2004–05 National Twenty20 Cup

The 2004–05 ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup was the first edition of the ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup, a domestic Twenty20 tournament in Pakistan sponsored by ABN AMRO. It was held from 25 to 30 April 2005 in Lahore. The Faisalabad Wolves won the tournament by defeating the Karachi Dolphins in the final.[1] As the winners, the Faisalabad Wolves were invited to compete in the International 20:20 Club Championship in September 2005, which they also won.[2]

2004–05 National Twenty20 Cup
Dates25 – 30 April 2005
Administrator(s)Pakistan Cricket Board
Cricket formatTwenty20
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and final
Host(s)Pakistan Lahore
ChampionsFaisalabad Wolves (1st title)
Participants11
Matches19

This was the first Twenty20 tournament in the country, after the introduction of the Twenty20 format in 2003. It was huge success with the final having an attendance of 30,000. It helped increase the popularity of cricket in Pakistan and became an annual tournament.[3][4]

The tournament also involved a match-throwing incident with Sialkot Stallions captain Shoaib Malik.[5]

Format

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The eleven teams are divided into three groups: Groups A and B with four teams each and Group C with three. Each team plays a single round-robin tournament and the top team from each group, determined by a point system, advances to the triangular series. The triangular series is another round-robin tournament where the top two teams advance to the final.[6]

Awarded points
Result Points
Won 2 points
Loss 0 points
No result 1 point

The position of the teams in the points table is determined by:

Prize money

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The winners are awarded a trophy and Rs. 300,000 while the runners-up receive Rs. 150,000.[4]

Results

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The top team from each group qualify for the triangular series.

Group A
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Karachi Dolphins 3 2 0 1 5 +1.579
Lahore Lions 3 1 1 1 3 +1.585
Peshawar Panthers 3 0 1 2 2 –2.200
Hyderabad Hawks 3 0 1 2 2 –3.530
Group B
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Lahore Eagles 3 2 1 0 4 –0.450
Sialkot Stallions 2 1 1 0 2 +0.969
Karachi Zebras 2 1 1 0 2 +0.283
Multan Tigers 3 1 2 0 2 –0.617
Group C
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Faisalabad Wolves 2 2 0 0 4 +4.000
Rawalpindi Rams 2 1 1 0 2 +1.853
Quetta Bears 2 0 2 0 0 –5.690
  Qualified for triangular series
Triangular series
Team Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Karachi Dolphins 2 1 1 0 2 +0.242
Faisalabad Wolves 2 1 1 0 2 +0.117
Lahore Eagles 2 1 1 0 2 –0.348
  Qualified for final

Fixtures

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All times in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+05:00)

Group stage

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Group A

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25 April
17:00
Scorecard
Karachi Dolphins
228/7 (20 overs)
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Lahore Lions
190/9 (18 overs)
Moin Khan 112 (58)
Sajid Ali 3/45 (4 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 45 (26)
Haaris Ayaz 3/32 (4 overs)
Karachi Dolphins won by 16 runs (D/L)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir and Zameer Haider

25 April
20:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Hyderabad Hawks
127 (19.4 overs)
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Peshawar Panthers
48/0 (4.5 overs)
Shoaib Laghari 18 (10)
Umar Gul 4/21 (3.4 overs)
Fawad Khan 29* (23)
No result
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Siddiq Khan

26 April
10:00
Scorecard
Hyderabad Hawks
115/9 (20 overs)
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Lahore Lions
116/0 (12.3 overs)
Abid Ali 24 (21)
Sajid Ali 4/20 (4 overs)
Lahore Lions won by 10 wickets
Lahore City Cricket Association Ground
Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti

26 April
17:00
Scorecard
Karachi Dolphins
178/9 (20 overs)
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Peshawar Panthers
134 (19 overs)
Agha Sabir 40 (18)
Jannisar Khan 3/18 (4 overs)
Shoaib Khan 23 (15)
Faheem Ahmed 3/22 (4 overs)
Karachi Dolphins won by 44 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Islam Khan and Mohammad Aslam
  • Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.

