2018 Global T20 Canada
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 | 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 |
2019 → |
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]
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 Cricket West Indies B Team 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 |
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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
Points table
Pos | Team[19] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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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
Vancouver Knights 227/4 (20 overs) | v | Toronto Nationals 231/4 (19.2 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.
Winnipeg Hawks 203/4 (20 overs) | v | Montreal Tigers 157 (18.5 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.
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) |
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.
Montreal Tigers 184/9 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 187/8 (19.1 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.
1 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Winnipeg Hawks 156/9 (20 overs) | v | Vancouver Knights 162/4 (17.4 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.
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) |
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.
2 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Winnipeg Hawks 164/6 (20 overs) | v | Toronto Nationals 108 (17.2 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.
Vancouver Knights 166/6 (20 overs) | v | Montreal Tigers 148 (19.4 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.
4 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Montreal Tigers 129/6 (20 overs) | v | Edmonton Royals 114 (19.1 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.
5 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Winnipeg Hawks 151/8 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 155/1 (17.5 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.
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.
7 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Toronto Nationals 128/5 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 131/2 (14.1 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.
Winnipeg Hawks 203/5 (20 overs) | v | Edmonton Royals 209/5 (19.3 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.
8 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Vancouver Knights 175/4 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 140 (19.3 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.
Montreal Tigers 176/4 (20 overs) | v | Toronto Nationals 179/9 (20 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) |
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.
Toronto Nationals 103 (16.5 overs) | v | Vancouver Knights 104/2 (12.3 overs) |
Steve Smith 35 (28) Andre Russell 3/17 (4 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.
11 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Edmonton Royals 141 (19.5 overs) | v | Winnipeg Hawks 142/2 (16.4 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) |
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.
Edmonton Royals 183/9 (20 overs) | v | Winnipeg Hawks 185/3 (19.5 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.
Vancouver Knights 152/5 (13 overs) | v | Winnipeg Hawks 84/5 (8.3 overs) |
Chadwick Walton 45 (26) Ali Khan 2/47 (3 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
Cricket West Indies B Team 145 (17.4 overs) | v | Vancouver Knights 148/3 (17.3 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.
References
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