1954–55 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

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.

1954–55 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
Dates29 October 1954 (1954-10-29) – 24 April 1955 (1955-04-24)
Administrator(s)Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan
Cricket formatFirst-class (three-day)
Tournament format(s)Knockout
ChampionsKarachi (1st title)
Participants9
Matches8

The competition was contested as a knockout tournament by nine teams, an increase of two from the first season, representing both regions and government departments; East Pakistan cricket team and 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, was contested between Karachi and Combined Services. 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
TeamCaptain(s)
BahawalpurIsrar Ali
BaluchistanAthar Khan
Combined ServicesAbdul Kardar
East PakistanMohammad Sarwar
KarachiAnwar Hussain
North-West Frontier ProvinceSher Khan
PunjabFazal Mahmood
RailwaysMasood Salahuddin
SindAnwar Shaikh

Results
 
Round 1Round 2Semi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15–17 April 1955;
Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur
 
 
Bahawalpur173 & 107 (f/o)
 
12–14 November 1954;
Karachi Parsi Institute Ground, Karachi
 
Karachi351
 
Karachi452
 
19–21 November 1954;
Karachi Parsi Institute Ground, Karachi
 
Railways183 & 253
 
Karachi452/3d
 
29–31 October 1954;
Racecourse Ground, Quetta
 
Sind134 & 244/6 (f/o)
 
Baluchistan223 & 126
 
21–24 April 1955;
National Stadium, Karachi
 
Sind295 & 107
 
Karachi438 & 35/1
 
 
Combined Services221 & 249 (f/o)
 
 
19–21 November 1954;
Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar
 
 
NW Frontier Province102 & 145
 
 
Punjab249 & 192/5d
 
 
15–17 April 1955;
Punjab University Ground, Lahore
 
 
Punjab147 & 159/2
 
 
Combined Services355 & 177/7d
 
 
20–22 November 1954;
Club Ground, Dacca
 
 
East Pakistan116 & 111
 
 
Combined Services210/8d & 148/3d
 
 
 
 

Source:[1]

Final
21–24 April 1955
Scorecard
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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.


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