2009 National Twenty20 Cup
| Dates | 25 – 29 May 2009 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | Twenty20 |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) |  Pakistan |
| Champions | Sialkot Stallions (4th title) |
| Participants | 13 |
| Matches | 18 |
The 2009 RBS Twenty-20 Cup was the fifth season of the RBS Twenty-20 Cup in Pakistan, sponsored by RBS. It was held in Lahore from 25 to 29 May 2009. The Sialkot Stallions won their fourth overall and consecutive title by defeating the Lahore Lions in the final.[1]
This tournament was held immediately before the 2009 ICC World Twenty20, which Pakistan won.
Results
[edit]Teams and standings
[edit]The top team from each group qualified for the semi-finals.
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore Lions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +3.064 |
| Faisalabad Wolves | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +1.407 |
| Rawalpindi Rams | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.212 |
| Quetta Bears | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −4.199 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sialkot Stallions | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +4.092 |
| Multan Tigers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −1.837 |
| Karachi Zebras | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −2.236 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Islamabad Leopards | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.922 |
| Hyderabad Hawks | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | −0.202 |
| Peshawar Panthers | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.764 |
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahore Eagles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.414 |
| Karachi Dolphins | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | +1.025 |
| Abbottabad Rhinos | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −1.448 |
- Qualified for semi-finals
Knockout stage
[edit]| Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
| A1 | Lahore Lions | 125/7 | |||||||
| C1 | Islamabad Leopards | 123/7 | |||||||
| A1 | Lahore Lions | 150/8 | |||||||
| B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 151/6 | |||||||
| B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 181 | |||||||
| D1 | Lahore Eagles | 126 | |||||||
Fixtures
[edit]Group stage
[edit]- Group A
Faisalabad Wolves 218/2 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Bears 117/8 (20 overs) |
Qaiser Iqbal 80 (56) Shoaib Khan 1/24 (2 overs) |
- Quetta Bears won the toss and elected to field.
- Ali Raza, Kamran Naeem, Qaiser Iqbal, Zeeshan Butt (Faisalabad Wolves); Abdullah Jan, Bismillah Khan, Farhan Khan, Irfan Ismail, Khalil Ahmed and Taimur Ali (Quetta Bears) all made their T20 debuts.
Rawalpindi Rams 135/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Lions 136/2 (14.5 overs) |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field.
- Faisal Iqbal, Mohammad Rameez and Qamar Abbas (Rawalpindi Rams) made their T20 debuts.
Faisalabad Wolves 170/4 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi Rams 143/7 (20 overs) |
- Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to field.
Lahore Lions 214/6 (20 overs) | v | Quetta Bears 140/9 (20 overs) |
- Quetta Bears won the toss and elected to field.
- Fareeduddin and Mohammad Ali (Quetta Bears) made their T20 debuts.
Quetta Bears 127/7 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi Rams 128/1 (12.5 overs) |
- Quetta Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
- Faizullah, Maqbool Umaid (Quetta Bears); Fawad Hussain and Usama Shahroon (Rawalpindi Rams) made their T20 debuts.
Faisalabad Wolves 124/8 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Lions 126/5 (14.1 overs) |
- Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to bat.
- Group B
Karachi Zebras 133 (19.4 overs) | v | Sialkot Stallions 137/2 (12.5 overs) |
- Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field.
- Akbar-ur-Rehman, Javed Mansoor, Uzair-ul-Haq (Karachi Zebras); Kashif Daud and Naved Arif (Sialkot Stallions) all made their T20 debuts.
Karachi Zebras 158/6 (20 overs) | v | Multan Tigers 161/2 (18.3 overs) |
- Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Sheharyar Ghani (Karachi Zebras); Ali Moazzam, Babar Ali, Rameez Alam and Rizwan Haider (Multan Tigers) all made their T20 debuts.
Sialkot Stallions 196/4 (20 overs) | v | Multan Tigers 109 (19.5 overs) |
- Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to field.
- Ahmed Raza and Ansar Javed (Multan Tigers) both made their T20 debuts.
- Group C
Peshawar Panthers 152/4 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad Leopards 153/4 (17.4 overs) |
- Peshawar Panthers won the toss and elected to bat.
- Faizan Riaz, Kamran Hussain (Islamabad Leopards); Fawad Ali, Mahfooz Sabri and Sajjad Ahmed (Peshawar Panthers) all made their T20 debuts.
Peshawar Panthers 148/6 (20 overs) | v | Hyderabad Hawks 150/2 (19 overs) |
- Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to field.
- Ayaz Jamali, Azeem Ghumman, Ghulam Yasin, Mohammad Urs (Hyderabad Hawks); Imran Khan, Mohammad Rizwan and Nawaz Ahmed (Peshawar Panthers) all made their T20 debuts.
Hyderabad Hawks 117 (19.5 overs) | v | Islamabad Leopards 121/4 (18.1 overs) |
- Islamabad Leopards won the toss and elected to field.
- Kashif Bhatti (Hyderabad Hawks) and Shehzad Azam (Islamabad Leopards) both made their T20 debuts.
- Group D
Abbottabad Rhinos 137 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Eagles 140/3 (19.4 overs) |
Karachi Dolphins 209/5 (20 overs) | v | Abbottabad Rhinos 157/7 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
- Haris Bilal and Rashid Nawaz (Abbottabad Rhinos) both made their T20 debuts.
Lahore Eagles 167/9 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Dolphins 156/8 (20 overs) |
- Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
Knockout stage
[edit]- Semi-finals
Islamabad Leopards 123/7 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Lions 125/7 (19.3 overs) |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field.
Sialkot Stallions 181 (19.5 overs) | v | Lahore Eagles 126 (19.2 overs) |
- Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to field.
- Final
Lahore Lions 150/8 (20 overs) | v | Sialkot Stallions 151/6 (19.1 overs) |
- Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shahbaz Butt (Lahore Lions) made his T20 debut.
Media coverage
[edit]- Geo Super (live)
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Tournament page on ESPN CricInfo
- Tournament page on CricketArchive Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine