2018 Global T20 Canada
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| Dates | 28 June–15 July 2018 |
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| Administrator(s) | Cricket Canada |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs |
| Host(s) | Canada |
| Champions | Vancouver Knights (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches played | 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 |
The 2018 Global T20 Canada (also known as Canada Dry Global T20 Canada for sponsorship reasons) of the Global T20 Canada, was a 20-over cricket tournament 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]
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, Steve Smith and David Warner.[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 Cricket West Indies B Team by seven wickets to win the tournament.[9]
Contents
1 Teams and squads
2 Point table
3 League stage
3.1 Round 1
3.2 Round 2
4 Playoffs
4.1 Bracket
4.2 Final
5 References
6 External links
Teams and squads
The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament:[10][11][12]
Cricket West Indies B Team[13] .mw-parser-output .noboldfont-weight:normal Coaches: Stuart Williams, Roddy Estwick | Edmonton Royals[14] Coach: Mohammad Akram | Montreal Tigers[15] Coach: Tom Moody | Toronto Nationals[16] Coach: Phil Simmons | Vancouver Knights[17] Coach: Donovan Miller | Winnipeg Hawks[18] Coach: Waqar Younis |
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Point table
| Team[19] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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| Vancouver Knights | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.417 |
Cricket West Indies B Team | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.403 |
| Winnipeg Hawks | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.630 |
| Edmonton Royals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –0.091 |
| Montreal Tigers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.322 |
| 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 the toss and elected to field.
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) |
Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
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 the toss and elected to field.
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) | Nicolas Pooran 58 (35) Lasith Malinga 2/32 (4 overs) |
Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
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 the toss and elected to field.
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) Hasan Khan 3/46 (4 overs) |
Cricket West Indies B Team won the toss and elected to field.
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) |
Toronto Nationals won the toss and elected to field.
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) |
Montreal Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
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) |
Edmonton Royals won the toss and elected to field.
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 the toss and elected to field.
6 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Vancouver Knights | v | Edmonton Royals |
- No toss.
No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
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 the toss and elected to field.
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 the toss and elected to field.
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) |
Cricket West Indies B Team won the toss and elected to field.
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 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 the toss and elected to field.
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 the toss and elected to field.
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 the toss and elected to field.
Playoffs
Bracket
| | Playoff 1 / Playoff 2 | Playoff 3 | Final | ||||||||||
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| 1 | Vancouver Knights | 215/6 (20 overs) | | ||||||||||
| 2 | Cricket West Indies B Team | 221/4 (20 overs) | | | | | 1 | Cricket West Indies B Team | 145 (17.4 overs) | ||||
| | | | 2 | Vancouver Knights | 152/5 (13 overs) | | 2 | Vancouver Knights | 148/3 (17.3 overs) | ||||
| | 4 | Winnipeg Hawks | 84/5 (8.3 overs) (D/L) | | |||||||||
| 3 | Edmonton Royals | 183/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
| 4 | Winnipeg Hawks | 185/3 (19.5 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 the toss and elected to field.
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 the toss and elected to field.
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) |
- 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 the toss and elected to field.
References
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External links
- Series home at ESPN Cricinfo