27 April
10:00
Scorecard
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Lahore City Cricket Association Ground
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Nadeem Ghauri

27 April
13:30
Scorecard
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Match abandoned without a ball bowled
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Afzaal Ahmed and Shakeel Khan

Group B

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25 April
13:30
Scorecard
Multan Tigers
155/6 (20 overs)
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Karachi Zebras
114 (19.3 overs)
Yasir Arafat 51 (46)
Atif Maqbool 3/20 (4 overs)
Khalid Latif 26 (24)
Zeeshan Khan 5/19 (4 overs)
Multan Tigers won by 41 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Siddiq Khan

26 April
13:30
Scorecard
Sialkot Stallions
210 (19.5 overs)
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Lahore Eagles
215/7 (20 overs)
Imran Nazir 54 (19)
Sohail Ahmed 4/20 (4 overs)
Salman Butt 67 (50)
Shoaib Malik 2/20 (4 overs)
Lahore Eagles won by 3 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Mohammad Aslam and Zafar Iqbal

27 April
17:00
Scorecard
Multan Tigers
110 (18.2 overs)
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Sialkot Stallions
112/1 (13 overs)
Yasir Arafat 32 (40)
Adeel Malik 4/15 (3 overs)
Bilal Hussain 34 (35)
Zeeshan Khan 1/17 (3 overs)
Sialkot Stallions won by 9 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Afzaal Ahmed and Shakeel Khan

27 April
20:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Karachi Zebras
185/5 (20 overs)
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Lahore Eagles
131 (17.2 overs)
Javed Qadeer 57* (33)
Sohail Ahmed 1/15 (4 overs)
Sohail Ahmed 31 (35)
Mohammad Hasnain 4/20 (3.2 overs)
Karachi Zebras won by 54 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Nadeem Ghauri

28 April
13:30
Scorecard
Lahore Eagles
183/8 (20 overs)
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Multan Tigers
161/9 (20 overs)
Taufeeq Umar 64 (54)
Shabbir Ahmed 2/17 (4 overs)
Kamran Hussain 66 (37)
Sohail Ahmed 4/30 (4 overs)
Lahore Eagles won by 22 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Riazuddin and Saleem Badar
  • Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Aqeel Anwar, Azharullah and Naved Yasin all made their T20 debuts.

28 April
17:00
Scorecard
Karachi Zebras
175/5 (20 overs)
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Sialkot Stallions
171/3 (20 overs)
Shadab Kabir 45 (37)
Adeel Malik 3/38 (4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 88* (76)
Atif Maqbool 1/20 (4 overs)
Karachi Zebras won by 4 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ijaz Ahmed and Riazuddin
  • Karachi Zebras won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Nadeem Javed and Shahid Siddiq both made their T20 debuts.
  • The match referee annulled the points in this match when the Sialkot Stallions captain admitted to deliberately losing the match.[6]

Group C

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25 April
10:00
Scorecard
Rawalpindi Rams
197/8 (20 overs)
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Quetta Bears
101 (16.3 overs)
Raheel Majeed 45 (27)
Jamil-ur-Rehman 2/22 (4 overs)
Naseer Khan 25 (19)
Shoaib Akhtar 5/23 (4 overs)
Rawalpindi Rams won by 96 runs
Lahore City Cricket Association Ground
Umpires: Mohammad Nazir and Zameer Haider

26 April
20:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Quetta Bears
95 (18.3 overs)
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Faisalabad Wolves
96 (7.4 overs)
Jalat Khan 35 (29)
Shahid Nazir 4/11 (3.3 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 49* (22)
Stephen John 1/44 (3 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won by 9 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti

28 April
20:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Rawalpindi Rams
163/6 (20 overs)
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Faisalabad Wolves
167/2 (17.3 overs)
Bilal Asad 42 (41)
Imran Khalid 2/37 (4 overs)
Asif Hussain 83* (60)
Raheel Majeed 1/24 (1.3 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Ijaz Ahmed and Saleem Badar
  • Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Saleem made his T20 debut.

