1956–57 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy
# 1956–57 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The 1956–57 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the third edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan.

In a change from the first two editions, the 1956–57 competition was contested in four round-robin groups, with the top teams in each playing semi-finals and a final to determine the winner. Matches were played from 25 December 1956 to 8 March 1957, with the group stage matches played over three days, the semi-finals over five days, and the final over six days.

In the final, Punjab defeated the Karachi Whites by 43 runs, claiming their first title. Hanif Mohammad was the leading run-scorer in the competition, and Fazal Mahmood was the leading wicket-taker.

## Group stage

The winner of each zone, marked in bold, qualified for the semi-finals.

Central Zone :

| Team | Pld | W | L | ND | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karachi Blues | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Railways | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Punjab A | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

North Zone :

| Team | Pld | W | L | ND | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Punjab | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Bahawalpur | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Punjab B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Peshawar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |

East Zone :

| Team | Pld | W | L | ND | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Combined Services | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| East Pakistan Greens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| East Pakistan Whites | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

South Zone :

| Team | Pld | W | L | ND | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Karachi Whites | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Karachi Greens | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Sindh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |

* Win, or draw having led on first innings = 3 points
* Draw with no decision on first innings = 1 point
* Loss, or draw having trailed on first innings = 0 points

## Finals

### Semi-finals

* 1–6 February 1957 Scorecard
* Karachi Whites won by an innings and 132 runs Gymkhana Ground, Karachi Umpires: Daud Khan and Qamaruddin Butt
* Karachi Blues won the toss and elected to bat.
* 7–12 February 1957 Scorecard
* Punjab won by an innings and 42 runs University of the Punjab, Lahore Umpires: Kaleem Ahmed and Shujauddin Siddiqi
* Combined Services won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 8–14 March 1957 Scorecard
* Punjab won by 43 runs University of the Punjab, Lahore Umpires: Karim Akbar and Amjad Qureshi
* Punjab 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hanif Mohammad | Karachi Whites | 356 | 4 | 89.00 | 228 | 1 | 1 |
| Alimuddin | Karachi Whites | 302 | 5 | 75.50 | 105 | 1 | 1 |
| Gul Mohammad | Punjab | 257 | 7 | 36.71 | 175 | 1 | 0 |
| Fazal Mahmood | Punjab | 252 | 5 | 50.40 | 91 | 0 | 2 |
| Ijaz Butt | Punjab | 225 | 4 | 56.25 | 147 | 1 | 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 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fazal Mahmood | Punjab | 151.2 | 35 | 5.14 | 4 | 1 | 9/43 |
| Khalid Qureshi | Punjab | 238.2 | 28 | 12.78 | 3 | 1 | 6/18 |
| Mahmood Hussain | Karachi Whites | 195.5 | 28 | 19.39 | 3 | 1 | 8/95 |
| Haseeb Ahsan | Peshawar | 89.5 | 19 | 12.68 | 2 | 1 | 8/76 |
| Mohammad Munaf | Karachi Whites | 133.4 | 18 | 19.66 | 1 | 0 | 6/67 |
