2017–18 National T20 Cup
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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]
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| 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 |
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
Summarize
Perspective
Ahead of the tournament, the following players were selected:[24]
| Faisalabad | FATA | Islamabad | Karachi Whites | Lahore Blues | Lahore Whites | Peshawar | Rawalpindi |
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Points table
| 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
Round-robin
Karachi Whites 180/5 (20 overs) |
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Faisalabad 183/2 (18.2 overs) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues 169/5 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Whites 168/5 (20 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Peshawar 164/6 (20 overs) |
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FATA 166/4 (18.5 overs) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Islamabad 175/4 (20 overs) |
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Rawalpindi 173/5 (20 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
- Saad Ali, Mohammad Naqash (Islamabad), Umair Masood and Nasir Nawaz (Rawalpindi) all made their T20 debuts.
Lahore Blues 187/5 (20 overs) |
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Faisalabad 193/3 (18.1 overs) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites 163/8 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Whites 167/7 (19.4 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
Rawalpindi 116 (18.3 overs) |
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- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
Faisalabad 29/2 (5.3 overs) |
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- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Rain prevented any further play.
- Asad Raza (Faisalabad) made his T20 debut.
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- No toss.
- No play was possible due to rain.
Lahore Whites 213/4 (20 overs) |
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FATA 172 (18.3 overs) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Karachi Whites 178/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Rawalpindi 164/9 (20 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues 173/6 (20 overs) |
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Peshawar 170 (19.5 overs) |
- Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
- Ali Shafiq, Waqas Ahmed (Lahore Blues) and Saif Badar (Peshawar) all made their T20 debuts.
Lahore Whites 178/7 (20 overs) |
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Rawalpindi 150/8 (20 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
Peshawar 155/7 (20 overs) |
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Karachi Whites 156/6 (19.3 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Obaidullah (Peshawar) made his T20 debut.
Karachi Whites 148 (19 overs) |
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Islamabad 129/5 (20 overs) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues 177/4 (20 overs) |
v |
FATA 158/7 (20 overs) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Whites 163/4 (20 overs) |
v |
Peshawar 136 (19.3 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
Rawalpindi 193/3 (20 overs) |
v |
Faisalabad 199/5 (19.5 overs) |
- Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bat.
- Adnan Ghaus (Rawalpindi) made his T20 debut.
FATA 219/6 (20 overs) |
v |
Karachi Whites 200/5 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
- Nabi Gul (Federally Administered Tribal Areas) made his T20 debut.
Islamabad 174/3 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Blues 177/5 (18.4 overs) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rohail Nazir (Islamabad) made his T20 debut.
Rawalpindi 118 (17.4 overs) |
v |
Lahore Blues 124/3 (17.1 overs) |
- Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Ismail (Rawalpindi) made his T20 debut.
Lahore Whites 209/0 (20 overs) |
v |
Islamabad 100 (18.4 overs) |
Kamran Akmal 150* (71) |
- Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
Faisalabad 157/5 (20 overs) |
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FATA 158/6 (16.4 overs) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Lahore Whites 142/7 (19/20 overs) |
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Faisalabad 132 (19.4 overs) |
- Faisalabad won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Blues 221/1 (20 overs) |
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FATA 211/8 (20 overs) |
- Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
Final
Lahore Whites 127/5 (20 overs) |
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Lahore Blues 131/3 (17.3 overs) |
- Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
References
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