2022–23 Pakistan Cup

The 2022–23 Pakistan Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 10 December 2022 to 3 January 2023.^[1][2] Balochistan were the defending champions.^[3][4]

2022–23 Pakistan Cup

Dates	10 December 2022 – 3 January 2023
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	List A
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Central Punjab (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	33
Player of the series	Amad Butt (BA) (365 runs and 19 wickets)
Most runs	Tayyab Tahir (CP) (573 runs)
Most wickets	Usama Mir (CP) (28 wickets)
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Central Punjab won the competition, defeating Balochistan by 50 runs in the final.^[5]

Venues

The group stage matches were hosted in three different venues in Karachi, with SBP Sports Complex hosting the semi-finals and the final.^[6]

Karachi
NBP Sports Complex	UBL Sports Complex	SBP Sports Complex
Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,000	Capacity: 1,000
Matches: 10	Matches: 10	Matches: 13
Karachi

Points table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Central Punjab	10	7	3	0	14	0.604
2	Balochistan	10	6	4	0	12	0.669
3	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	10	5	5	0	10	−0.859
4	Southern Punjab	10	4	6	0	8	0.190
5	Sindh	10	4	6	0	8	0.055
6	Northern	10	4	6	0	8	−0.752

Source: ESPNcricinfo

  Advanced to the Semi-finals

Fixtures

Group stage

Round 1

10 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 356/2 (50 overs)	v	Balochistan 244/7 (40 overs)
Mubasir Khan 118* (65) Amad Butt 1/64 (9 overs)		Hussain Talat 101* (74) Muhammad Musa 3/40 (7 overs)

Northern won by 54 runs (DLS method) National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Mubasir Khan (Northern)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Balochistan were set a revised target of 299 in 40 overs.

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10 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 276 (48.3 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 278/8 (48.5 overs)
Saim Ayub 100 (81) Usman Qadir 5/61 (10 overs)		Usman Salahuddin 89 (126) Sohail Khan 3/33 (9 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 2 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Usman Qadir (Southern Punjab)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
• Arafat Minhas, Tahir Hussain (Southern Punjab) and Mohammad Suleman (Sindh) all made their List A debuts.

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10 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 143 (39 overs)	v	Central Punjab 144/2 (27 overs)
Waqar Ahmed 61 (107) Zafar Gohar 3/30 (10 overs)		Muhammad Faizan 53 (49) Sajid Khan 2/38 (8 overs)

Central Punjab won by 8 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Zafar Gohar (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
• Ihsanullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.

Round 2

12 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 288 (50 overs)	v	Balochistan 254/5 (46 overs)
Saim Ayub 79 (75) Kashif Bhatti 3/37 (10 overs)		Ali Waqas 121* (122) Mir Hamza 2/39 (9 overs)

Balochistan won by 4 runs (DLS method) State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Ali Waqas (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss elected to field.
• Balochistan were set a revised target of 251 in 46 overs.

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12 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 182 (44.3 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 184/4 (38.5 overs)
Arafat Minhas 32 (41) Ihsanullah 4/42 (9.3 overs)		Kamran Ghulam 98* (102) Usman Qadir 2/52 (9.5 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 6 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Ihsanullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
• Niaz Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.

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12 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 359/7 (50 overs)	v	Northern 286/9 (50 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 96 (91) Usman Shinwari 2/43 (9 overs)		Haider Ali 55 (62) Usama Mir 3/89 (10 overs)

Central Punjab won by 73 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

Round 3

14 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 313/8 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 314/4 (49 overs)
Bismillah Khan 88* (69) Ihsanullah 3/72 (10 overs)		Kamran Ghulam 123* (115) Khurram Shahzad 2/58 (9 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 6 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Kamran Ghulam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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14 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 327/5 (50 overs)	v	Northern 298 (47.4 overs)
Danish Aziz 82* (50) Mehran Mumtaz 2/43 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 95 (58) Shahnawaz Dahani 3/60 (7 overs)

Sindh won by 29 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Danish Aziz (Sindh)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

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14 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 153 (34.2 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 128 (34.4 overs)
Muhammad Faizan 40 (51) Arafat Minhas 3/30 (7.2 overs)		Hassan Khan 32 (31) Zafar Gohar 3/42 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 25 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Aamer Yamin (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 4

