2016 Pakistan Cup

2016 Pakistan Cup
Dates19 April – 1 May 2016
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatLimited overs (List A)
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s)Faisalabad
ChampionsKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Participants5
Matches11
Most runs372 – Ahmed Shehzad (Khyber)
Most wickets11 – Mohammad Amir (Sindh)
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The 2016 Pakistan Cup was a five-team limited overs (one-day) cricket tournament that took place in Faisalabad, Punjab, from 19 April to 1 May 2016. It was contested by teams representing Pakistan's four provinces and the capital. Squads for the tournament were selected based on a draft system.[1]

Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali and Misbah-Ul-Haq led the sides from Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the tournament after defeating Punjab in the final by 151 runs.[2]

Venue

City Venue Capacity Matches
Faisalabad, Punjab Iqbal Stadium 28,000 11

Squads

The teams were selected by the captain and the coach through a draft which consisted of 150 players. Each team was able to select a squad of 15 players.[3] The following players were selected in the draft:[4]

Punjab Sindh Balochistan Islamabad Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Group stage

Points table

Teams Pld W L NR NRR Pts
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 4 3 1 0 +0.383 6
Punjab 4 2 2 0 +0.601 4
Sindh 4 2 2 0 +0.166 4
Balochistan 4 2 2 0 -0.554 4
Islamabad 4 1 3 0 -0.740 2
  Teams qualified for the Final

Source: ESPNcricinfo[5]

Fixtures and results

19 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Baluchistan
215 (46.2 overs)
v
Punjab
203 (49 overs)
Shahid Yousuf 49 (68)
Amad Butt 2/30 (6 overs)
Mohammad Rizwan 39 (52)
Azhar Ali 3/24 (5 overs)
Balochistan won by 12 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Khalid Mehmood
Player of the match: Azhar Ali (Baluchistan)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ghulam Haider (Baluchistan) and Saif Badar (Punjab) both made their List A debuts.
20 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
212 (46.1 overs)
v
Islamabad
205/8 (42.1 overs)
Younis Khan 61 (59)
Hammad Azam 3/23 (7 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 82 (104)
Zohaib Khan 3/36 (9 overs)
Islamabad won by 2 wickets (D/L method)
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz
Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Islamabad)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shadab Khan (Islamabad) and Sameen Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) both made their List A debuts.
21 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sindh
266/4 (45 overs)
v
Baluchistan
186/8 (31 overs)
Sami Aslam 108* (120)
Saeed Ajmal 2/62 (10 overs)
Azhar Ali 100* (83)
Mohammad Amir 2/19 (4 overs)
Sindh won by 42 runs (D/L method)
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Khalid Mahmood
Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Sindh)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hassan Khan (Sindh) made his List A debut.
  • Ahsan Raza was the onfield umpire after 40 overs.
22 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
262/6 (50 overs)
v
Punjab
260/7 (50 overs)
Fakhar Zaman 64 (71)
Aamer Yamin 2/54 (10 overs)
Salman Butt 77 (114)
Rahat Ali 4/42 (10 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 2 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Riazuddin
Player of the match: Rahat Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Hayatullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.
23 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sindh
336/6 (50 overs)
v
Islamabad
218 (39.5 overs)
Khurram Manzoor 123 (90)
Mohammad Irfan 2/45 (10 overs)
Misbah-ul-Haq 73 (59)
Bilal Asif 4/39 (10 overs)
Sindh won by 118 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob
Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Sindh)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
24 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
246/8 (50 overs)
v
Baluchistan
172 (45.1 overs)
Zohaib Khan 82 (112)
Umar Gul 2/34 (6 overs)
Babar Azam 50 (67)
Zohaib Khan 4/18 (9.1 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 74 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Shozab Raza
Player of the match: Zohaib Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Ahmed Shehzad replaced Younis Khan as the captain of the side, after Younis Khan left the tournament because of umpiring issue.[6]
25 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Punjab
213 (43.3 overs)
v
Islamabad
183 (46.1 overs)
Asad Shafiq 54 (51)
Mohammad Irfan 3/34 (7.3 overs)
Iftikhar Ahmed 67 (109)
Amad Butt 4/34 (10 overs)
Punjab won by 30 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Khalid Mahmood
Player of the match: Amad Butt (Punjab)
  • Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
27 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
319/6 (50 overs)
v
Sindh
312/8 (50 overs)
Ahmed Shehzad 143 (135)
Bilal Asif 2/46 (10 overs)
Khalid Latif 168* (129)
Zia-ul-Haq 3/50 (10 overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 7 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Shozab Raza and Asif Yaqoob
Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Khalid Latif (Sindh)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qualified for the final.
28 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Islamabad
315/8 (50 overs)
v
Baluchistan
317/7 (49.4 Overs)
Kamran Akmal 134 (102)
Bilawal Bhatti 3/57 (10 overs)
Azhar Ali 80 (92)
Mohammad Sami 3/63 (10 overs)
Baluchistan won by 3 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Ghaffar Kazmi
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Islamabad)
  • Islamabad won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Imran (Balochistan) and Arsal Sheikh (Islamabad) both made their List A debuts.
29 April 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sindh
158 (46.3 overs)
v
Punjab
159/5 (28 overs)
Fawad Alam 62 (99)
Ehsan Adil 3/34 (10 overs)
Shan Masood 59 (77)
Mohammad Amir 2/47 (10 overs)
Punjab won by 5 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Riazuddin
Player of the match: Shan Masood (Punjab)
  • Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Punjab qualified for the final.

Final

1 May 2016
15:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
311/9 (50 Overs)
v
Punjab
160 (36.1 Overs)
Fakhar Zaman 115 (111)
Amad Butt 3/55 (10 Overs)
Shan Masood 36 (40)
Zohaib Khan 3/23 (5 Overs)
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 151 runs[7]
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza
Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
  • Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Younis Khan led his team after apologising to the PCB.[8]

References

  1. ^ "Drafting for Pakistan Cup players underway in Lahore - Cricket - Dunya News". dunyanews.tv. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  2. ^ http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/pakistan-cup-2016-final-match-punjab-vs-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-watch-live-score-and-live-streaming/, Daily Pakistan, 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  3. ^ PTV Sports. "'Pakistan Cup' one-day tournament to start in Faisalabad". PTVSports. Retrieved 18 April 2016.
  4. ^ "PCB introduces new domestic one-day competition". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
  5. ^ "2016 Pakistan Cup, Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo.
  6. ^ http://espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1003969.html/ Archived 29 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ESPN, 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  7. ^ http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/pakistan-cup-2016-final-match-punjab-vs-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-watch-live-score-and-live-streaming/, Daily Pakistan, 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.
  8. ^ http://espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1003369.html/ Archived 29 April 2016 at the Wayback Machine, ESPN, 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.