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2019–20 National T20 Cup

The 2019–20 National T20 Cup was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition that was played in Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan from 13 to 24 October 2019.[1][2] Lahore Whites were the defending champions.[3] It was the sixteenth season of the National T20 Cup in Pakistan, and took place during a break in Pakistan's domestic first-class tournament, the 2019–20 Quaid-e-Azam Trophy.[4] The same six teams playing in the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy played in the T20 Cup, with the top four progressing to the semi-finals.[5]

Following the conclusion of the round-robin stage, Northern, Balochistan, Southern Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa finished in the top four places in the group. Northern were drawn against Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the first semi-final, with Balochistan drawn against Southern Punjab in the second semi-final.[6]

In the first semi-final, Northern beat Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by three runs.[7] In the second semi-final, Balochistan beat Southern Punjab by three wickets to advance to the final.[8] Northern won the tournament, beating Balochistan by 52 runs in the final.[9] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Mohammad Rizwan was named the player of the tournament, for scoring 215 runs and taking six wickets.[10]

Points table

Fixtures

Round-robin

  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Akif Javed (Balochistan) made his T20 debut.
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Naseem Shah (Central Punjab) made his T20 debut.
  • Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
  • Waleed Ahmed (Sindh) made his T20 debut.
  • Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to a wet outfield.
  • Northern won the toss and elected to field.
  • Northern were set a revised target of 101 runs from 12 overs due to rain.
  • Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Northern won the toss and elected to field.

Finals

  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

References

  1. ^ "Ambitious and competitive 2019-20 domestic cricket season unveiled". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  2. ^ "PCB unveils new domestic set-up with 'stay at the top' mantra". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Lahore Whites beat Rawalpindi to clinch National T20 Cup 2018". Samaa. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  4. ^ "PCB likely to split Quaid-e-Azam Trophy to create T20 window". Geo TV. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
  5. ^ "National T20 Cup 2019 - schedule of press conferences". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  6. ^ "Ali Imran, Rohail Nazir help Northern to seven-wicket win over Balochistan". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  7. ^ "Haris Rauf takes Northern into the final of the National T20 Cup". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Amad Butt's last over heroics take Balochistan into the final". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  9. ^ "Umar Amin, allrounders star as Northern power through to title". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2019.
  10. ^ "Northern beat Balochistan to be crowned National T20 Cup champions". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  11. ^ "National T20 Cup 2019: Points table". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 October 2019.

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