1956–57 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

1956–57 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Dates 25 December 1956 – 8 March 1957
Administrator(s) Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format First-class
Tournament format(s) Group stage, finals
Champions Punjab (1st title)
Participants 13
Matches played 18
Most runs Hanif Mohammad (356)
Most wickets Fazal Mahmood (35)

The 1956–57 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the third edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. All matches at the tournament, played from 25 December 1956 to 8 March 1957, were accorded first-class status, with the group stage matches played over three days, the semi-finals over five days, and the final over six days. In the final, the Punjab defeated the Karachi Whites by 43 runs, claiming their first title. Hanif Mohammad was the leading run-scorer and Fazal Mahmood was the leading wicket-taker.

Teams

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

Finals

Semi-finals

1–6 February 1957
Scorecard
v
314 (88.2 overs)
Maqsood Ahmed 90
Mahmood Hussain 5/117
762 (313.2 overs)
Hanif Mohammad 228
Nasim-ul-Ghani 3/184
316 (100 overs)
Raees Mohammad 84
Aslam Khan 3/80
Karachi Whites won by an innings and 132 runs
Gymkhana Ground, Karachi
Umpires: Daud Khan and Qamaruddin Butt
  • Karachi Blues won the toss and elected to bat.

7–12 February 1957
Scorecard
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112 (81.3 overs)
Shujauddin Butt 56
Fazal Mahmood 6/33
253 (108.5 overs)
Fazal Mahmood 91
Baseer Shamsi 6/73
99 (60.1 overs)
Shujauddin Butt 40
Fazal Mahmood 9/43
Punjab won by an innings and 42 runs
University of the Punjab, Lahore
Umpires: Kaleem Ahmed and Shujauddin Siddiqi
  • Combined Services won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

8–14 March 1957
Scorecard
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418 (123.5 overs)
Ijaz Butt 147
Khan Mohammad 3/111
289 (119.4 overs)
Alimuddin 105
Yawar Saeed 5/89
182 (78.5 overs)
Agha Saadat Ali 56
Mohammad Munaf 6/67
268 (128.1 overs)
Waqar Hasan 51
Ehsan Elahi 4/62
Punjab won by 43 runs
University of the Punjab, Lahore
Umpires: Karim Akbar and Amjad Qureshi
  • Punjab 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
Hanif Mohammad Karachi Whites 356 4 89.00 228 1 1
Alimuddin Karachi Whites 302 5 75.50 105 1 1
Gul Mohammad Punjab 257 7 36.71 175 1 0
Fazal Mahmood Punjab 252 5 50.40 91 0 2
Ijaz Butt Punjab 225 4 56.25 147 1 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
Fazal Mahmood Punjab 151.2 35 5.14 4 1 9/43
Khalid Qureshi Punjab 238.2 28 12.78 3 1 6/18
Mahmood Hussain Karachi Whites 195.5 28 19.39 3 1 8/95
Haseeb Ahsan Peshawar 89.5 19 12.68 2 1 8/76
Mohammad Munaf Karachi Whites 133.4 18 19.66 1 0 6/67

References

  1. Tables: Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1956/57 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  2. Batting and fielding in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1956/57 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
  3. Bowling in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1956/57 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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