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}}

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style="width=20%;"| Baluchistan{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/balochistan-a-blend-of-youth-and-experience-for-pakistan-cup.html |title=Balochistan, a blend of youth and experience for Pakistan Cup |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}

!style="width=20%;"| Federal Areas{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/federal-areas-aim-to-continue-pakistan-cup-winning-run.html |title=Federal Areas aim to continue Pakistan Cup winning run |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=31 March 2019}}

!style="width=20%;"| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-aim-to-reclaim-pakistan-cup-title.html |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aim to reclaim Pakistan Cup title |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}

!style="width=20%;"| Punjab{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/punjab-hope-to-make-a-big-impression-in-pakistan-cup.html |title=Punjab hope to make a big impression in Pakistan Cup |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}

!style="width=20%;"| Sindh{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/sindh-brace-for-pakistan-cup-challenge-under-umar-gul.html |title=Sindh brace for Pakistan Cup challenge under Umar Gul |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}

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Group stage

=Points table=

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR

|update=complete

|source={{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/17924/season/2019/pakistan-cup|title=2019 Pakistan Cup, Points Table|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=11 April 2019}}

|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

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{{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)

| runs2 = Awais Zia 84* (62)

| 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

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References

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