1953–54 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy


The 1953–54 season of the Quaid-i-Azam Trophy was the first edition of the tournament, and the inaugural first-class cricket competition played in Pakistan following its independence in 1947. One of the tournament's purposes was to help determine the Pakistan national side's squad for its tour of England in 1954.
The tournament was played as a knockout competition between seven teams representing both regions and government departments. Punjab received a bye through to the semi-finals to compensate for the odd number of teams. The final, played in Karachi, was contested between Punjab and Bahawalpur, with Bahawalpur winning by eight wickets. Two Bahawalpur players, Hanif Mohammad and Fazal Mahmood, led the competition in runs and wickets, respectively.

Teams

Five teams made their first-class debuts in the tournament.
TeamCaptainMost runsMost wickets
BahawalpurKhan MohammadHanif Mohammad Zulfiqar Ahmed
Combined ServicesAbdul KardarEbbu Ghazali Ebbu Ghazali
KarachiAsghar AliBehram Irani Badaruddin Malik
N. W. F. P.Jaseem KhanAminuddin Jaseem Khan
PunjabMohammad SaeedShakoor Ahmed Fazal Mahmood
RailwaysMasood Salahuddin
Mohammad Nissar 		Aslam Khokhar Mohammad Amin
SindPir PagaroIkram Elahi Anwar Elahi

Fixtures

Preliminary round

----
----

Semi-finals

----

Final

Statistics

Most runs

The top five runscorers are included in this table, listed by runs scored and then by batting average.
PlayerTeamRunsInnsAvgHighest100s50s
Hanif MohammadBahawalpur3395113.00147*20
Ebbu GhazaliCombined Services257385.6616011
Abdur RehmanCombined Services213371.008902
Shakoor AhmedPunjab190447.5010210
Maqsood AhmedBahawalpur153276.508902

Most wickets

The top five wicket-takers are listed in this table, listed by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
PlayerTeamOversWktsAve5/i10/mBBI
Zulfiqar AhmedBahawalpur94.51615.56105/54
Fazal MahmoodPunjab88.01415.35105/73
Mohammad AminRailways88.41318.15105/57
Asghar AliRailways74.11214.25105/61
Khan MohammadBahawalpur75.01116.20004/64