2018 Pakistan Cup

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2018 Pakistan Cup
Dates25 April 2018 (2018-04-25) – 6 May 2018 (2018-05-06)
Administrator(s) Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket format List A
Tournament format(s) Round-robin and final
Host(s) Faisalabad
Champions Federal Areas (2nd title)
Participants5
Matches11
Most runs Khurram Manzoor (393)
Most wickets Waqas Maqsood (14)
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The 2018 Pakistan Cup was the third edition of the Pakistan Cup, a List A cricket competition which was contested between five teams. It was held from 25 April to 6 May 2018, [1] with all the matches played at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. [2] [3] Federal Areas were the defending champions. [4]

Contents

Federal Areas were the first team to advance to the final, after they beat Punjab by 7 wickets. [5] They were joined in the final with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after the last group stage match, between Punjab and Sindh, finished as a tie. [6] Federal Areas won the tournament, beating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by five wickets in the final. [7]

Squads

Prior to the start of the tournament, the following squads were announced: [8] [9]

Baluchistan Federal Areas Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Punjab Sindh

Group stage

Points table

PosTeamPldWLTNRPts NRR
1 Federal Areas 4400082.323
2 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4220040.740
3 Punjab 412103−0.975
4 Sindh 412103−1.555
5 Baluchistan 413002−0.539
Source: [10]

  Teams qualified for the final

Fixtures

25 April 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Baluchistan
365/3 (50 overs)
v
Punjab
366/3 (48.5 overs)
Bismillah Khan 106 (105)
Kashif Bhatti 1/59 (10 overs)
Sahibzada Farhan 155 (145)
Shaheen Afridi 1/61 (9 overs)
Punjab won by 7 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Mohammad Sajid
Player of the match: Sahibzada Farhan (Punjab)
  • Baluchistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shaheen Afridi (Baluchistan) made his List A debut.
  • Sahibzada Farhan (Punjab) scored his highest total in List A cricket. [11]
26 April 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Federal Areas
373/6 (50 overs)
v
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
259 (43.1 overs)
Kamran Akmal 105 (84)
Sadaf Hussain 3/67 (10 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 76 (58)
Waqas Maqsood 3/40 (8 overs)
Federal Areas won by 114 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Zameer Haider and Qaiser Waheed
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Federal Areas)
  • Federal Areas won the toss and elected to bat.
27 April 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sindh
366/8 (50 overs)
v
Baluchistan
354 (49.2 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 116 (83)
Umar Gul 2/53 (8 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 84 (49)
Junaid Khan 4/55 (7.2 overs)
Sindh won by 12 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Zameer Haider and Ghaffar Kazmi
Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Sindh)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
28 April 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab
297/9 (50 overs)
v
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
298/0 (38.1 overs)
Asif Ali 121 (97)
Zia-ul-Haq 4/60 (10 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 190* (118)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 10 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Ahmed Shahab
Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Khurram Manzoor (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) scored his highest total in List A cricket. [12]
29 April 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Federal Areas
242/8 (50 overs)
v
Sindh
93 (31 overs)
Abid Ali 109 (145)
Mohammad Irfan 2/28 (10 overs)
Khurram Shehzad 25 (50)
Agha Salman 3/8 (4 overs)
Federal Areas won by 149 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Shozab Raza
Player of the match: Abid Ali (Federal Areas)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
30 April 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
372/8 (50 overs)
v
Baluchistan
378/6 (49.1 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 111 (99)
Mohammad Nawaz 3/72 (10 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 72 (36)
Hammad Azam 2/44 (10 overs)
Baluchistan won by 4 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Waleed Yaqub and Ahsan Raza
Player of the match: Anwar Ali (Baluchistan)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
1 May 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab
306 (48.2 overs)
v
Federal Areas
311/3 (35.1 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 140 (123)
Usman Khan 5/51 (9.2 overs)
Kamran Akmal 170 (96)
Usama Mir 2/96 (10 overs)
Federal Area won by 7 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Ahsan Raza
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Federal Areas)
  • Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
  • Mohammad Rizwan (Punjab) scored his highest total in List A cricket. [13]
2 May 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sindh
196 (46.2 overs)
v
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
202/5 (23 overs)
Fawad Alam 52 (80)
Zia-ul-Haq 4/24 (9.2 overs)
Israrullah 74 (61)
Aamer Yamin 2/52 (5 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Shozab Raza and Asif Yaqoob
Player of the match: Zia-ul-Haq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
  • The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
3 May 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Federal Areas
304 (47.2 overs)
v
Baluchistan
206 (23.2 overs)
Sohaib Maqsood 92 (47)
Mohammad Nawaz 4/62 (10 overs)
Sohail Tanvir 42 (22)
Waqas Maqsood 6/63 (7.2 overs)
Federal Areas won by 98 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Imtiaz Iqbal
Player of the match: Waqas Maqsood (Federal Areas)
  • Baluchistan won the toss and elected to field.
4 May 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab
310/9 (50 overs)
v
Sindh
310/7 (50 overs)
Asif Ali 138 (91)
Bilal Asif 3/51 (10 overs)
Salman Butt 101 (91)
Usama Mir 4/62 (10 overs)
Match tied
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob
Player of the match: Asif Ali (Punjab)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

Final

6 May 2018
14:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
252 (43.4 overs)
v
Federal Areas
254/5 (41 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 89 (86)
Usman Khan 3/34 (8 overs)
Agha Salman 60 (77)
Zia-ul-Haq 2/60 (10 overs)
Federal Areas won by 5 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob
Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Federal Areas)
  • Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.

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