16 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 331/5 (50 overs)	v	Central Punjab 303 (47 overs)
Hussain Talat 141* (122) Qasim Akram 2/52 (9 overs)		Muhammad Faizan 94 (72) Mohammad Junaid 3/47 (10 overs)

Balochistan won by 28 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Saqib Khan Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Balochistan)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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16 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 215 (49.3 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 205 (48.2 overs)
Umar Akmal 49 (46) Hassan Khan 4/31 (10 overs)		Usman Salahuddin 81* (126) Athar Mahmood 4/46 (9 overs)

Northern won by 10 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Athar Mahmood (Northern)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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16 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 40 (20 overs)	v	Sindh 41/6 (13.4 overs)
Ihsanullah 10 (4) Shahnawaz Dahani 6/19 (10 overs)		Saim Ayub 14 (11) Sajid Khan 3/14 (6.4 overs)

Sindh won by 4 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Shahnawaz Dahani (Sindh)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

Round 5

18 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 278/7 (50 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 189 (35.2 overs)
Amad Butt 104* (91) Sharoon Siraj 4/48 (9 overs)		Zain Abbas 51 (64) Mohammad Junaid 4/54 (9 overs)

Balochistan won by 89 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Nasir Hussain Player of the match: Mohammad Junaid (Balochistan)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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18 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 305/9 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 237 (43.5 overs)
Umar Amin 112 (104) Mohammad Amir Khan 3/72 (9 overs)		Kamran Ghulam 92 (103) Kashif Ali 3/18 (6.5 overs)

Northern won by 68 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Umar Amin (Northern)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss elected to field.
• Kashif Ali made his List A debut.

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18 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 347/8 (50 overs)	v	Central Punjab 348/5 (45.2 overs)
Sharjeel Khan 114 (80) Muhammad Faizan 3/54 (7 overs)		Tayyab Tahir 139 (109) Asif Mehmood 2/55 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 5 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Round 6

21 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 253 (47.5 overs)	v	Sindh 254/4 (41.1 overs)
Haseebullah Khan 107 (110) Danish Aziz 3/50 (8.5 overs)		Saim Ayub 102 (99) Kashif Bhatti 3/38 (10 overs)

Sindh won by 6 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Saim Ayub (Sindh)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
• Arish Ali Khan made his List A debut.

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21 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 274/8 (50 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 177 (38 overs)
Zain Abbas 69 (80) Aamer Yamin 4/54 (10 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 54 (56) Arafat Minhas 4/34 (9 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 97 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Hassan Khan (Southern Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
• Mohammad Umair made his List A debut.

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21 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 351/4 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 268 (46.2 overs)
Kamran Ghulam 118* (92) Mehran Mumtaz 2/45 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 76 (71) Ihsanullah 5/49 (8.2 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 83 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Imran Javed Player of the match: Kamran Ghulam (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

Round 7

23 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 303/7 (50 overs)	v	Central Punjab 280 (47.5 overs)
Mubasir Khan 102* (62) Usama Mir 4/45 (10 overs)		Tayyab Tahir 61 (70) Mubasir Khan 4/51 (10 overs)

Northern won by 23 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Mubasir Khan (Northern)

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.

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23 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 233 (42.2 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 234/6 (36.1 overs)
Danish Aziz 53 (61) Sajid Khan 3/38 (10 overs)		Israrullah 61 (59) Anwar Ali 2/25 (7 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Sajid Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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23 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 219 (45.5 overs)	v	Balochistan 223/4 (45.4 overs)
Arafat Minhas 82 (92) Yasir Shah 3/41 (10 overs)		Imran Butt 72 (101) Faisal Akram 3/47 (10 overs)

Balochistan won by 6 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Imtiaz Iqbal and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Kashif Bhatti (Balochistan)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

Round 8

25 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 240 (43 overs)	v	Balochistan 223/9 (50 overs)
Qasim Akram 131 (108) Amad Butt 2/30 (7 overs)		Haseebullah Khan 51 (74) Aamer Yamin 3/39 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 17 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Qasim Akram (Central Punjab)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

