2019 Pakistan Cup
{{short description|Cricket tournament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 2019 Pakistan Cup
| image =
| caption =
| fromdate = 2
| todate = 12 April 2019
| administrator = Pakistan Cricket Board
| cricket format = List A
| tournament format = Round-robin and final
| host = Rawalpindi
| champions = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| count = 2
| participants = 5
| matches = 11
| player of the series =
| most runs = Umar Akmal (342)
| most wickets = Wahab Riaz (10)
Amad Butt (10)
| previous_year = 2018
| previous_tournament = 2018 Pakistan Cup
| next_year = 2020–21
| next_tournament = 2020–21 Pakistan Cup
}}
The 2019 Pakistan Cup was the fourth edition of the Pakistan Cup, a List A cricket competition which was contested between five teams. It was held from 2 to 12 April 2019,{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/447913-pakistan-cup-one-day-cricket-from-april-2 |title=Pakistan Cup one-day cricket from April 2 |access-date=25 March 2019 |work=The International News}} with all the matches played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/447826-world-cup-spots-to-be-up-for-grabs-at-pakistan-cup-next-month |title=World Cup spots to be up for grabs at Pakistan Cup next month |access-date=25 March 2019 |work=The International News}} The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) stated that the top performers in the tournament would be considered for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/24-Mar-2019/federal-areas-eye-hat-trick-of-pak-cup-titles |title=Federal Areas eye hat-trick of Pak Cup titles |work=The Nation |access-date=25 March 2019}}
Federal Areas were the defending champions,{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/368939/federal-areas-aim-to-complete-hat-trick-as-pakistan-cup-begins-next-month/ |title=Federal Areas aim to complete hat-trick as Pakistan Cup begins next month |work=Daily Times (Pakistan) |access-date=25 March 2019}} but they lost their first three matches of the tournament, therefore eliminating them from competition.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/iftikhar-ahmed-s-unbeaten-century-gives-punjab-maiden-victory.html |title=Iftikhar Ahmed's unbeaten century gives Punjab maiden victory |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=8 April 2019}} On 9 April 2019, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Sindh by nine runs to advance to the final of the tournament.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-and-balochistan-qualify-for-pakistan-cup-final.html |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan qualify for Pakistan Cup final |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=10 April 2019}} The result meant that Baluchistan also progressed to the final, regardless of the outcome of their last match against Federal Areas.{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/375011/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-and-balochistan-qualify-for-pakistan-cup-final/ |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan qualify for Pakistan Cup final |work=Daily Times |access-date=10 April 2019}} Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the tournament, to win their second title, after beating Balochistan by nine runs in the final.{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-ride-on-abid-s-century-and-sohail-s-all-round-performance-to-reclaim-pakistan-cup.html |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ride on Abid's century and Sohail's all-round performance to reclaim Pakistan Cup |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=13 April 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/234034-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-beat-balochistan-to-lift-pakistan-cup-title |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Balochistan to lift Pakistan Cup title |work=Geo TV |access-date=13 April 2019}}
Squads
Prior to the start of the tournament, the PCB named the following squads:{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/federal-areas-aim-to-complete-hat-trick-of-pakistan-cup-titles.html |title=Federal Areas aim to complete hat-trick of Pakistan Cup titles |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=25 March 2019}}
Group stage
=Points table=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR
|update=complete
|team1=BLU |team2=KPK |team3=PNJB |team4=Sindh |team5=Feder
|result1=Q |result2=Q
|win_BLU=3 |nr_BLU=1 |rs_BLU=931 |or_BLU=146.0 |rc_BLU=834 |ob_BLU=150.0
|win_KPK=3 |nr_KPK=1 |rs_KPK=917 |or_KPK=146.1 |rc_KPK=901 |ob_KPK=150.0
|win_PNJB=2 |loss_PNJB=2 |rs_PNJB=1261 |or_PNJB=185.0 |rc_PNJB=1255 |ob_PNJB=192.3
|win_Sindh=1 |loss_Sindh=3 |rs_Sindh=1245 |or_Sindh=200.0 |rc_Sindh=1245 |ob_Sindh=188.2
|loss_Feder=4 |rs_Feder=1156 |or_Feder=200.0 |rc_Feder=1275 |ob_Feder=196.2
|name_BLU=Baluchistan
|name_KPK=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
|name_PNJB=Punjab
|name_Sindh=Sindh
|name_Feder=Federal Areas
|col_Q=#cfc
}}
{{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Teams qualified for the final
=Fixtures=
The fixtures were confirmed by the PCB:{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/mughal-steel-pakistan-cup-2019-gets-underway-on-tuesday.html |title=Mughal Steel Pakistan Cup 2019 gets underway on Tuesday |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=2 April 2019}}
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 2 April 2019
| team1 = Punjab
| team2 = Baluchistan
| score1 = 294 (49.4 overs)
| runs1 = Saad Ali 73 (86)
| wickets1 = Haris Rauf 2/48 (10 overs)
| score2 = 296/4 (46 overs)
| runs2 = Umar Akmal 136* (108)
| wickets2 = Iftikhar Ahmed 1/39 (10 overs)
| result = Baluchistan won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178878.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Qaiser Waheed and Ghaffar Kazmi
| motm = Umar Akmal (Baluchistan)
| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = Haris Rauf (Baluchistan) made his List A debut.
