# 1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

The 1957–58 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy was the fourth edition of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy, the domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan.
Matches in the competition were played from 11 October 1957 to 16 March 1958, with the group stage matches played over three days, the semi-finals over four days, and the final over five days.
In the final, Bahawalpur defeated Karachi C by 211 runs, claiming their second title. Two Bahawalpur players, Iqbal Chaudhri and Israr Ali, led the competition in runs and wickets, respectively.

## Group stage

The winner of each zone, marked in bold, qualified for the semi-finals.
Central Zone :
| Team | Pld | W | L | WD | LD | ND | Pts |
| Bahawalpur | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Karachi B | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Punjab A | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Quetta | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
North Zone :
| Team | Pld | W | L | WD | LD | ND | Pts |
| Punjab† | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Railways | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Peshawar | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Punjab B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
East Zone :
| Team | Pld | W | L | WD | LD | ND | Pts |
| Dacca University | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| East Pakistan A | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| East Pakistan B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
South Zone :
| Team | Pld | W | L | WD | LD | ND | Pts |
| Karachi C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Karachi A | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| Sindh A | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sindh B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
* Win = 3 points
* Draw having led on first innings = 2 points
* Draw with no decision on first innings = 1 point
* Loss or draw having trailed on first innings = 0 points

## Finals
### Semi-finals

* 8–10 February 1958 Scorecard
* Bahawalpur won by an innings and 255 runs Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur Umpires: Kaleem Ahmed and Tawakkal Majeed
* Bahawalpur won the toss and elected to bat.
* 10–13 March 1958 Scorecard
* Karachi C won by 134 runs Parsi Institute Ground, Karachi Umpires: Daud Khan and Qamaruddin Butt
* Karachi C won the toss and elected to bat.

### Final

* 16–20 March 1958 Scorecard
* Bahawalpur won by 211 runs Bahawal Stadium, Bahawalpur Umpires: Idrees Baig and Shujaddin Siddiqui
* Bahawalpur 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 |
| Iqbal Chaudhri | Bahawalpur | 392 | 9 | 56.00 | 70 | 0 | 4 |
| Shakoor Ahmed | Punjab | 357 | 8 | 44.62 | 99 | 0 | 3 |
| Alimuddin | Karachi A | 317 | 3 | 158.50 | 131* | 2 | 1 |
| Mohammad Ramzan | Bahawalpur | 297 | 8 | 42.42 | 91 | 0 | 3 |
| Hanif Mohammad | Karachi A | 269 | 2 | 269.00 | 146* | 2 | 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 |
| Israr Ali | Bahawalpur | 231.4 | 35 | 12.45 | 3 | 1 | 9/58 |
| Haseeb Ahsan | Peshawar | 106.0 | 26 | 9.76 | 4 | 1 | 8/23 |
| Sajid Ali | Punjab | 173.3 | 26 | 14.84 | 0 | 0 | 4/34 |
| Mohammad Ramzan | Bahawalpur | 191.3 | 25 | 12.72 | 2 | 0 | 7/37 |
| Ismail Gul | East Pakistan A | 112.3 | 23 | 5.86 | 3 | 2 | 7/29 |