Pakistan Automobiles Corporation (sometimes abbreviated to PACO) were a

first-class cricket First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officia ...

side that played in the

Patron's Trophy The Patron's Trophy was a cricket competition that was held in Pakistan between 1960–61 and 2018–19 mainly among teams representing the government and semi-government departments, corporations, commercial organisations, business houses, banks, ...

, the

Quaid-e-Azam Trophy The Quaid-e-Azam Trophy is a domestic first-class cricket competition in Pakistan. With few exceptions, it has been staged annually since it was first played during the 1953–54 season. Domestic cricket in Pakistan has undergone many reorganis ...

and the

Pentangular Trophy The Pentangular Trophy was a first-class cricket competition that was held intermittently in Pakistan between 1973–74 and 2011–12. History The Pentangular Trophy was first contested in 1973–74. From 1977–78 through to 1979–80 it was known ...

between 1983–84 and 1993-94. Their most successful era was in the early 1980s under the captaincy of

Shahid Mahboob Shahid Mahboob (Urdu: شاہد محبوب; born 25 August 1962) is a Pakistani cricket coach and former cricketer who played in one Test match and ten One Day Internationals from 1982 to 1989, including at the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Education H ...

. In all they played 83 first-class matches, with 20 wins, 21 losses and 42 draws. Their highest score was 201 not out by Ijaz Ahmed against

Karachi Karachi (; ur, ; ; ) is the most populous city in Pakistan and 12th most populous city in the world, with a population of over 20 million. It is situated at the southern tip of the country along the Arabian Sea coast. It is the former c ...

in 1984-85. The best bowling figures were 8 for 65 by Shahid Mahboob against House Building Finance Corporation in 1986-87. He also took seven wickets in an innings for Pakistan Automobiles Corporation on seven occasions, and in 59 matches for the team took 270 wickets at an average of 27.02.Shahid Mahboob bowling for each team
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Honours

* Patron's Trophy (1) * 1982-83 (not considered first-class in this season) * Pentangular Trophy (1) * 1984-85 (not considered first-class in this season)

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First-class matches played by Pakistan Automobiles Corporation

Pakistani first-class cricket teams Former senior cricket clubs of Pakistan Cricket clubs established in 1983 1983 establishments in Pakistan Cricket clubs disestablished in 1994 1994 disestablishments in Pakistan {{Pakistan-cricket-team-stub

Honours

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