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2017–18 National T20 Cup

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2017–18 National T20 Cup
Dates11 – 30 November 2017
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Final
Host(s)Pakistan Pakistan
ChampionsLahore Blues (1st title)
Participants8
Matches31
Most runsKamran Akmal (432)
Most wicketsUmaid Asif (14)
Official websitewww.pcb.com.pk

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

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Ahead of the tournament, the following players were selected:[24]

Faisalabad FATA Islamabad Karachi Whites Lahore Blues Lahore Whites Peshawar Rawalpindi

Points table

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Team[25] Pld W L NR NRR Pts
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

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Round-robin

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11 November 2017
12:00
Scorecard
Karachi Whites
180/5 (20 overs)
v
Faisalabad
183/2 (18.2 overs)
Akbar-ur-Rehman 60 (39)
Faheem Ashraf 3/36 (4 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 76* (52)
Rumman Raees 1/33 (4 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.

11 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Blues
169/5 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Whites
168/5 (20 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 44 (32)
Bilal Asif 1/20 (3 overs)
Sami Aslam 91* (60)
Mohammad Amir 2/24 (4 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)
Musadiq Ahmed 51* (27)
Usama Mir 2/24 (4 overs)
Awais Zia 50 (32)
Zohaib Khan 1/11 (3 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.

12 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad
175/4 (20 overs)
v
Rawalpindi
173/5 (20 overs)
Shan Masood 83 (52)
Mohammad Abbas 2/32 (4 overs)
Umar Amin 56 (36)
Mohammad Irfan 2/31 (4 overs)
Islamabad won by 2 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Shozab Raza
Player of the match: Shan Masood (Islamabad)

13 November 2017
12:00
Scorecard
Lahore Blues
187/5 (20 overs)
v
Faisalabad
193/3 (18.1 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 50 (31)
Saeed Ajmal 3/26 (4 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 80* (42)
Hussain Talat 1/8 (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.

13 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Karachi Whites
163/8 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Whites
167/7 (19.4 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 64 (43)
Umaid Asif 3/18 (4 overs)
Sami Aslam 56 (38)
Zulfiqar Babar 2/18 (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.

14 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
v
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.

15 November 2017
12:00
Scorecard
Faisalabad
29/2 (5.3 overs)
v
Sahibzada Farhan 14* (19)
Wahab Riaz 1/6 (1 over)
  • Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain prevented any further play.
  • Asad Raza (Faisalabad) made his T20 debut.

15 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
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)
Israrullah 56 (50)
Mohammad Irfan 2/9 (4 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.

16 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
FATA
160/8 (20 overs)
v
Rawalpindi
163/4 (19.5 overs)
Khushdil Shah 50 (32)
Mohammad Asghar 2/41 (4 overs)
Umar Amin 66 (49)
Hammad Azam 2/23 (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)
Salman Butt 74* (50)
Sohail Akhtar 2/38 (4 overs)
Hammad Azam 50 (28)
Wahab Riaz 3/15 (3.3 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.

17 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
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)
Ahmed Shehzad 50 (22)
Waqas Maqsood 3/23 (4 overs)
Naved Yasin 62* (44)
Ali Shafiq 3/21 (2.5 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)

18 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Faisalabad
170/7 (20 overs)
v
Islamabad
171/8 (20 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 43 (39)
Adil Amin 4/27 (4 overs)
Saad Ali 52 (40)
Taj Wali 3/30 (4 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)
Kamran Akmal 65 (37)
Sohail Tanvir 2/30 (4 overs)
Umar Amin 35 (23)
Bilal Asif 2/20 (4 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.

19 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar
155/7 (20 overs)
v
Karachi Whites
156/6 (19.3 overs)
Israrullah 50 (31)
Asad Shafiq 2/7 (2 overs)
Anwar Ali 41* (20)
Musadiq Ahmed 1/13 (2 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)
Asad Shafiq 45 (27)
Mohammad Irfan 3/25 (4 overs)
Nauman Anwar 34 (33)
Rumman Raees 1/18 (4 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.

20 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Blues
177/4 (20 overs)
v
FATA
158/7 (20 overs)
Hussain Talat 68* (46)
Sameen Gul 1/26 (4 overs)
Sohail Akhtar 74* (56)
Aizaz Cheema 3/24 (4 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)
Salman Butt 85* (58)
Sohail Khan 1/28 (4 overs)
Naved Yasin 25 (28)
Umaid Asif 4/26 (4 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.

21 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rawalpindi
193/3 (20 overs)
v
Faisalabad
199/5 (19.5 overs)
Umar Amin 67 (47)
Taj Wali 1/31 (4 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 87 (43)
Shadab Khan 2/23 (4 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)
Khurram Manzoor 104 (61)
Sameen Gul 2/26 (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.

22 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad
174/3 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Blues
177/5 (18.4 overs)
Shan Masood 103* (68)
Khalid Usman 2/32 (4 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 79 (47)
Mohammad Irfan 1/18 (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.

23 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Peshawar
139 (19.5 overs)
v
Faisalabad
142/5 (20 overs)
Rafatullah Mohmand 32 (12)
Taj Wali 3/29 (4 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.

24 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
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

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Semi-finals

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29 November 2017
12:00
Scorecard
Lahore Whites
142/7 (19/20 overs)
v
Faisalabad
132 (19.4 overs)
Salman Butt 40 (23)
Asad Ali 2/37 (4 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 39 (31)
Wahab Riaz 2/15 (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.

29 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Blues
221/1 (20 overs)
v
FATA
211/8 (20 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 104 (59)
Mohammad Irfan 1/35 (4 overs)
Khushdil Shah 56 (32)
Agha Salman 2/30 (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

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30 November 2017
16:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Lahore Whites
127/5 (20 overs)
v
Lahore Blues
131/3 (17.3 overs)
Salman Butt 62* (59)
Atif Jabbar 2/24 (4 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 59* (49)
Asif Ali 1/23 (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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