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1985–86 Wills Cup
Dates8 September 1985 (1985-09-08) – 27 September 1985 (1985-09-27)
Administrator(s) BCCP
Cricket format Limited overs ( List A)
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and knockout
Champions Pakistan International Airlines (4th title)
Runners-up United Bank Limited
Participants11
Matches25

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

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
Ghayyur Qureshi 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)
Shoaib Mohammad 111 not out
Naved Anjum 1/32 (7 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.