Dates | 28 June – 15 July 2018 |
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Administrator(s) | Cricket Canada |
Cricket format | 20-over cricket |
Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and playoffs |
Host(s) | Canada |
Champions | Vancouver Knights (1st title) |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 22 |
Player of the series | Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks) |
Most runs | Lendl Simmons (Winnipeg Hawks) (321) |
Most wickets | Sheldon Cottrell (Vancouver Knights) (16) |
Official website | www |
The 2018 Global T20 Canada (also known as Canada Dry Global T20 Canada for sponsorship reasons) of the Global T20 Canada, was a 20-over cricket cricket tournament played in Canada. [1] It was the first edition of the tournament and ran from 28 June to 15 July 2018. [2] [3] Six teams took part, with all the matches played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario. [2]
A player draft took place on 3 June 2018. [4] Approximately 1,600 players registered for the draft, with 600 of those from Canada. [5] Ahead of the draft, the following ten international cricketers were named as marquee players: Shahid Afridi, Dwayne Bravo, Chris Gayle, Chris Lynn, Lasith Malinga, David Miller, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Darren Sammy and Steve Smith. [6] [7] Smith played in the opening match of the tournament and Warner played in the second match of the tournament, both played their first representative matches since being found guilty of ball-tampering during the third Test match between South Africa and Australia in March 2018. [8]
In the final, Vancouver Knights defeated Cricket West Indies B Team by seven wickets to win the tournament. [9]
The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament: [10] [11] [12]
Cricket West Indies B Team [13] Coaches: Stuart Williams, Roddy Estwick | Edmonton Royals [14] Coach: Mohammad Akram | Montreal Tigers [15] Coach: Tom Moody | Toronto Nationals [16] Coach: Phil Simmons | Vancouver Knights [17] Coach: Donovan Miller | Winnipeg Hawks [18] Coach: Waqar Younis |
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Team [19] | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
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Vancouver Knights | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | +1.417 |
Cricket West Indies B Team | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.403 |
Winnipeg Hawks | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +0.630 |
Edmonton Royals | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | –0.091 |
Montreal Tigers | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –0.322 |
Toronto Nationals | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | –1.897 |
The full fixtures were confirmed on 13 June 2018. [20] The first round took place from 28 June to 7 July, the second round took place from 8 to 11 July and playoffs from 12 to 15 July 2018. [20] Times shown were Eastern DST.
Vancouver Knights 227/4 (20 overs) | v | Toronto Nationals 231/4 (19.2 overs) |
Winnipeg Hawks 203/4 (20 overs) | v | Montreal Tigers 157 (18.5 overs) |
Toronto Nationals 169/7 (20 overs) | v | Edmonton Royals 173/2 (15 overs) |
Montreal Tigers 184/9 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 187/8 (19.1 overs) |
Winnipeg Hawks 156/9 (20 overs) | v | Vancouver Knights 162/4 (17.4 overs) |
Edmonton Royals 155 (19.4 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 159/7 (18 overs) |
Winnipeg Hawks 164/6 (20 overs) | v | Toronto Nationals 108 (17.2 overs) |
Vancouver Knights 166/6 (20 overs) | v | Montreal Tigers 148 (19.4 overs) |
Montreal Tigers 129/6 (20 overs) | v | Edmonton Royals 114 (19.1 overs) |
Winnipeg Hawks 151/8 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 155/1 (17.5 overs) |
Vancouver Knights | v | Edmonton Royals |
Toronto Nationals 128/5 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 131/2 (14.1 overs) |
Winnipeg Hawks 203/5 (20 overs) | v | Edmonton Royals 209/5 (19.3 overs) |
Vancouver Knights 175/4 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 140 (19.3 overs) |
Montreal Tigers 176/4 (20 overs) | v | Toronto Nationals 179/9 (20 overs) |
Cricket West Indies B Team 162/7 (20 overs) | v | Montreal Tigers 165/4 (17.3 overs) |
Toronto Nationals 103 (16.5 overs) | v | Vancouver Knights 104/2 (12.3 overs) |
Edmonton Royals 141 (19.5 overs) | v | Winnipeg Hawks 142/2 (16.4 overs) |
Playoff 1 / Playoff 2 | Playoff 3 | Final | |||||||||||
1 | Vancouver Knights | 215/6 (20 overs) | 2 | Cricket West Indies B Team | 145 (17.4 overs) | ||||||||
2 | Cricket West Indies B Team | 221/4 (20 overs) | 1 | Vancouver Knights | 148/3 (17.3 overs) | ||||||||
1 | Vancouver Knights | 152/5 (13 overs) | |||||||||||
3 | Winnipeg Hawks | 84/5 (8.3 overs) (D/L) | |||||||||||
3 | Winnipeg Hawks | 185/3 (19.5 overs) | |||||||||||
4 | Edmonton Royals | 183/9 (20 overs) | |||||||||||
Vancouver Knights 215/6 (20 overs) | v | Cricket West Indies B Team 221/4 (20 overs) |
Edmonton Royals 183/9 (20 overs) | v | Winnipeg Hawks 185/3 (19.5 overs) |
Vancouver Knights 152/5 (13 overs) | v | Winnipeg Hawks 84/5 (8.3 overs) |
Cricket West Indies B Team 145 (17.4 overs) | v | Vancouver Knights 148/3 (17.3 overs) |
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