1991–92 Wills Trophy

The 1991–92 Wills Trophy was a triangular one-day international cricket tournament held at Sharjah between 17 October and 25 October 1996. It involved the national cricket teams of Pakistan, West Indies and India. Pakistan won the tournament after beating India in the final.[1] The beneficiaries of the tournament were Wasim Raja and Mahmood Hussain of Pakistan, C. K. Nayudu and E. A. S. Prasanna of India and West Indies' C. G. Greenidge.[2]

Results

Pre-tournament favourites Pakistan won despite losing their first two matches and their position looked helpless until the West Indies failed to score two runs off three balls in the third.

17 October
Pakistan 
215 (48.3 overs)
v
 West Indies
217-9 (47.3 overs)
Rameez Raja 49 (101)
Carl Hooper 2/33 (10 overs)
Richie Richardson 106 (142)
Waqar Younis 4/48 (9 overs)
West Indies won by 1 wicket
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: B.C. Cooray (Sri Lanka) and P. W. Vidanagamage (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Richie Richardson (West Indies)
  • West Indies won the toss and chose to field
18 October
India 
238-4 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
178 (44.4 overs)
Sanjay Manjrekar 72 (93)
Waqar Younis 2/65 (10 overs)
Javed Miandad 61 (94)
Manoj Prabhakar 4/25 (7.4 overs)
India won by 50 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: P. W. Vidanagamage (Sri Lanka) and Udaya Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Sanjay Manjrekar (India)
  • India won the toss and chose to bat

Vinod Kambli and Javagal Srinath made their ODI debuts for India.

19 October
India 
240-6 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
221 (48.5 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 98 (113)
Carl Hooper 2/46 (10 overs)
Clayton Lambert 66 (89)
Manoj Prabhakar 4/30 (9.5 overs)
India won by 19 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: B. C. Cooray (Sri Lanka) and Udaya Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Manoj Prabhakar (India)
  • West Indies won the toss and chose to field
21 October
Pakistan 
236-7 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
235 (50 overs)
Rameez Raja 90 (129)
Curtly Ambrose 5/53 (10 overs)
Richie Richardson 122 (121)
Waqar Younis 4/39 (9.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 1 run
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: B. C. Cooray (Sri Lanka) and P. W. Vidanagamage (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Richie Richardson (West Indies)
  • Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat
22 October
West Indies 
145 (46.2 overs)
v
 India
147-3 (37.3 overs)
Keith Arthurton 59 (83)
Sachin Tendulkar 4/34 (10 overs)
Navjot Singh Sidhu 44 (99)
Ian Bishop 2/28 (7 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: P. W. Vidanagamage (Sri Lanka) and Udaya Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
  • India won the toss and chose to field
23 October
Pakistan 
257-7 (50 overs)
v
 India
253-6 (50 overs)
Aamer Sohail 91 (133)
Javagal Srinath 2/55 (8 overs)
Ravi Shastri 77 (99)
Wasim Akram 2/44 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: B. C. Cooray (Sri Lanka) and Udaya Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pakistan)
  • India won the toss and chose to field

Final

25 October
Pakistan 
262-6 (50 overs)
v
 India
190 (46 overs)
Zahid Fazal 98 (119)
Kapil Dev 3/36 (10 overs)
Sanjay Manjrekar 52 (69)
Aaqib Javed 7/37 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 72 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: B. C. Cooray (Sri Lanka) and Udaya Wickramasinghe (Sri Lanka)
Player of the match: Aaqib Javed (Pakistan)
  • India won the toss and chose to field

Sanjay Manjrekar of India won the Player of the Series Award

References

  1. ↑ "Final: India v Pakistan at Sharjah, Oct 25, 1991 | Cricket Scorecard | ESPN Cricinfo". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
  2. ↑ "Wills Trophy, 1991-92". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2016-10-16.
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