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 3 April 2019
| team1 = Federal Areas
| team2 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| score1 = 269 (45.3 overs)
| runs1 = Israrullah 77 (74)
| wickets1 = Wahab Riaz 5/52 (10 overs)
| score2 = 274/7 (49.4 overs)
| runs2 = Adil Amin 70 (75)
| wickets2 = Sameen Gul 3/66 (9 overs)
| result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 3 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178879.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Faisal Afridi and Imtiaz Iqbal
| motm = Wahab Riaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
| toss = Federal Areas won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 4 April 2019
| team1 = Baluchistan
| team2 = Sindh
| score1 = 346/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Umar Akmal 99 (66)
| wickets1 = Hammad Azam 2/36 (7 overs)
| score2 = 274 (44.2 overs)
| runs2 = Umar Siddiq 88 (64)
| wickets2 = Amad Butt 3/58 (10 overs)
| result = Balochistan won by 72 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178880.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Asif Yaqoob and Tahir Rasheed
| motm = Amad Butt (Balochistan)
| toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 April 2019
| team1 = Punjab
| team2 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| score1 = 341/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Iftikhar Ahmed 105 (101)
| wickets1 = Sohail Khan 3/55 (10 overs)
| score2 = 343/6 (46.3 overs)
| runs2 = Khushdil Shah 154* (96)
| wickets2 = Sohail Tanvir 1/41 (9 overs)
| result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178881.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Ahmed Shahab and Tahir Rasheed
| motm = Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
| toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 6 April 2019
| team1 = Sindh
| team2 = Federal Areas
| score1 = 385/4 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Ahsan Ali 115 (102)
| wickets1 = Bilal Asif 2/81 (10 overs)
| score2 = 300 (43 overs)
| runs2 = Rameez Raja 70 (62)
| wickets2 = Hammad Azam 4/57 (10 overs)
| result = Sindh won by 85 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178882.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Mohammad Asif and Waleed Yaqoob
| motm = Hammad Azam (Sindh)
| toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 7 April 2019
| team1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| team2 = Baluchistan
| score1 = 358/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Salman Butt 133 (132)
| wickets1 = Haris Rauf 2/70 (2 overs)
| score2 = 129/3 (17.5 overs)
| wickets2 = Umaid Asif 2/37 (4.5 overs)
| result = No result
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178883.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Zameer Haider and Khalid Mahmood
| motm =
| toss = Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = Rain during Baluchistan's innings prevented any further play.
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 April 2019
| team1 = Federal Areas
| team2 = Punjab
| score1 = 321 (49.4 overs)
| runs1 = Israrullah 96 (95)
| wickets1 = Waleed Ahmed 4/59 (10 overs)
| score2 = 327/3 (46.4 overs)
| runs2 = Iftikhar Ahmed 109* (89)
| wickets2 = Khurram Shehzad 1/32 (7 overs)
| result = Punjab won by 7 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178884.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Mohammad Sajid and Khalid Mahmood
| motm = Iftikhar Ahmed and Waleed Ahmed (Punjab)
| toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 9 April 2019
| team1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| team2 = Sindh
| score1 = 300 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Khushdil Shah 100 (66)
| wickets1 = Hammad Azam 3/60 (10 overs)
| score2 = 291/9 (50 overs)
| runs2 = Umar Siddiq 69 (65)
| wickets2 = Zohaib Khan 3/50 (9 overs)
| result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178885.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Mohammad Sajid and Tariq Rasheed
| motm = Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
| toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 10 April 2019
| team1 = Baluchistan
| team2 = Federal Areas
| score1 = 289 (49 overs)
| runs1 = Umar Akmal 77 (45)
| wickets1 = Sadaf Hussain 4/46 (7 overs)
| score2 = 266 (46.1 overs)
| runs2 = Mohammad Rizwan 76 (67)
| wickets2 = Amad Butt 3/45 (9.1 overs)
| result = Balochistan won by 23 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178886.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Ahsan Raza and Tariq Rasheed
| motm = Ali Imran (Baluchistan)
| toss = Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes
}}
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{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 11 April 2019
| team1 = Sindh
| team2 = Punjab
| score1 = 295/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Umar Amin 83 (85)
| wickets1 = Sohail Tanvir 3/17 (10 overs)
| score2 = 299/4 (38.2 overs)
| runs2 = Khurram Manzoor 168 (116)
| wickets2 = Mohammad Ilyas 2/64 (9 overs)
| result = Punjab won by 6 wickets
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178887.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz
| motm = Khurram Manzoor (Punjab)
| toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes
}}
Final
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 12 April 2019
| team1 = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
| team2 = Baluchistan
| score1 = 307/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = Abid Ali 132 (119)
| wickets1 = Ali Imran 3/48 (10 overs)
| score2 = 298/9 (50 overs)
| runs2 = Awais Zia 83 (94)
| wickets2 = Sohail Khan 3/75 (10 overs)
| result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178888.html Scorecard]
| venue = Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
| umpires = Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza
| motm = Sohail Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
| toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes
}}
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/17924/season/2019/pakistan-cup Series home at ESPN Cricino]
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