Quaid-i-Azam Trophy

The Qaid-i-Azam Trophy (aka Quaid-e-Azam Trophy) is the premier first-class domestic cricket competition in Pakistan.

History

Named after Mohammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan, the Trophy was introduced in 1953 to help pick the squad for Pakistan's Test tour of England in the forthcoming year. The competition has been contested sometimes by regional teams, sometimes by departments, and sometimes by a mixture of the two. Seven regional teams competed in the first competition. However, in 1956-57, it was decided that Karachi and Punjab would have to enter three teams each, in order to make the teams more evenly matched. Karachi teams have dominated the trophy, winning 17 times.

Winners RUNER UP

1957/58	Bahawalpur	Karachi C
1958/59	Karachi	Pakistan Combined Services
1959/60	Karachi	Lahore
1961/62	Karachi Blues	Pakistan Combined Services
1962/63	Karachi A	Karachi B
1963/64	Karachi Blues	Karachi Whites
1964/65	Karachi Blues	Lahore
1965/66	Karachi Blues	Lahore Greens
1966/67	Karachi	Pakistan Railways
1967/68	Karachi	Pakistan Railways
1968/69	Lahore	Karachi
1969/70	PIA	PWD
1970/71	Karachi Blues	Punjab University
1972/73	Pakistan Railways	Sind
1973/74	Pakistan Railways	Sind
1974/75	Punjab A	Sind A
1975/76	National Bank	Punjab A
1976/77	United Bank	National Bank
1977/78	Habib Bank	National Bank
1978/79	National Bank	Habib Bank
1979/80	National Bank	PIA
1980/81	United Bank	PIA
1981/82	National Bank	United Bank
1982/83	United Bank	National Bank
1983/84	National Bank	United Bank
1984/85	United Bank	Pakistan Railways
1985/86	Karachi	Pakistan Railways
1986/87	National Bank	United Bank
1987/88	PIA	United Bank
1988/89	ADBP	Habib Bank
1989/90	PIA	United Bank
1990/91	Karachi Whites	Bahawalpur
1991/92	Karachi Whites	Lahore
1992/93	Karachi Whites	Sargodha
1993/94	Lahore	Karachi Whites
1994/95	Karachi WBlues	Lahore
1995/96	Karachi Blues	Karachi Whites
1996/97	Lahore	Karachi Whites
1997/98	Karachi Blues	Peshawar
1998/99	Peshawar	Karachi Whites
1999/00	PIA	Habib Bank
2000/01	Lahore Blues	Karachi Whites
2001/02	Karachi Whites	Peshawar
2002/03	PIA	KRL
2003/04	Faisalabad	Sialkot
2004/05	Peshawar	Faisalabad
2005/06	Sialkot	Faisalabad
2006/07	Karachi Urban	Sialkot
2007/08	SNGPL	Habib Bank

Karachi teams have won the Qaid-i-Azam Trophy 17 times, PIA 6, National Bank 5, Lahore teams and United Bank 4, Bahawalpur, Punjab and Railways 2, ADBP, Faisalabad, Sialkot, Habib Bank and Peshawar 1.