 Karachi Whites Peshawar
2002/03 PIA KRL
2003/04 Faisalabad Sialkot
2004/05 Peshawar Faisalabad
2005/06 Sialkot Faisalabad
2006/07 Karachi Urban Sialkot
2007/08 Sui Northern Gas Pipeline Limited Habib Bank

Karachi teams have won the Qaid-i-Azam Trophy 17 times, PIA 6, National Bank 5, Lahore teams and United Bank 4, Bahawalpur, Punjab and Railways 2, ADBP, Faisalabad, Habib Bank and Peshawar 1.

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