Quaid-e-Azam Trophy 2016-17, Final – Statistical Highlights

Water and Power Development Authority side bagged their first ever Quaid-e-Azam trophy 2016-17 after taking the first innings lead in the final at Lahore. Kamran Akmal’s batting form, the comeback men Salman Butt and Mohammad Asif helped the team with their hand of contributions. Playing against the Habib Bank Limited team in final, the WAPDA side elected to bowl and bowled out the opposition to 236.

Scoring 278 in the first innings in the reply helped WAPDA despite Imam-ul-Haq’s efforts by scoring a double ton. Salman Butt’s 2nd century in the game helped his side to bat out for 111 overs in the 4th innings and sneak through on basis of first innings lead. Here we look at all the important numbers during the Quaid-e-Azam trophy final.

0 – Number of times before this season, Water and Power Development Authority has made into Quaid-e-Azam trophy final. On their first entry into final, WAPDA clinched the title.

1 – Salman Butt became the first player in Quaid-e-Azam trophy history to score centuries in both innings of the final match.

5 – Number of centuries Kamran Akmal has scored in this season, the joint 2nd most by any player. Only two players have scored 6 centuries in a Quaid-e-Azam trophy season.

6 – Number of times Habib Bank Limited lost in Quaid-e-Azam trophy finals, the 2nd most times by any team in the tournament history. Karachi Whites lost 7 times in finals.

9 – Imam-ul-Haq became the 9th player to score a century in Quaid-e-Azam trophy final. He is only the 3rd player to be on runners-up side among those 9 players.

12 – Kamran Akmal became the 12th player to aggregate 1000 runs in single Quaid-e-Azam season. 6 players including Kamran achieved this feat since 2009. Other 6 players did it before 2000.

13 – Innings taken by Kamran Akmal to complete 1000 runs in this season, the fewest by any player in Quaid-e-Azam trophy history to complete 1000 runs in a season.

71 – Wickets taken by Khan Research Laboratories’ Mohammad Abbas in 2016/17 season of Quaid-e-Azam, the most by any player. His 71 wickets are the 6th most by any player in a single season of Quaid-e-Azam.

100 – The Quaid-e-Azam trophy final was Salman Butt’s 100th first-class game. He became only the 6th player to score twin centuries in his 100th FC game. This was also the first time Butt has struck two centuries in an FC game.

444 – Target set by HBL in the final. The highest successful chase in Quaid-e-Azam history is 443. Only 3 teams have chased down a target over 400 in Quaid-e-Azam so far. WAPDA batted out the overs to end the game in a draw and win the title on first innings lead.

1035 – Runs scored by Kamran Akmal in 2016-17 season of Quaid-e-Azam trophy, the most by any player. He is the only player with 1000+ runs in this season of the tournament. Overall, these are the 11th highest runs posted by a player in a season.

2011 – Last time before this game, Ahmed Shehzad scored a century in first-class cricket in Pakistan was in 2011 vs Karachi Blues also for Habib Bank Limited in Quaid-e-Azam trophy at Karachi. Shehzad scored an unbeaten 104 in the 2nd innings of this final.