1983–84 Wills Cup

1983–Wills Cup

Dates	9 February 1984 (1984-02-09) – 24 February 1984 (1984-02-24)
Administrator(s)	BCCP
Cricket format	Limited overs (List A)
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Champions	Habib Bank Limited (1st title)
Runners-up	Pakistan International Airlines
Participants	12
Matches	33
Player of the series	Agha Zahid (HBL)
Most runs	Saadat Ali (291)
Most wickets	Naeem 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.

Venues

Karachi

Lahore

Hyderabad

Faisalabad

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Venues for the Wills Cup 1983–84

Group stage

Group A

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

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Note: Top two teams will qualify for the semifinals.

Group B

Points Table

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

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Note: Top two teams will qualify for the semifinals.

Semi-finals

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.

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22 February 10:00 PST Scorecard

Pakistan International Airlines 218 (44.3 overs)	v	House Building Finance 213 (45 overs)
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

24 February 10:00 PST Scorecard

Habib Bank Limited 182/3 (41 overs)	v	Pakistan International Airlines 181 (39.4 overs)
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

Most Runs

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

Most wickets

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