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2004–05 National Twenty20 Cup

The 2004–05 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the first edition of the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup, a domestic Twenty20 tournament in Pakistan sponsored by ABN AMRO. It was held from 25 to 30 April 2005 in Lahore. The Faisalabad Wolves won the tournament by defeating the Karachi Dolphins in the final.[1] As the winners, the Faisalabad Wolves were invited to compete in the International 20:20 Club Championship in September 2005, which they also won.[2]

This was the first Twenty20 tournament in the country, after the introduction of the Twenty20 format in 2003. It was huge success with the final having an attendance of 30,000. It helped increase the popularity of cricket in Pakistan and became an annual tournament.[3][4]

The tournament also involved a match-throwing incident with Sialkot Stallions captain Shoaib Malik.[5]

Format

The eleven teams are divided into three groups: Groups A and B with four teams each and Group C with three. Each team plays a single round-robin tournament and the top team from each group, determined by a point system, advances to the triangular series. The triangular series is another round-robin tournament where the top two teams advance to the final.[6]

The position of the teams in the points table is determined by:

Prize money

The winners are awarded a trophy and Rs. 300,000 while the runners-up receive Rs. 150,000.[4]

Results

The top team from each group qualify for the triangular series.

  Qualified for triangular series
  Qualified for final

Fixtures

All times in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+05:00)

Group stage

Group A

  • Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.

Group B

  • Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aqeel Anwar, Azharullah and Naved Yasin all made their T20 debuts.
  • Karachi Zebras won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nadeem Javed and Shahid Siddiq both made their T20 debuts.
  • The match referee annulled the points in this match when the Sialkot Stallions captain admitted to deliberately losing the match.[6]

Group C

  • Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Saleem made his T20 debut.

Triangular series

  • Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ali Hussain, Samiullah Khan and Shahid Muzaffar all made their T20 debut.
  • Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
  • Fawad Alam and Imran Ali both made their T20 debuts.

Final

  • Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to field.

Match-throwing incident

The tournament involved a match-throwing incident in the match between the Sialkot Stallions and the Karachi Zebras. Shoaib Malik, the captain of the Stallions, openly admitted to deliberately losing their match against the Karachi Zebras in an attempt to eliminate the Lahore Eagles from the competition. Neither team received points for the match. PCB declared the match void and Karachi Zebras were denied a place in the triangular phase of the ABN Amro Twenty20 Cup despite winning their Pool 'B' fixture against Sialkot Stallions.[7] Malik was expressing his disappointment at earlier decisions in the competition that he felt went against his side and it did not involve any match-fixing or financial implications.[8]

Malik's actions were against his code of conduct as a Test cricketer and had effect on the image of Pakistan cricket, the sponsors and the audience. After realising this, Malik later apologised. He was banned for one Test match and fined Rs. 10,000 and 75% of his match fees for two One Day International matches.[5][9]

Media coverage

References

  1. ^ Sohail, Asif (30 April 2005). "Faisalabad Wolves win Pakistan's first ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Faisalabad Wolves International 20:20 champions". CricInfo. ESPN. 17 September 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ^ Sohail, Asif (2005). "Twenty-overs cricket is here to stay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Pakistan to make Twenty-20 Cup regular domestic feature". AFP. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Shoaib Malik faces match-throwing inquiry". AFP. 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b "ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2004/05 Points Table". Pakistan Cricket Board). 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Match ends on dubious note". Dawn. Pakistan. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Shoaib Malik given one-Test ban". CricInfo. ESPN. 2 May 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Shoaib Malik banned from first WI Test and fined". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 May 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.

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