The Mohammad Nissar Trophy was an annual
first class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
competition which took place in September. It was contested over four days between the most recent winners of the
Ranji Trophy (India) and
Quaid-i-Azam Trophy
The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...
(Pakistan). The trophy was named after former pre-partition Indian Test cricketer
Mohammad Nissar.
The annual contest, which commenced in 2006, was held on a home and away basis. Uttar Pradesh defeated Sialkot in Dharamsala to claim the inaugural title, while Mumbai took on Karachi Urban in Karachi the following season and regained the trophy based on a first-innings lead. In 2008, Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited beat Delhi on a first-innings lead after the match was drawn to become the first Pakistan side to win the trophy.
Winners
Records and statistics
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Ravikant Shukla from India was the first player to make a half century.
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Imran Nazir from Pakistan was the first player to make a century.
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Sahil Kukreja was the first Indian to make a century.
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Khurram Manzoor
Khurram Manzoor (Urdu: خرم منظور, born 10 June 1986) is a Pakistani international cricketer. He is a right-hand opening batsman who also bowls off-spin and he made his first-class cricket debut in the 2003–04 season before representing ...
from Pakistan was the only player to make a double century.
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Imran Ali from Pakistan was the only player to take a hat trick, and the only player to take five wickets in an innings.
References
External links
Cricinfo article on Nissar Trophy
Pakistani domestic cricket competitions
Indian domestic cricket competitions
First-class cricket competitions
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