2018 Global T20 Canada

The 2018 Global T20 Canada (also known as Canada Dry Global T20 Canada for sponsorship reasons) of the Global T20 Canada, was a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament that was played in Canada.^[1] It was the first edition of the tournament and ran from 28 June to 15 July 2018.^[2][3] Six teams took part, with all the matches played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario.^[2]

2018 Global T20 Canada

Dates	28 June – 15 July 2018
Administrator(s)	Cricket Canada
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and playoffs
Champions	Vancouver Knights (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	22
Player of the series	Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks)
Most runs	Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks) (321)
Most wickets	Sheldon Cottrell (Vancouver Knights) (16)
Official website	www.gt20.ca
2019 →

A player draft took place on 3 June 2018.^[4] Approximately 1,600 players registered for the draft, with 600 of those from Canada.^[5] Ahead of the draft, the following ten international cricketers were named as marquee players: Shahid Afridi, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Chris Lynn, Lasith Malinga, David Miller, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Steve Smith.^[6][7] Smith played in the opening match of the tournament and Warner played in the second match of the tournament, both played their first representative matches since being found guilty of ball-tampering during the third Test match between South Africa and Australia in March 2018.^[8]

In the final, Vancouver Knights defeated West Indies B by seven wickets to win the tournament.^[9]

Teams and squads

The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament:^[10][11][12]

Teams

Teams	Captains	Head Coach
Edmonton Royals	Sohail Tanvir	Mohammad Akram
Montreal Tigers	Lasith Malinga	Tom Moody
Toronto Nationals	Daren Sammy	Phil Simmons
Vancouver Knights	Chris Gayle	Donovan Miller
West Indies B	Anthony Bramble	Stuart Williams Roddy Estwick
Winnipeg Hawks	David Warner	Waqar Younis

Squads

Edmonton Royals[13]	Montreal Tigers[14]	Toronto Nationals[15]	Vancouver Knights[16]	West Indies B[17]	Winnipeg Hawks[18]
Sohail Tanvir (c) Shahid Afridi Umar Akmal Asif Ali Shaiman Anwar Farhaan Behardien Satsimranjit Dhindsa Andre Fletcher Mohammad Irfan Christiaan Jonker Ammar Khalid Abraash Khan Hassan Khan Chris Lynn Kevin O'Brien Wayne Parnell Simon Pervez Ahmed Raza Luke Ronchi Agha Salman	Lasith Malinga (c) Kevon Cooper Mohammad Hafeez Moises Henriques Dillon Heyliger Ibrahim Khaleel Nicholas Kirton Sandeep Lamichhane Sunil Narine Ashley Nurse Rayyan Pathan Thisara Perera Cecil Pervez Denesh Ramdin Sikandar Raza Dasun Shanaka Peter Siddle Dwayne Smith Isuru Udana George Worker Najibullah Zadran	Daren Sammy (c) Kamran Akmal Johnson Charles Anton Devcich Navneet Dhaliwal Nikhil Dutta Umair Ghani Nizakat Khan Nitish Kumar Farhan Malik Usama Mir Rohan Mustafa Mohammad Naveed Kieron Pollard Rumman Raees Mohammad Sami Steve Smith Hussain Talat Kesrick Williams	Chris Gayle (c) Fawad Ahmed Saad Bin Zafar Sheldon Cottrell Ben Dunk Jeremy Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Babar Hayat Steven Jacobs Kamau Leverock Evin Lewis Salman Nazar Andre Russell Tim Southee Rassie van der Dussen Chadwick Walton Srimantha Wijeratne	Anthony Bramble (c) Fabian Allen Alick Athanaze Roland Cato Justin Greaves Derval Green Kavem Hodge Brandon King Jeremiah Louis Obed McCoy Khary Pierre Nicholas Pooran Sherfane Rutherford Shamar Springer	David Warner (c) Darren Bravo Dwayne Bravo Rizwan Cheema Mark Deyal Fidel Edwards Rayad Emrit Ali Khan Ben McDermott David Miller Hiral Patel Kyle Phillip Junaid Siddiqui Lendl Simmons Hamza Tariq Tion Webster

