Dates | 25 April 2018 – 6 May 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
Cricket format | List A |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and final |
Host(s) | Faisalabad |
Champions | Federal Areas (2nd title) |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 11 |
Most runs | Khurram Manzoor (393) |
Most wickets | Waqas Maqsood (14) |
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]
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]
Prior to the start of the tournament, the following squads were announced: [8] [9]
Baluchistan | Federal Areas | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Punjab | Sindh |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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1 | Federal Areas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.323 |
2 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.740 |
3 | Punjab | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −0.975 |
4 | Sindh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −1.555 |
5 | Baluchistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.539 |
Teams qualified for the final
Baluchistan 365/3 (50 overs) | v | Punjab 366/3 (48.5 overs) |
Federal Areas 373/6 (50 overs) | v | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 259 (43.1 overs) |
Punjab 297/9 (50 overs) | v | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 298/0 (38.1 overs) |
Khurram Manzoor 190* (118) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 372/8 (50 overs) | v | Baluchistan 378/6 (49.1 overs) |
Punjab 306 (48.2 overs) | v | Federal Areas 311/3 (35.1 overs) |
Sindh 196 (46.2 overs) | v | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 202/5 (23 overs) |
Federal Areas 304 (47.2 overs) | v | Baluchistan 206 (23.2 overs) |
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 252 (43.4 overs) | v | Federal Areas 254/5 (41 overs) |