Cricket tournament
| Dates | 11 October 1957 (1957-10-11) – 16 March 1958 (1958-03-16) |
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| 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) |
| ← 1956–571958–59 → | |
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.
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- 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.
| 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.
| Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
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| 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.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | 5 | 10 | BBI |
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| 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
- "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58 | Points tables". Pakistan Cricket Board. Cricket Archive. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- Batting and fielding in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
- Bowling in Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1957/58 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
