1985–86 Wills Cup

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1985–86 Wills Cup
Dates8 September 1985 (1985-09-08) – 27 September 1985 (1985-09-27)
Administrator(s)BCCP
Cricket formatLimited overs (List A)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
ChampionsPakistan International Airlines (4th title)
Runners-upUnited Bank Limited
Participants11
Matches25
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The 1985–86 Wills Cup was the fifth edition of the Wills Cup, which was the premiere domestic limited overs cricket competition in Pakistan and afforded List A status. Eleven teams participated in the competition which was held from 8 to 27 September 1985.[1][2]

Venues[]

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Venues for the Wills Cup 1985–86

Group stage[]

Group A[]

Points Table[]

Team Pld W L NR NRR Pts
United Bank Limited 4 4 0 0 +5.263 16
Pakistan International Airlines 4 3 1 0 +5.084 12
Karachi 4 2 2 0 +4.834 8
Muslim Commercial Bank 4 1 3 0 -4.397 4
Railways 4 0 4 0 -3.852 0

Source:[3]

Group B[]

Points Table[]

Team Pld W L NR NRR Pts
Habib Bank Limited 5 4 0 0 +4.180 18
Lahore City 5 3 2 0 +4.405 12
National Bank 5 3 2 0 +4.122 12
Pakistan Automobiles Corporation 5 1 2 1 +3.857 8
House Building Finance 5 1 3 1 -4.311 6
WAPDA 5 1 4 0 -3.425 4

Source:[3]

Semi-finals[]

20 September
Scorecard
Habib Bank Limited
120 (34.2 overs)
v
Saleem Malik 38
Azeem Hafeez 4/22 (6.2 overs)
Asif Muhammad 44
Nauman Shabbir 1/9 (7 overs)
Pakistan International Airlines won by 8 wickets
Army Stadium, Rawalpindi
Player of the match: Azeem Hafeez (PIA)
  • Pakistan International Airlines won the toss and elected to field.
20 September
Scorecard
Lahore City
175/6 (45 overs)
v
United Bank Limited
179/5 (43.3 overs)
Ghaffar Kazmi 52
Kamal Merchant 3/26 (8 overs)
Ali Zia 51 not out
2/20 (9 overs)
United Bank Limited won by 5 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Feroz Butt and Shakeel Khan
Player of the match: Ali Zia (UB)
  • United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field.

Final[]

27 September
Scorecard
v
United Bank Limited
254/9 (45 overs)
Saadat Ali 83
Shoaib Mohammad 2/40 (9 overs)
Pakistan International Airlines won by 3 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Mahboob Khan and Shakeel Khan
Player of the match: Shoaib Mohammad (PIA)
  • United Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field.

References[]

  1. ^ "Wills Cup 1985/86". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  2. ^ "Wills Cup 1985/86". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Wills Cup 1985/86 | Points tables". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
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