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]

2019–20 National T20 Cup

Dates	13 – 24 October 2019
Administrator(s)	Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format	Twenty20
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Final
Host(s)	Pakistan
Champions	Northern (1st title)
Participants	6
Matches	18
Player of the series	Mohammad Rizwan
Most runs	Awais Zia (276)
Most wickets	Sohail Tanvir (14)
Official website	www.pcb.com.pk
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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, while 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

Team[11]	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	NRR
Northern	5	4	1	0	0	8	+1.165
Balochistan	5	3	2	0	0	6	+0.352
Southern Punjab	5	2	2	0	1	5	–0.408
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	5	2	3	0	0	4	+0.053
Sindh	5	2	3	0	0	4	–1.387
Central Punjab	5	1	3	0	1	3	–0.441

Fixtures

Round-robin

13 October 2019 Scorecard

Balochistan 140/9 (20 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 141/3 (17.1 overs)
Imam-ul-Haq 70 (51) Mohammad Mohsin 4/17 (4 overs)		Adil Amin 48 (21) Amad Butt 1/21 (2 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 7 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Aaley Haider and Ghaffar Kazmi Player of the match: Mohammad Mohsin (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
• Akif Javed (Balochistan) made his T20 debut.

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13 October 2019 Scorecard

Central Punjab 188/3 (20 overs)	v	Sindh 192/7 (19.5 overs)
Babar Azam 102* (59) Mohammad Hasnain 2/32 (4 overs)		Khurram Manzoor 50 (42) Waqas Maqsood 3/32 (4 overs)

Sindh won by 3 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Abdul Muqeet and Qaiser Waheed Player of the match: Asad Shafiq (Sindh)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
• Naseem Shah (Central Punjab) made his T20 debut.

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14 October 2019 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 135/9 (20 overs)	v	Northern 137/5 (19 overs)
Aamer Yamin 33 (20) Sohail Tanvir 3/27 (4 overs)		Umar Amin 50 (41) Zahid Mahmood 2/14 (4 overs)

Northern won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Aaley Haider and Mohammad Asif Player of the match: Asif Ali (Northern)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

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14 October 2019 Scorecard

Balochistan 233/6 (20 overs)	v	Sindh 181 (19.4 overs)
Awais Zia 77 (48) Mohammad Hasnain 3/42 (4 overs)		Abid Ali 41 (23) Amad Butt 3/32 (4 overs)

Balochistan won by 52 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Tahir Rasheed Player of the match: Amad Butt (Balochistan)

• Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
• Waleed Ahmed (Sindh) made his T20 debut.

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15 October 2019 Scorecard

Northern 222/6 (20 overs)	v	Central Punjab 226/6 (19.5 overs)
Asif Ali 93 (35) Faheem Ashraf 3/44 (4 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 111* (63) Imad Wasim 3/38 (4 overs)

Central Punjab won by 4 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Tahir Rasheed Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Central Punjab)

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.

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15 October 2019 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 154/5 (20 overs)	v	Southern Punjab 155/6 (18.3 overs)
Khushdil Shah 56* (32) Wahab Riaz 3/28 (4 overs)		Saif Badar 49* (35) Mohammad Mohsin 3/37 (4 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 4 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Southern Punjab)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.

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16 October 2019 Scorecard

Sindh 176/6 (20 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 162/3 (20 overs)
Ahsan Ali 64 (37) Usman Shinwari 1/23 (4 overs)		Mohammad Rizwan 70 (43) Anwar Ali 3/30 (3 overs)

Sindh won by 8 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Ahsan Ali (Sindh)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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16 October 2019 Scorecard

Balochistan 164/8 (20 overs)	v	Central Punjab 137/8 (20 overs)
Bismillah Khan 56 (43) Faheem Ashraf 3/33 (4 overs)		Ahmed Shehzad 52 (41) Amad Butt 3/23 (4 overs)

Balochistan won by 27 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Abdul Muqeet and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Awais Zia (Balochistan)

• Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.

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17 October 2019 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 144/7 (20 overs)	v	Balochistan 145/3 (19.3 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 35 (34) Akif Javed 3/16 (4 overs)		Imam-ul-Haq 51 (39) Zahid Mahmood 2/28 (4 overs)

Balochistan won by 7 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Imam-ul-Haq (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

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17 October 2019 Scorecard

Northern 191/7 (20 overs)	v	Sindh 125 (17.4 overs)
Sohail Akhtar 63 (36) Mohammad Hasnain 2/32 (4 overs)		Ahsan Ali 29 (20) Shadab Khan 3/28 (4 overs)

Northern won by 66 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Sohail Akhtar (Northern)

• Northern won the toss and elected to bat.

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18 October 2019 Scorecard

Central Punjab	v	Southern Punjab

Match abandoned Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Zameer Haider

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to a wet outfield.

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18 October 2019 Scorecard

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 134/8 (16 overs)	v	Northern 102/3 (11.3 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 52 (35) Muhammad Musa 4/32 (4 overs)		Umar Amin 39 (28) Junaid Khan 2/13 (2 overs)

Northern won by 7 wickets (D/L method) Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Khalid Mahmood Player of the match: Muhammad Musa (Northern)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.
• Northern were set a revised target of 101 runs from 12 overs due to rain.

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21 October 2019 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 148/9 (20 overs)	v	Sindh 114 (17.4 overs)
Wahab Riaz 41 (30) Sohail Khan 4/15 (4 overs)		Sarfaraz Ahmed 45 (37) Zahid Mahmood 4/21 (3.3 overs)

Southern Punjab won by 34 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Tariq Rasheed and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Southern Punjab)

• Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.

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22 October 2019 Scorecard

Central Punjab 177/3 (20 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 182/3 (19.4 overs)
Babar Azam 83 (56) Irfanullah Shah 1/22 (4 overs)		Fakhar Zaman 82* (54) Naseem Shah 1/30 (4 overs)

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 7 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Zameer Haider and Tariq Rasheed Player of the match: Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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22 October 2019 Scorecard

Balochistan 155/8 (20 overs)	v	Northern 156/3 (17 overs)
Hussain Talat 77* (51) Shadab Khan 4/26 (4 overs)		Ali Imran 65* (37) Umar Gul 1/17 (2 overs)

Northern won by 7 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Khalid Mahmood Player of the match: Ali Imran (Northern)

• Northern won the toss and elected to field.

Finals

1st Semi-final 23 October 2019 Scorecard

Northern 148/9 (20 overs)	v	Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 145/8 (20 overs)
Umar Amin 43 (33) Usman Shinwari 5/13 (4 overs)		Iftikhar Ahmed 53 (45) Haris Rauf 3/26 (3 overs)

Northern won by 3 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Haris Rauf (Northern)

• Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.

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2nd Semi-final 23 October 2019 Scorecard

Southern Punjab 173/5 (20 overs)	v	Balochistan 178/7 (20 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 65 (41) Ali Shafiq 2/31 (4 overs)		Hussain Talat 42 (29) Wahab Riaz 2/36 (4 overs)

Balochistan won by 3 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Shozab Raza and Ahsan Raza Player of the match: Amad Butt (Balochistan)

• Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.

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Final 24 October 2019 Scorecard

Northern 167/5 (20 overs)	v	Balochistan 115 (18.2 overs)
Umar Amin 60 (38) Amad Butt 2/19 (4 overs)		Imran Farhat 32 (36) Sohail Tanvir 3/27 (4 overs)

Northern won by 52 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Umar Amin (Northern)

• 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.
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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.

External links

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo