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]
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 |
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) |
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Toronto Nationals
231/4 (19.2 overs) |
Winnipeg Hawks
203/4 (20 overs) |
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Montreal Tigers
157 (18.5 overs) |
30 June 2018
12:00 Scorecard |
Toronto Nationals
169/7 (20 overs) |
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Edmonton Royals
173/2 (15 overs) |
Montreal Tigers
184/9 (20 overs) |
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Cricket West Indies B Team
187/8 (19.1 overs) |
1 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Winnipeg Hawks
156/9 (20 overs) |
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Vancouver Knights
162/4 (17.4 overs) |
Edmonton Royals
155 (19.4 overs) |
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Cricket West Indies B Team
159/7 (18 overs) |
2 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Winnipeg Hawks
164/6 (20 overs) |
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Toronto Nationals
108 (17.2 overs) |
Vancouver Knights
166/6 (20 overs) |
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Montreal Tigers
148 (19.4 overs) |
4 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Montreal Tigers
129/6 (20 overs) |
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Edmonton Royals
114 (19.1 overs) |
5 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Winnipeg Hawks
151/8 (20 overs) |
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Cricket West Indies B Team
155/1 (17.5 overs) |
6 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Vancouver Knights
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Edmonton Royals
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7 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Toronto Nationals
128/5 (20 overs) |
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Cricket West Indies B Team
131/2 (14.1 overs) |
Winnipeg Hawks
203/5 (20 overs) |
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Edmonton Royals
209/5 (19.3 overs) |
8 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Vancouver Knights
175/4 (20 overs) |
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Cricket West Indies B Team
140 (19.3 overs) |
Montreal Tigers
176/4 (20 overs) |
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Toronto Nationals
179/9 (20 overs) |
10 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Cricket West Indies B Team
162/7 (20 overs) |
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Montreal Tigers
165/4 (17.3 overs) |
Toronto Nationals
103 (16.5 overs) |
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Vancouver Knights
104/2 (12.3 overs) |
11 July 2018
11:00 Scorecard |
Edmonton Royals
141 (19.5 overs) |
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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) | |||||||||||
Playoff 1
12 July 2018 11:00 Scorecard |
Vancouver Knights
215/6 (20 overs) |
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Cricket West Indies B Team
221/4 (20 overs) |
Edmonton Royals
183/9 (20 overs) |
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Winnipeg Hawks
185/3 (19.5 overs) |
Vancouver Knights
152/5 (13 overs) |
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Winnipeg Hawks
84/5 (8.3 overs) |
Cricket West Indies B Team
145 (17.4 overs) |
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Vancouver Knights
148/3 (17.3 overs) |