Points table

Pos	Team[19]	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Vancouver Knights	6	4	1	0	1	9	+1.417
2	West Indies B	6	4	2	0	0	8	+0.403
3	Winnipeg Hawks	6	3	3	0	0	6	+0.630
4	Edmonton Royals	6	2	3	0	1	5	–0.091
5	Montreal Tigers	6	2	4	0	0	4	–0.322
6	Toronto Nationals	6	2	4	0	0	4	–1.897

• The top four teams qualified for the playoffs
•   Advanced to Playoff 1
•   Advanced to Playoff 2

League stage

The full fixtures were confirmed on 13 June 2018.^[20] The first round took place from 28 June to 7 July, the second round took place from 8 to 11 July and playoffs from 12 to 15 July 2018.^[20] Times shown were Eastern DST.

Round 1

28 June 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Vancouver Knights 227/4 (20 overs)	v	Toronto Nationals 231/4 (19.2 overs)
Evin Lewis 96 (55) Nikhil Dutta 2/26 (4 overs)		Anton Devcich 92* (44) Saad Bin Zafar 1/25 (2 overs)

Toronto Nationals won by 6 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Patrick Gustard (WI) Player of the match: Anton Devcich (Toronto Nationals)

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.

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29 June 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Winnipeg Hawks 203/4 (20 overs)	v	Montreal Tigers 157 (18.5 overs)
Ben McDermott 68 (46) Lasith Malinga 2/19 (4 overs)		Sikandar Raza 30 (13) Dwayne Bravo 3/24 (4 overs)

Winnipeg Hawks won by 46 runs Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Ben McDermott (Winnipeg Hawks)

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

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30 June 2018 12:00 Scorecard

Toronto Nationals 169/7 (20 overs)	v	Edmonton Royals 173/2 (15 overs)
Nitish Kumar 55 (37) Wayne Parnell 2/24 (3 overs)		Andre Fletcher 68* (39) Kieron Pollard 1/18 (2 overs)

Edmonton Royals won by 8 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Harry Grewal (Can) Player of the match: Andre Fletcher (Edmonton Royals)

• Edmonton Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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30 June 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Montreal Tigers 184/9 (20 overs)	v	Cricket West Indies B Team 187/8 (19.1 overs)
Sikandar Raza 48 (37) Obed McCoy 3/31 (4 overs)		Nicholas Pooran 58 (35) Lasith Malinga 2/32 (4 overs)

Cricket West Indies B Team won by 2 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Arnold Maddela (Can) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Nicholas Pooran (Cricket West Indies B Team)

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.

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1 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Winnipeg Hawks 156/9 (20 overs)	v	Vancouver Knights 162/4 (17.4 overs)
Tion Webster 49* (34) Sheldon Cottrell 3/28 (4 overs)		Babar Hayat 65 (33) Ali Khan 2/25 (3 overs)

Vancouver Knights won by 6 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI) Player of the match: Babar Hayat (Vancouver Knights)

• Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

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1 July 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Edmonton Royals 155 (19.4 overs)	v	Cricket West Indies B Team 159/7 (18 overs)
Kevin O'Brien 49 (17) Obed McCoy 4/22 (3.4 overs)		Fabian Allen 75* (30) Hassan Khan 3/46 (4 overs)

Cricket West Indies B Team won by 3 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Patrick Gustard (WI) and Vishal Sudhalkar (Can) Player of the match: Fabian Allen (Cricket West Indies B Team)

• Cricket West Indies B Team won the toss and elected to field.

