Quaid-e-Azam Trophy

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The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a first class domestic cricket competition held in Pakistan and is named after the founder of Pakistan,Mohammad Ali Jinnah.The competition was held in 1953,the purpose of the competition at that time was to find talented players for the Pakistan's test tour to England.

The competition has participants representing the regional areas of Pakistan and various departments in Pakistan like Railways.It was decided in the 1956 season that Karachi and Punjab will be represented by three teams,this was done to ensure that the teams were evenly matched.

The Teams are categorised into two groups each having 11 teams.Each team plays against other teams once within the group,the teams placed at the top of the points table in Group A and Group B play against each other in the finals.The Karachi teams have been very successful having 17 titles to their name.The Sui Northern Gas limited team is the current(2007/08) winners of the tournament.

Number Of Wins Recorded By Team

Karachi Teams 17

Pakistan international Airlines 06

National Bank 05

Lahore Teams 04

United Bank 04

Bahawalpur 02

Punjab 02

Railways 02

ADBP 01

Faisalabad 01

Habib Bank 01

Peshawar 01

Teams

Group A

Habib Bank

National Bank

Water And Power Development Authority

Lahore Ravi

Faisalabad

Multan

Sui Southern Gas Limited

Karachi Whites

Sialkot

Pakistan Customs

Hyderabad(Pakistan)

Group B

Sui Northern Gas Limited

Pakistan International AirLines

Islamabad

Khan Research Laboratories

Zarai Taraqiati Bank Limited

Rawalpindi

Abbottabad

Lahore Shalimar

Peshawar

Karachi Blues

Quetta