2017–18 National T20 Cup
Dates | 11 – 30 November 2017 |
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Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | Twenty20 |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Final |
Host(s) | Pakistan |
Champions | Lahore Blues (1st title) |
Participants | 8 |
Matches | 31 |
Most runs | Kamran Akmal (432) |
Most wickets | Umaid Asif (14) |
Official website | www.pcb.com.pk |
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The 2017–18 National T20 Cup was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition that was played in Pakistan.[1] It was the 14th season of the National Twenty20 Cup in Pakistan. It was originally scheduled to take place in August and September 2017 with eight teams competing.[2] However, in August 2017, the tournament was postponed until November 2017 because of the 2017 Independence Cup and Pakistan's series against Sri Lanka.[3][4] All the matches were originally scheduled to be played at the Multan Cricket Stadium and the Iqbal Stadium.[2] Following the revision of the competition's schedule, all the fixtures took place at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.[5]
The tournament started on 11 November and was scheduled to conclude on 26 November 2017.[6][7] However, the semi-final fixtures were initially postponed by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) by one day, following a protest by a religious party, which required more than 8,500 police and troops to remove the protesters.[8][9] The next day, the PCB postponed the matches because of the "prevailing situation" and said they would announce new dates for the tournament at a later point.[8] The PCB also confirmed that the Super Eight section of the 2017–18 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy would also be postponed until a later date too.[8] On 27 November 2017 the PCB confirmed that the semi-finals and final would take place on 29 and 30 November 2017, respectively.[10]
The defending champions, Karachi Blues, were not invited by the PCB to compete in this year's competition.[11] Ahead of the tournament, the PCB recalled thirteen players who were playing in domestic competitions in England and in the 2017 Caribbean Premier League (CPL).[12] However, shortly afterwards the PCB allowed players to return from the CPL and English domestic fixtures if they wished.[13]
In the penultimate group-stage match, between Lahore Whites and Islamabad, batsmen Kamran Akmal and Salman Butt made an unbeaten opening stand of 209 runs. This was the highest opening partnership in Twenty20 cricket, beating the previous best of 207 runs set by Joe Denly and Daniel Bell-Drummond of Kent in the 2017 NatWest t20 Blast.[14] Akmal became the first batsman for Pakistan to score 150 runs in a T20 match.[15] He also hit the most number of sixes in a domestic T20 match in Pakistan and became the third batsman to make five consecutive fifties in T20 cricket.[16]
Lahore Whites were the first side to qualify for the semi-finals, when they beat Peshawar by 27 runs on 21 November 2017.[17] The next day, Lahore Blues also qualified for the semi-finals, with a five-wicket victory against Islamabad.[18] In the penultimate round of group-stage fixtures, Faisalabad beat Peshawar by five wickets to advance to the semi-finals.[19] In the final group-stage match, Federally Administered Tribal Areas beat Faisalabad by four wickets to progress to the semi-finals, having a superior net run rate than Karachi Whites, after both teams finished on seven points each.[20]
In the semi-finals, Saeed Ajmal played in his final match of his 25-year-long career, playing for Faisalabad.[21] In the first semi-final, Lahore Whites defeated Faisalabad by 10 runs. In the second semi-final, Lahore Blues defeated Federally Administered Tribal Areas, also by 10 runs, therefore ensuring an all-Lahore final.[22] Lahore Blues went on to beat Lahore Whites by 7 wickets in the final.[23]
Squads
Ahead of the tournament, the following players were selected:[24]
Points table
Team[25] | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
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Lahore Whites | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +1.759 | 11 |
Lahore Blues | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | +0.392 | 11 |
Faisalabad | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | +0.163 | 9 |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | –0.019 | 7 |
Karachi Whites | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | –0.041 | 7 |
Islamabad | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | –1.193 | 5 |
Peshawar | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | –0.380 | 3 |
Rawalpindi | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | –0.647 | 3 |
Team qualified for the Semi-finals
Fixtures
Round-robin
11 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Karachi Whites 180/5 (20 overs) | v | Faisalabad 183/2 (18.2 overs) |
Faisalabad won by 8 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Majid Hussain Player of the match: Sahibzada Farhan (Faisalabad) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues 169/5 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Whites 168/5 (20 overs) |
Lahore Blues won by 1 run Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Sami Aslam (Lahore Whites) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
12 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Peshawar 164/6 (20 overs) | v | FATA 166/4 (18.5 overs) |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aslam Bareach and Tahir Shah Player of the match: Awais Zia (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad 175/4 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 173/5 (20 overs) |
Shan Masood 83 (52) Mohammad Abbas 2/32 (4 overs) |
Islamabad won by 2 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Shan Masood (Islamabad) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
- Saad Ali, Mohammad Naqash (Islamabad), Umair Masood and Nasir Nawaz (Rawalpindi) all made their T20 debuts.