Triangular series

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29 April
10:00
Scorecard
Karachi Dolphins
141 (19.4 overs)
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Lahore Eagles
142/6 (19.2 overs)
Fahadullah Khan 31 (35)
Fahad Masood 3/28 (4 overs)
Salman Butt 40 (31)
Mohammad Farrukh 2/22 (4 overs)
Lahore Eagles won by 4 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Saleem Badar
  • Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.

29 April
15:00
Scorecard
Lahore Eagles
160/8 (20 overs)
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Faisalabad Wolves
164/5 (18 overs)
Kamran Akmal 34 (26)
Tauqeer Hussain 2/29 (3 overs)
Asif Hussain 57 (40)
Salman Butt 2/38 (4 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won by 5 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Asad Rauf and Riazuddin
  • Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ali Hussain, Samiullah Khan and Shahid Muzaffar all made their T20 debut.

29 April
20:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Faisalabad Wolves
169/7 (20 overs)
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Karachi Dolphins
170/4 (18.1 overs)
Imran Ali 42 (19)
Faheem Ahmed 3/29 (4 overs)
Fahadullah Khan 61 (47)
Mohammad Hafeez 2/33 (4 overs)
Karachi Dolphins won by 6 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Afzaal Ahmed and Nadeem Ghauri
  • Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
  • Fawad Alam and Imran Ali both made their T20 debuts.

Final

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30 April
19:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Karachi Dolphins
158/7 (20 overs)
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Faisalabad Wolves
159/8 (19.5 overs)
Moin Khan 49 (57)
Saeed Ajmal 3/29 (4 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 38 (35)
Haaris Ayaz 2/21 (3.5 overs)
Faisalabad Wolves won by 2 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Aleem Dar and Nadeem Ghauri
  • Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and elected to field.

Match-throwing incident

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The tournament involved a match-throwing incident in the match between the Sialkot Stallions and the Karachi Zebras. Shoaib Malik, the captain of the Stallions, openly admitted to deliberately losing their match against the Karachi Zebras in an attempt to eliminate the Lahore Eagles from the competition. Neither team received points for the match. PCB declared the match void and Karachi Zebras were denied a place in the triangular phase of the ABN Amro Twenty20 Cup despite winning their Pool 'B' fixture against Sialkot Stallions.[7] Malik was expressing his disappointment at earlier decisions in the competition that he felt went against his side and it did not involve any match-fixing or financial implications.[8]

Malik's actions were against his code of conduct as a Test cricketer and had effect on the image of Pakistan cricket, the sponsors and the audience. After realising this, Malik later apologised. He was banned for one Test match and fined Rs. 10,000 and 75% of his match fees for two One Day International matches.[5][9]

Media coverage

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References

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  1. ^ Sohail, Asif (30 April 2005). "Faisalabad Wolves win Pakistan's first ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 25 December 2018. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Faisalabad Wolves International 20:20 champions". CricInfo. ESPN. 17 September 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  3. ^ Sohail, Asif (2005). "Twenty-overs cricket is here to stay". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Pakistan to make Twenty-20 Cup regular domestic feature". AFP. 1 May 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  5. ^ a b "Shoaib Malik faces match-throwing inquiry". AFP. 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  6. ^ a b "ABN-AMRO Twenty-20 Cup 2004/05 Points Table". Pakistan Cricket Board). 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Match ends on dubious note". Dawn. Pakistan. 29 April 2005. Retrieved 23 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Shoaib Malik given one-Test ban". CricInfo. ESPN. 2 May 2005. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  9. ^ "Shoaib Malik banned from first WI Test and fined". Pakistan Cricket Board. 2 May 2005. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
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