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25 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 272/8 (50 overs)	v	Sindh 273/5 (48 overs)
Umair Masood 68 (68) Anwar Ali 3/46 (9 overs)		Omair Yousuf 99* 129 Mehran Mumtaz 2/50 (10 overs)

Sindh won by 5 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Omair Yousuf (Sindh)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

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25 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 265/9 (50 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 229 (45 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 107 (117) Mohammad Ismail 3/58 (10 overs)		Zain Abbas 86 (105) Arshad Iqbal 4/32 (8 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 36 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Aaley Haider and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Sahibzada Farhan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

Round 9

27 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 387/7 (50 overs)	v	Northern 277 (47.3 overs)
Haris Sohail 92 (61) Muhammad Musa 3/83 (10 overs)		Umar Akmal 51 (45) Kashif Bhatti 4/48 (10 overs)

Balochistan won by 110 runs United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Haris Sohail (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to bat.

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27 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Sindh 171 (47.2 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 172/6 (35.1 overs)
Mohammad Suleman 62 (83) Mohammad Ilyas 2/18 (6 overs)		Mohammad Shehzad 85 (96) Shahnawaz Dahani 3/66 (8.1 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 4 wickets State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Imran Javed Player of the match: Mohammad Shehzad (Southern Punjab)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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27 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 315/8 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 202 (39.1 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 71 (91) Mohammad Amir Khan 2/51 (10 overs)		Iftikhar Ahmed 66 (85) Usama Mir 5/42 (9 overs)

Central Punjab won by 113 runs National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Usama Mir (Central Punjab)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match, Central Punjab qualified for the semi-finals.^[7]

Round 10

29 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 310/9 (50 overs)	v	Sindh 244 (45 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 67 (83) Shahnawaz Dahani 2/41 (10 overs)		Faraz Ali 64 (80) Usama Mir 3/41 (10 overs)

Central Punjab won by 66 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Imran Javed Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
• As a result of this match, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qualified for the semi-finals.

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29 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 133 (31 overs)	v	Balochistan 137/3 (18.3 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 32 (37) Mohammad Junaid 4/37 (8 overs)		Imran Butt 63* (46) Ihsanullah 2/31 (4 overs)

Balochistan won by 7 wickets National Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Mohammad Junaid (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

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29 December 2022 10:00 Scorecard

Northern 120 (31.5 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 121/2 (15.1 overs)
Mubasir Khan 29 (40) Mohammad Umair 4/19 (7 overs)		Mohammad Shehzad 60* (50) Kashif Ali 1/26 (3 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 8 wickets United Bank Limited Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Waleed Yaqub Player of the match: Sharoon Siraj (Southern Punjab)

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
• As a result of this match, Southern Punjab qualified for the semi-finals.

Knockout stage

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	Central Punjab	231 (49.2 overs)
	4	Southern Punjab	149 (32.1 overs)
						1	Central Punjab	254 (48.2 overs)
						2	Balochistan	204 (42.3 overs)
	2	Balochistan	302/8 (50 overs)
	3	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	264 (47.1 overs)

Semi-finals

1st Semi-Final 1 January 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 231 (49.2 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 149 (32.1 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 58 (73) Sharoon Siraj 2/28 (8 overs)		Arafat Minhas 39 (30) Usama Mir 5/23 (5.1 overs)

Central Punjab won by 82 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Aaley Haider Player of the match: Usama Mir (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

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2nd Semi-Final 1 January 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Balochistan 302/8 (50 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 264 (47.1 overs)
Kashif Bhatti 69* (52) Iftikhar Ahmed 3/52 (9 overs)		Adil Amin 76 (67) Amad Butt 4/52 (8.1 overs)

Balochistan won by 38 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Faisal Afridi Player of the match: Kashif Bhatti (Balochistan)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Final 2 January 2023 10:00 Scorecard

Central Punjab 254 (48.2 overs)	v	Balochistan 204 (42.3 overs)
Tayyab Tahir 71 (72) Mohammad Junaid 5/56 (10 overs)		Bismillah Khan 70 (106) Ali Shafiq 3/17 (7 overs)

Central Punjab won by 50 runs State Bank of Pakistan Sports Complex, Karachi Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Faisal Afridi Player of the match: Tayyab Tahir (Central Punjab)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elect to bat.