1954–55 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

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1954–55 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Dates29 October 1954 (1954-10-29) – 24 April 1955 (1955-04-24)
Administrator(s)
Karachi (1st title)
Participants9
Matches8

The 1954–55 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was a first-class cricket competition that was held in Pakistan from 29 October 1954 to 24 April 1955. It was the second edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.

The competition was contested as a

Baluchistan made their first appearances in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy. 1953–54 winner Bahawalpur received a bye
through to the semi-finals.

The final, played in

Karachi won by nine wickets, easily scoring the 33 runs they needed for victory after forcing Combined Services to follow-on
in their second innings.

Teams

Team Captain(s)
Bahawalpur Israr Ali
Baluchistan
Athar Khan
Combined Services
Abdul Kardar
East Pakistan
Mohammad Sarwar
Karachi
Anwar Hussain
North-West Frontier Province
Sher Khan
Punjab Fazal Mahmood
Railways Masood Salahuddin
Sind Anwar Shaikh

Results

 
Round 1Round 2Semi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15–17 April 1955;
Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur
 
 
Karachi
351
 
Karachi
452
 
19–21 November 1954;
Karachi Parsi Institute Ground, Karachi
 
Railways183 & 253
 
Karachi
452/3d
 
29–31 October 1954;
Racecourse Ground, Quetta
 
Sind134 & 244/6 (f/o)
 
Baluchistan
223 & 126
 
21–24 April 1955;
National Stadium, Karachi
 
Sind295 & 107
 
NW Frontier Province
102 & 145
 
 
Punjab249 & 192/5d
 
 
15–17 April 1955;
Punjab University Ground, Lahore
 
 
Combined Services
355 & 177/7d
 
 
20–22 November 1954;
Club Ground, Dacca
 
 
Combined Services
210/8d & 148/3d
 
 
 
 

Source:[1]

Final

21–24 April 1955
Scorecard
Karachi
v
Combined Services
438 all out (173.3 overs)
Wazir Mohammad 118
Saleem Iqbal 2/65 (15 overs)
221 all out (68.5 overs)
Imtiaz Ahmed 81
Mahmood Hussain 5/75 (28 overs)
35/1 (7 overs)
Ikram Qureshi 16*
Baseer Shamsi 1/17 (4 overs)
249 (81.3 overs) (f/o)
Ebbu Ghazali 55
Abdul Wahab 4/31 (12.3 overs)
Karachi won by 9 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Daud Khan & Idrees Baig
  • Karachi won the toss and elected to bat.

References

  1. ^ "Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 February 2021.