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2 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Winnipeg Hawks 164/6 (20 overs)	v	Toronto Nationals 108 (17.2 overs)
Lendl Simmons 44 (34) Mohammad Naveed 2/29 (4 overs)		Anton Devcich 34 (19) Tion Webster 4/22 (2.2 overs)

Winnipeg Hawks won by 56 runs Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Bijal Patel (Can) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Fidel Edwards (Winnipeg Hawks)

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.

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2 July 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Vancouver Knights 166/6 (20 overs)	v	Montreal Tigers 148 (19.4 overs)
Rassie van der Dussen 83* (56) Lasith Malinga 3/41 (4 overs)		George Worker 43 (33) Tim Southee 3/20 (4 overs)

Vancouver Knights won by 18 runs Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI) Player of the match: Rassie van der Dussen (Vancouver Knights)

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

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4 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Montreal Tigers 129/6 (20 overs)	v	Edmonton Royals 114 (19.1 overs)
Moises Henriques 50 (49) Wayne Parnell 3/23 (4 overs)		Luke Ronchi 30 (19) Peter Siddle 4/13 (3.1 overs)

Montreal Tigers won by 15 runs Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Vishal Sudhalkar (Can) Player of the match: Peter Siddle (Montreal Tigers)

• Edmonton Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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5 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Winnipeg Hawks 151/8 (20 overs)	v	Cricket West Indies B Team 155/1 (17.5 overs)
Lendl Simmons 45 (40) Obed McCoy 3/39 (4 overs)		Justin Greaves 89* (58) Fidel Edwards 1/17 (4 overs)

Cricket West Indies B Team won by 9 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Patrick Gustard (WI) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Justin Greaves (Cricket West Indies B Team)

• Cricket West Indies B Team won the toss and elected to field.

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6 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Vancouver Knights	v	Edmonton Royals

Match abandoned Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Nigel Duguid (WI)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to a wet outfield.

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7 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Toronto Nationals 128/5 (20 overs)	v	Cricket West Indies B Team 131/2 (14.1 overs)
Steve Smith 55* (43) Justin Greaves 2/20 (4 overs)		Justin Greaves 45 (33) Usama Mir 1/29 (4 overs)

Cricket West Indies B Team won by 8 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Bijal Patel (Can) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Justin Greaves (Cricket West Indies B Team)

• Cricket West Indies B Team won the toss and elected to field.

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7 July 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Winnipeg Hawks 203/5 (20 overs)	v	Edmonton Royals 209/5 (19.3 overs)
Lendl Simmons 66 (48) Mohammad Irfan 2/29 (4 overs)		Agha Salman 73 (41) Fidel Edwards 2/33 (4 overs)

Edmonton Royals won by 5 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Vishal Sudhalkar (Can) Player of the match: Agha Salman (Edmonton Royals)

• Edmonton Royals won the toss and elected to field.

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8 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Vancouver Knights 175/4 (20 overs)	v	Cricket West Indies B Team 140 (19.3 overs)
Chris Gayle 63 (55) Derval Green 3/33 (4 overs)		Kavem Hodge 43 (39) Sheldon Cottrell 4/19 (4 overs)

Vancouver Knights won by 35 runs Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Sheldon Cottrell (Vancouver Knights)

• Cricket West Indies B Team won the toss and elected to field.

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8 July 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Montreal Tigers 176/4 (20 overs)	v	Toronto Nationals 179/9 (20 overs)
George Worker 62 (52) Mohammad Sami 3/34 (4 overs)		Nitish Kumar 46 (23) Lasith Malinga 3/11 (4 overs)

Toronto Nationals won by 1 wicket Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Patrick Gustard (WI) and Bijal Patel (Can) Player of the match: Nitish Kumar (Toronto Nationals)

• Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.

Round 2

10 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Cricket West Indies B Team 162/7 (20 overs)	v	Montreal Tigers 165/4 (17.3 overs)
Shamar Springer 62 (40) Sandeep Lamichhane 3/31 (4 overs)		Sunil Narine 61 (25) Khary Pierre 2/25 (4 overs)

Montreal Tigers won by 6 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Bijal Patel (Can) Player of the match: Sunil Narine (Montreal Tigers)

• Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.

