1954–55 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

May 2026 1954 10 29 y 1955 04 24 y Board of Control for Cricket in Pakistan First-class (three-day) Knockout Karachi 1 9 8 1953-54 1953–54 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1956–57 1956–57 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. 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 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 no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes Round 1 Round 2 140px 110px 12–14 November 1954;Karachi Parsi Institute Ground, Karachi Karachi 452 Railways 183 & 253 29–31 October 1954;Racecourse Ground, Quetta Baluchistan 223 & 126 Sind 295 & 107 19–21 November 1954;Karachi Parsi Institute Ground, Karachi Karachi 452/3d Sind 134 & 244/6 (f/o) 19–21 November 1954;Peshawar Club Ground, Peshawar NW Frontier Province 102 & 145 Punjab 249 & 192/5d 20–22 November 1954;Club Ground, Dacca East Pakistan 116 & 111 Combined Services 210/8d & 148/3d 15–17 April 1955;Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur Bahawalpur 173 & 107 (f/o) Karachi 351 15–17 April 1955;Punjab University Ground, Lahore Punjab 147 & 159/2 Combined Services 355 & 177/7d 21–24 April 1955;National Stadium, Karachi Karachi 438 & 35/1 Combined Services 221 & 249 (f/o) Source:Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 1954/55 https://www.pcb.com.pk/quaideazam-trophy-195455/tournament/31.html Pakistan Cricket Board 23 February 2021 Final 21–24 April 1955 Karachi Combined Services 438 all out (173.3 overs) Wazir Mohammad 118 Saleem Iqbal 2/65 (15 overs) 35/1 (7 overs) Ikram Qureshi 16* Baseer Shamsi 1/17 (4 overs) 221 all out (68.5 overs) Imtiaz Ahmed 81 Mahmood Hussain 5/75 (28 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 Daud Khan & Idrees Baig Scorecard Karachi won the toss and elected to bat. References Category:Domestic cricket competitions in 1954–55 Category:1954 in Pakistani cricket Category:1955 in Pakistani cricket 1954-55 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy