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1983–84 Wills Cup

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1983–Wills Cup
Dates9 February 1984 (1984-02-09) – 24 February 1984 (1984-02-24)
Administrator(s)BCCP
Cricket formatLimited overs (List A)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and knockout
ChampionsHabib Bank Limited (1st title)
Runners-upPakistan International Airlines
Participants12
Matches33
Player of the seriesAgha Zahid (HBL)
Most runsSaadat Ali (291)
Most wicketsNaeem Ahmed (13)

The 1983–84 Wills Cup was the fourth edition of the Wills Cup, which was the premiere domestic limited overs cricket competition in Pakistan and afforded List A status. Twelve teams participated in the competition which was held from 8 to 27 September 1985.[1][2]

Venues

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Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 United Bank Limited 5 5 0 0 20 0.598
2 Pakistan International Airlines 5 4 1 0 16 0.712
3 Karachi 5 3 2 0 12 −0.549
4 Allied Bank Limited 5 2 3 0 8 −0.029
5 State Bank 5 1 4 0 4 −0.113
6 Railways 5 0 5 0 0 −1.617
Source: [3]

Note: Top two teams will qualify for the semifinals.


Group B

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Points Table

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Pos Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
1 Habib Bank Limited 5 4 1 0 16 0.623
2 House Building Finance 5 4 1 0 16 0.219
3 Muslim Commercial Bank 5 3 2 0 12 −0.001
4 Pakistan Automobiles Corporation 5 2 3 0 8 0.309
5 National Bank 5 2 3 0 8 −0.156
6 Lahore City 5 0 5 0 0 −0.857
Source: [4]

Note: Top two teams will qualify for the semifinals.

Semi-finals

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22 February
10:00 PST
Scorecard
United Bank Limited
124 (42.5 overs)
v
Habib Bank Limited
128/2 (31.3 overs)
Nasir Valika 34
Abdul Qadir 3/27 (7.5 overs)
Saleem Malik 52*
Tauseef Ahmed 1/31 (6 overs)
Habib Bank Limited won by 8 wickets
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Ghafoor Butt and Shakeel Khan
Player of the match: Saleem Malik (HBL)
  • Habib Bank Limited won the toss and elected to field.

22 February
10:00 PST
Scorecard
v
Zaheer Abbas 75
Noor-ul-Qamar 3/43 (9 overs)
Saadat Ali 73
Naeem Ahmed 3/46 (9 overs)
Pakistan International Airlines won by 5 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: Ghafoor Butt and Tahir Hassan
Player of the match: Saleem Malik (HBL)
  • Pakistan International Airlines won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

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24 February
10:00 PST
Scorecard
Habib Bank Limited
182/3 (41 overs)
v
Mohsin Khan 86
Raja Akber 2/19 (7 overs)
Shoaib Mohammad 51
Abdul Qadir 3/49 (9 overs)
Habib Bank Limited won by 7 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Shakoor Rana
Player of the match: Mohsin Khan (HBL)
  • Pakistan International Airlines won the toss and elected to bat.

Statistics

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Most Runs

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Player Team Mat Inns Runs HS
Saadat Ali House Building Finance 6 6 291 73
Zaheer Abbas Pakistan International Airlines 7 7 284 75
Agha Zahid Habib Bank Limited 7 7 259 79
Arshad Pervez Habib Bank Limited 7 7 223 63*
Qasim Umar Muslim Commercial Bank 3 3 215 102
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[5]

Most wickets

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Player Team Mat Inns Wkts BBI
Naeem Ahmed Pakistan International Airlines 7 7 13 4/36
Shahid Mahboob Pakistan Automobiles Corporation 4 4 11 5/52
Mohinder Kumar Karachi 5 5 11 4/18
Zahid Ahmed Pakistan International Airlines 7 7 11 4/17
Feroz Najamuddin Allied Bank Limited 4 4 10 5/33
  • Source: ESPNcricinfo[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Wills Cup 1983/84". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Wills Cup 1983/84". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Wills Cup 1983/84". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  4. ^ "Wills Cup 1983/84". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  5. ^ "Wills Cup 1983/84". CricHQ. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  6. ^ "Wills Cup 1983/84". CricHQ. Retrieved 9 November 2023.