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10 July 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Toronto Nationals 103 (16.5 overs)	v	Vancouver Knights 104/2 (12.3 overs)
Steve Smith 35 (28) Andre Russell 3/17 (4 overs)		Chadwick Walton 54* (36) Kieron Pollard 1/4 (2 overs)

Vancouver Knights won by 8 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Leslie Reifer (WI) and Vishal Sudhalkar (Can) Player of the match: Andre Russell (Vancouver Knights)

• Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.

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11 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Edmonton Royals 141 (19.5 overs)	v	Winnipeg Hawks 142/2 (16.4 overs)
Agha Salman 43 (34) Fidel Edwards 4/19 (3.5 overs)		David Warner 42 (35) Mohammad Irfan 1/31 (3 overs)

Winnipeg Hawks won by 8 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Roger Dill (Ber) and Patrick Gustard (WI) Player of the match: Fidel Edwards (Winnipeg Hawks)

• Winnipeg Hawks won the toss and elected to field.

Playoffs

Bracket

Playoff 1 / Playoff 2

Playoff 3

Final

1

Vancouver Knights

215/6 (20 overs)

2

West Indies B

145 (17.4 overs)

2

West Indies B

221/4 (20 overs)

1

Vancouver Knights

148/3 (17.3 overs)

1

Vancouver Knights

152/5 (13 overs)

3

Winnipeg Hawks

84/5 (8.3 overs) (D/L)

3

Winnipeg Hawks

185/3 (19.5 overs)

4

Edmonton Royals

183/9 (20 overs)

Playoff 1 12 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard

Vancouver Knights 215/6 (20 overs)	v	Cricket West Indies B Team 221/4 (20 overs)
Chadwick Walton 54 (24) Sherfane Rutherford 2/25 (4 overs)		Sherfane Rutherford 134* (66) Tim Southee 2/39 (4 overs)

Cricket West Indies B Team won by 6 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Patrick Gustard (WI) and Bijal Patel (Can) Player of the match: Sherfane Rutherford (Cricket West Indies B Team)

• Cricket West Indies B Team won the toss and elected to field.

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Playoff 2 12 July 2018 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Edmonton Royals 183/9 (20 overs)	v	Winnipeg Hawks 185/3 (19.5 overs)
Agha Salman 44 (18) Rayad Emrit 4/28 (4 overs)		Ben McDermott 65* (39) Agha Salman 1/18 (2 overs)

Winnipeg Hawks won by 7 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Vishal Sudhalkar (Can) Player of the match: Ben McDermott (Winnipeg Hawks)

• Winnipeg Hawks won the toss and elected to field.

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Playoff 3 14 July 2018 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Vancouver Knights 152/5 (13 overs)	v	Winnipeg Hawks 84/5 (8.3 overs)
Chadwick Walton 45 (26) Ali Khan 2/47 (3 overs)		Lendl Simmons 35 (20) Fawad Ahmed 2/22 (2 overs)

Vancouver Knights won by 13 runs (D/L method) Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Nigel Duguid (WI) and Arnold Maddela (Can) Player of the match: Chadwick Walton (Vancouver Knights)

• Winnipeg Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was called off due to bad light, with the par score of 97 at the end of 8.3 overs.

Final

15 July 2018 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Cricket West Indies B Team 145 (17.4 overs)	v	Vancouver Knights 148/3 (17.3 overs)
Fabian Allen 41 (23) Sheldon Cottrell 4/29 (3.4 overs)		Saad Bin Zafar 79* (48) Derval Green 2/20 (3 overs)

Vancouver Knights won by 7 wickets Maple Leaf Cricket Club, King City, Ontario Umpires: Bijal Patel (Can) and Leslie Reifer (WI) Player of the match: Saad Bin Zafar (Vancouver Knights)

• Vancouver Knights won the toss and elected to field.