2019 Pakistan Cup

2019 Pakistan Cup
Dates2 – 12 April 2019
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatList A
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s)Rawalpindi
ChampionsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa (2nd title)
Participants5
Matches11
Most runsUmar Akmal (342)
Most wicketsWahab Riaz (10)
Amad Butt (10)
← 2018

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,[1] with all the matches played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.[2] The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) stated that the top performers in the tournament would be considered for the 2019 Cricket World Cup in England.[3]

Federal Areas were the defending champions,[4] but they lost their first three matches of the tournament, therefore eliminating them from competition.[5] On 9 April 2019, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Sindh by nine runs to advance to the final of the tournament.[6] The result meant that Baluchistan also progressed to the final, regardless of the outcome of their last match against Federal Areas.[7] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the tournament, to win their second title, after beating Balochistan by nine runs in the final.[8][9]

Squads

Prior to the start of the tournament, the PCB named the following squads:[10]

Baluchistan[11] Federal Areas[12] Khyber Pakhtunkhwa[13] Punjab[14] Sindh[15]

Group stage

Points table

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Baluchistan 4 3 0 0 1 7 0.817
2 Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4 3 0 0 1 7 0.267
3 Punjab 4 2 2 0 0 4 0.297
4 Sindh 4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.386
5 Federal Areas 4 0 4 0 0 0 −0.714
Source: [16]

  Teams qualified for the final

Fixtures

The fixtures were confirmed by the PCB:[17]

2 April 2019
Scorecard
Punjab
294 (49.4 overs)
v
Baluchistan
296/4 (46 overs)
Saad Ali 73 (86)
Haris Rauf 2/48 (10 overs)
Umar Akmal 136* (108)
Iftikhar Ahmed 1/39 (10 overs)
Baluchistan won by 6 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Ghaffar Kazmi
Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Baluchistan)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Haris Rauf (Baluchistan) made his List A debut.
3 April 2019
Scorecard
Federal Areas
269 (45.3 overs)
v
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
274/7 (49.4 overs)
Israrullah 77 (74)
Wahab Riaz 5/52 (10 overs)
Adil Amin 70 (75)
Sameen Gul 3/66 (9 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 3 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Faisal Afridi and Imtiaz Iqbal
Player of the match: Wahab Riaz (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Federal Areas won the toss and elected to bat.
4 April 2019
Scorecard
Baluchistan
346/9 (50 overs)
v
Sindh
274 (44.2 overs)
Umar Akmal 99 (66)
Hammad Azam 2/36 (7 overs)
Umar Siddiq 88 (64)
Amad Butt 3/58 (10 overs)
Balochistan won by 72 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Tahir Rasheed
Player of the match: Amad Butt (Balochistan)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
5 April 2019
Scorecard
Punjab
341/6 (50 overs)
v
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
343/6 (46.3 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 105 (101)
Sohail Khan 3/55 (10 overs)
Khushdil Shah 154* (96)
Sohail Tanvir 1/41 (9 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Tahir Rasheed
Player of the match: Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
6 April 2019
Scorecard
Sindh
385/4 (50 overs)
v
Federal Areas
300 (43 overs)
Ahsan Ali 115 (102)
Bilal Asif 2/81 (10 overs)
Rameez Raja 70 (62)
Hammad Azam 4/57 (10 overs)
Sindh won by 85 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Mohammad Asif and Waleed Yaqoob
Player of the match: Hammad Azam (Sindh)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
7 April 2019
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
358/6 (50 overs)
v
Baluchistan
129/3 (17.5 overs)
Salman Butt 133 (132)
Haris Rauf 2/70 (2 overs)
Awais Zia 84* (62)
Umaid Asif 2/37 (4.5 overs)
  • Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Rain during Baluchistan's innings prevented any further play.
8 April 2019
Scorecard
Federal Areas
321 (49.4 overs)
v
Punjab
327/3 (46.4 overs)
Israrullah 96 (95)
Waleed Ahmed 4/59 (10 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 109* (89)
Khurram Shehzad 1/32 (7 overs)
Punjab won by 7 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Khalid Mahmood
Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed and Waleed Ahmed (Punjab)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
9 April 2019
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
300 (50 overs)
v
Sindh
291/9 (50 overs)
Khushdil Shah 100 (66)
Hammad Azam 3/60 (10 overs)
Umar Siddiq 69 (65)
Zohaib Khan 3/50 (9 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Tariq Rasheed
Player of the match: Khushdil Shah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
10 April 2019
Scorecard
Baluchistan
289 (49 overs)
v
Federal Areas
266 (46.1 overs)
Umar Akmal 77 (45)
Sadaf Hussain 4/46 (7 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 76 (67)
Amad Butt 3/45 (9.1 overs)
Balochistan won by 23 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Tariq Rasheed
Player of the match: Ali Imran (Baluchistan)
  • Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
11 April 2019
Scorecard
Sindh
295/9 (50 overs)
v
Punjab
299/4 (38.2 overs)
Umar Amin 83 (85)
Sohail Tanvir 3/17 (10 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 168 (116)
Mohammad Ilyas 2/64 (9 overs)
Punjab won by 6 wickets
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz
Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Punjab)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

12 April 2019
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
307/7 (50 overs)
v
Baluchistan
298/9 (50 overs)
Abid Ali 132 (119)
Ali Imran 3/48 (10 overs)
Awais Zia 83 (94)
Sohail Khan 3/75 (10 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza
Player of the match: Sohail Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.

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