Quaid-i-Azam Trophy

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

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 19 times.

The league restructuring (2011)

Shortly after the end of the 2009-10 tournament. The Pakistan Cricket Board announced a new format that will see twenty-two teams split into division one and division two. The reason to split the teams in two division was that this would help the smaller teams compete with others who are at a similar level and would make the spotting of young talent easier as a result of that. This also meant that domestic revenues increased as a result due to more balanced fixtures that were spread across and weren't predicatble ^[1]

Winners

Karachi teams have won the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy 19 times, PIA 6, National Bank 5, Lahore teams and United Bank 4, Peshawar, Bahawalpur, Punjab, Railways and Habib Bank 2 ADBP, Faisalabad and Sialkot 1.

Records

Batting Records

References

External links

• CricInfo