13 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Blues 187/5 (20 overs) | v | Faisalabad 193/3 (18.1 overs) |
Faisalabad won by 7 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aslam Bareach and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Faisalabad) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites 163/8 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Whites 167/7 (19.4 overs) |
Lahore Whites won by 3 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Majid Hussain and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Sami Aslam (Lahore Whites) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
14 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Rawalpindi 116 (18.3 overs) | v | |
Mohammad Irfan 30 (10) Sohail Khan 4/22 (3.3 overs) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
v | ||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
15 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Faisalabad 29/2 (5.3 overs) | v | |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
- Asad Raza (Faisalabad) made his T20 debut.
v | ||
- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
16 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Islamabad 128 (19.2 overs) | v | Peshawar 129/7 (19.4 overs) |
Hasan Ali 35 (20) Kashif Bhatti 2/22 (3 overs) |
Peshawar won by 3 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Israrullah (Peshawar) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
FATA 160/8 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 163/4 (19.5 overs) |
Khushdil Shah 50 (32) Mohammad Asghar 2/41 (4 overs) |
Rawalpindi won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Umar Amin (Rawalpindi) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
17 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Whites 213/4 (20 overs) | v | FATA 172 (18.3 overs) |
Lahore Whites won by 41 runs. Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Tahir Rasheed and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Lahore Whites) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites 178/6 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 164/9 (20 overs) |
Asad Shafiq 72 (49) Mohammad Irfan 2/43 (4 overs) | Umar Amin 28 (14) Anwar Ali 4/30 (4 overs) |
Karachi Whites won by 14 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Tahir Shah and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Asad Shafiq (Karachi Whites) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
18 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Blues 173/6 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar 170 (19.5 overs) |
Lahore Blues won by 3 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Shameem Ansari Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Peshawar) and Ali Shafiq (Lahore Blues) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
- Ali Shafiq, Waqas Ahmed (Lahore Blues) and Saif Badar (Peshawar) all made their T20 debuts.
Faisalabad 170/7 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad 171/8 (20 overs) |
Islamabad won by 2 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Tahir Shah Player of the match: Adil Amin (Islamabad) and Taj Wali (Faisalabad) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to bat.
19 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Whites 178/7 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 150/8 (20 overs) |
Lahore Whites won by 28 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Tahir Rasheed Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Lahore Whites) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
Peshawar 155/7 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Whites 156/6 (19.3 overs) |
Karachi Whites won by 4 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Qaiser Waheed Player of the match: Anwar Ali (Karachi Whites) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Obaidullah (Peshawar) made his T20 debut.
20 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Karachi Whites 148 (19 overs) | v | Islamabad 129/5 (20 overs) |
Karachi Whites won by 19 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Asad Shafiq (Karachi Whites) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues 177/4 (20 overs) | v | FATA 158/7 (20 overs) |
Lahore Blues won by 19 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Shameem Ansari Player of the match: Aizaz Cheema and Hussain Talat (Lahore Blues) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
21 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Whites 163/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar 136 (19.3 overs) |
Lahore Whites won by 27 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Khalid Mahmood Player of the match: Salman Butt and Umaid Asif (Lahore Whites) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
Rawalpindi 193/3 (20 overs) | v | Faisalabad 199/5 (19.5 overs) |
Faisalabad won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Tahir Rasheed and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Sohaib Maqsood (Faisalabad) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Adnan Ghaus (Rawalpindi) made his T20 debut.
22 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
FATA 219/6 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Whites 200/5 (20 overs) |
Mukhtar Ahmed 117 (58) Anwar Ali 2/51 (4 overs) |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas won by 19 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Mukhtar Ahmed (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Nabi Gul (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) made his T20 debut.
Islamabad 174/3 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Blues 177/5 (18.4 overs) |
Lahore Blues won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Shan Masood (Lahore Blues) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rohail Nazir (Islamabad) made his T20 debut.
23 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Rawalpindi 118 (17.4 overs) | v | Lahore Blues 124/3 (17.1 overs) |
Iftikhar Ahmed 60 (33) Atif Jabbar 3/25 (4 overs) | Imam-ul-Haq 36 (39) Mohammad Asghar 3/13 (4 overs) |
Lahore Blues won by 7 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Agha Salman (Lahore Blues) |
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Ismail (Rawalpindi) made his T20 debut.
Peshawar 139 (19.5 overs) | v | Faisalabad 142/5 (20 overs) |
Sahibzada Farhan 47 (49) Sohail Khan 2/19 (4 overs) |
Faisalabad won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Sahibzada Farhan (Faisalabad) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
24 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Whites 209/0 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad 100 (18.4 overs) |
Kamran Akmal 150* (71) | Raza Hasan 19 (15) Asif Ali 3/27 (4 overs) |
Lahore Whites won by 109 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Lahore Whites) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
Faisalabad 157/5 (20 overs) | v | FATA 158/6 (16.4 overs) |
Asif Ali 52* (35) Zia-ul-Haq 2/24 (4 overs) | Mukhtar Ahmed 46 (27) Yasir Shah 3/23 (4 overs) |
Federally Administered Tribal Areas won by 4 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Hammad Azam (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
29 November 2017 12:00 Scorecard |
Lahore Whites 142/7 (19/20 overs) | v | Faisalabad 132 (19.4 overs) |
Lahore Whites won by 10 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Lahore Whites) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues 221/1 (20 overs) | v | FATA 211/8 (20 overs) |
Ahmed Shehzad 104 (59) Mohammad Irfan 1/35 (4 overs) |
Lahore Blues won by 10 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Lahore Blues) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Lahore Whites 127/5 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Blues 131/3 (17.3 overs) |
Lahore Blues won by 7 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Imam-ul-Haq (Lahore Blues) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
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