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1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

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1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Dates11 October 1957 (1957-10-11) – 16 March 1958 (1958-03-16)
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatFirst-class
Tournament format(s)round-robin, semi-finals and final
ChampionsBahawalpur (2nd title)
Participants15
Matches26
Most runsIqbal Chaudhri (392)
Most wicketsIsrar 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

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

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Semi-finals

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8–10 February 1958
Scorecard
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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

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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

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Most runs

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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

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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

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  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.