2019 Pakistan Cup

The 2019 Pakistan Cup was the fourth edition of the Pakistan Cup, a List A cricket competition which was contested between five teams. It was held from 2 to 12 April 2019,^[1] with all the matches played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.^[2] The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) stated that the top performers in the tournament would be considered for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.^[3]

2019 Pakistan Cup

Dates	2 – 12 April 2019
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	List A
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and final
Host(s)	Rawalpindi
Champions	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (2nd title)
Participants	5
Matches	11
Most runs	Umar Akmal (342)
Most wickets	Wahab Riaz (10) Amad Butt (10)
← 2018 2020–21 →

Federal Areas were the defending champions,^[4] but they lost their first three matches of the tournament, therefore eliminating them from competition.^[5] On 9 April 2019, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Sindh by nine runs to advance to the final of the tournament.^[6] The result meant that Baluchistan also progressed to the final, regardless of the outcome of their last match against Federal Areas.^[7] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the tournament, to win their second title, after beating Balochistan by nine runs in the final.^[8][9]

Squads

Prior to the start of the tournament, the PCB named the following squads:^[10]

Baluchistan[11]	Federal Areas[12]	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[13]	Punjab[14]	Sindh[15]
Asad Shafiq (c) Ali Imran Amad Butt Awais Zia Bismillah Khan (wk) Fawad Alam Ghulam Mudassar Haris Rauf Mohammad Irfan Qaiser Ashraf Taj Wali Umer Khan Umar Akmal Waqar Hussain (wk) Zeeshan Ashraf	Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk) Ahmed Shehzad Asad Afridi Bilal Asif Israrullah Khurram Shahzad Mohammad Nawaz Nihal Mansoor Ramiz Raja Rumman Raees Sameen Gul Saud Shakil Sohaib Maqsood Waqas Maqsood Zia-ul-Haq	Salman Butt (c) Abid Ali Adil Amin Adnan Akmal (wk) Faizan Riaz Khushdil Shah Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Saad Sohail Khan Muhammad Musa Umaid Asif Wahab Riaz Zeeshan Malik Zohaib Khan	Kamran Akmal (c, wk) Anwar Ali Bilawal Bhatti Ehsan Adil Fahad Iqbal Iftikhar Ahmed Kashif Bhatti Khurram Manzoor Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Sami Ramiz Aziz Saad Ali Sami Aslam Sohail Tanveer Waleed Ahmed	Umer Gul (c) Ahsan Ali Amir Yamin Ashiq Ali Asif Ali Hammad Azam Imran Rafiq Mohammad Hasan (wk) Mohammad Hasnain Mohammad Ilyas Nauman Ali Rahat Ali Sahibzada Farhan Umar Amin Umar Siddique (wk)

Group stage

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Baluchistan	4	3	0	0	1	7	0.817
2	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	4	3	0	0	1	7	0.267
3	Punjab	4	2	2	0	0	4	0.297
4	Sindh	4	1	3	0	0	2	−0.386
5	Federal Areas	4	0	4	0	0	0	−0.714

Source: ^[16]

  Teams qualified for the final

Fixtures

The fixtures were confirmed by the PCB:^[17]

2 April 2019 Scorecard

Punjab 294 (49.4 overs)	v	Baluchistan 296/4 (46 overs)
Saad Ali 73 (86) Haris Rauf 2/48 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 136* (108) Iftikhar Ahmed 1/39 (10 overs)

Baluchistan won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Ghaffar Kazmi Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Baluchistan)

• Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
• Haris Rauf (Baluchistan) made his List A debut.

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3 April 2019 Scorecard

Federal Areas 269 (45.3 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 274/7 (49.4 overs)
Israrullah 77 (74) Wahab Riaz 5/52 (10 overs)		Adil Amin 70 (75) Sameen Gul 3/66 (9 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 3 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Federal Areas won the toss and elected to bat.

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4 April 2019 Scorecard

Baluchistan 346/9 (50 overs)	v	Sindh 274 (44.2 overs)
Umar Akmal 99 (66) Hammad Azam 2/36 (7 overs)		Umar Siddiq 88 (64) Amad Butt 3/58 (10 overs)

Balochistan won by 72 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Tahir Rasheed Player of the match: Amad Butt (Balochistan)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

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5 April 2019 Scorecard

Punjab 341/6 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 343/6 (46.3 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 105 (101) Sohail Khan 3/55 (10 overs)		Khushdil Shah 154* (96) Sohail Tanvir 1/41 (9 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Tahir Rasheed Player of the match: Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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6 April 2019 Scorecard

Sindh 385/4 (50 overs)	v	Federal Areas 300 (43 overs)
Ahsan Ali 115 (102) Bilal Asif 2/81 (10 overs)		Rameez Raja 70 (62) Hammad Azam 4/57 (10 overs)

Sindh won by 85 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Waleed Yaqoob Player of the match: Hammad Azam (Sindh)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.

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7 April 2019 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 358/6 (50 overs)	v	Baluchistan 129/3 (17.5 overs)
Salman Butt 133 (132) Haris Rauf 2/70 (2 overs)		Awais Zia 84* (62) Umaid Asif 2/37 (4.5 overs)

No result Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Zameer Haider and Khalid Mahmood

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain during Baluchistan's innings prevented any further play.

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8 April 2019 Scorecard

Federal Areas 321 (49.4 overs)	v	Punjab 327/3 (46.4 overs)
Israrullah 96 (95) Waleed Ahmed 4/59 (10 overs)		Iftikhar Ahmed 109* (89) Khurram Shehzad 1/32 (7 overs)

Punjab won by 7 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Khalid Mahmood Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed and Waleed Ahmed (Punjab)

• Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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9 April 2019 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 300 (50 overs)	v	Sindh 291/9 (50 overs)
Khushdil Shah 100 (66) Hammad Azam 3/60 (10 overs)		Umar Siddiq 69 (65) Zohaib Khan 3/50 (9 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

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10 April 2019 Scorecard

Baluchistan 289 (49 overs)	v	Federal Areas 266 (46.1 overs)
Umar Akmal 77 (45) Sadaf Hussain 4/46 (7 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 76 (67) Amad Butt 3/45 (9.1 overs)

Balochistan won by 23 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Ali Imran (Baluchistan)

• Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.

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11 April 2019 Scorecard

Sindh 295/9 (50 overs)	v	Punjab 299/4 (38.2 overs)
Umar Amin 83 (85) Sohail Tanvir 3/17 (10 overs)		Khurram Manzoor 168 (116) Mohammad Ilyas 2/64 (9 overs)

Punjab won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Punjab)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

12 April 2019 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 307/7 (50 overs)	v	Baluchistan 298/9 (50 overs)
Abid Ali 132 (119) Ali Imran 3/48 (10 overs)		Awais Zia 83 (94) Sohail Khan 3/75 (10 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Sohail Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.