2022–23 Pakistan Cup
| Dates | 10 December 2022 – 3 January 2023 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | Pakistan Cricket Board |
| Cricket format | List A |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin and knockout |
| Host(s) | Pakistan |
| Champions | Central Punjab (1st title) |
| Participants | 6 |
| Matches | 33 |
| Player of the series | Amad Butt (BA) (365 runs and 19 wickets) |
| Most runs | Tayyab Tahir (CP) (573 runs) |
| Most wickets | Usama Mir (CP) (28 wickets) |
The 2022–23 Pakistan Cup was a List A cricket competition that took place in Pakistan from 10 December 2022 to 3 January 2023.[1][2] Balochistan were the defending champions.[3][4]
Central Punjab won the competition, defeating Balochistan by 50 runs in the final.[5]
Venues
[edit]The group stage matches were hosted in three different venues in Karachi, with SBP Sports Complex hosting the semi-finals and the final.[6]
| Karachi | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| NBP Sports Complex | UBL Sports Complex | SBP Sports Complex | |
| Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 1,000 | Capacity: 1,000 | |
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| Matches: 10 | Matches: 10 | Matches: 13 | |
Points table
[edit]| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central Punjab | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 0.604 |
| 2 | Balochistan | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 0.669 |
| 3 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | −0.859 |
| 4 | Southern Punjab | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0.190 |
| 5 | Sindh | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0.055 |
| 6 | Northern | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 8 | −0.752 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo
Advanced to the Semi-finals
Fixtures
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Round 1
[edit]Northern
356/2 (50 overs) |
v
|
Balochistan
244/7 (40 overs) |
- Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
- Balochistan were set a revised target of 299 in 40 overs.
Sindh
276 (48.3 overs) |
v
|
Southern Punjab
278/8 (48.5 overs) |
- Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Arafat Minhas, Tahir Hussain (Southern Punjab) and Mohammad Suleman (Sindh) all made their List A debuts.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
143 (39 overs) |
v
|
Central Punjab
144/2 (27 overs) |
- Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Ihsanullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.
Round 2
[edit]Sindh
288 (50 overs) |
v
|
Balochistan
254/5 (46 overs) |
- Balochistan won the toss elected to field.
- Balochistan were set a revised target of 251 in 46 overs.
Southern Punjab
182 (44.3 overs) |
v
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
184/4 (38.5 overs) |
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa wont the toss and elected to field.
- Niaz Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.
Central Punjab
359/7 (50 overs) |
v
|
Northern
286/9 (50 overs) |
- Northern won the toss and elected to field.
Round 3
[edit]Balochistan
313/8 (50 overs) |
v
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
314/4 (49 overs) |
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
Central Punjab
153 (34.2 overs) |
v
|
Southern Punjab
128 (34.4 overs) |
Muhammad Faizan 40 (51)
Arafat Minhas 3/30 (7.2 overs) |
- Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 4
[edit]Balochistan
331/5 (50 overs) |
v
|
Central Punjab
303 (47 overs) |
- Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Northern
215 (49.3 overs) |
v
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Southern Punjab
205 (48.2 overs) |
- Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Round 5
[edit]Balochistan
278/7 (50 overs) |
v
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Southern Punjab
189 (35.2 overs) |
- Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Northern
305/9 (50 overs) |
v
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
237 (43.5 overs) |
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss elected to field.
- Kashif Ali made his List A debut.
Sindh
347/8 (50 overs) |
v
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Central Punjab
348/5 (45.2 overs) |
- Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Round 6
[edit]Balochistan
253 (47.5 overs) |
v
|
Sindh
254/4 (41.1 overs) |
- Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
- Arish Ali Khan made his List A debut.
Central Punjab
274/8 (50 overs) |
v
|
Southern Punjab
177 (38 overs) |
- Central Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
- Mohammad Umair made his List A debut.
Northern
351/4 (50 overs) |
v
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
268 (46.2 overs) |
- Northern won the toss and elected to field.
Round 7
[edit]Sindh
233 (42.2 overs) |
v
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
234/6 (36.1 overs) |
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
Southern Punjab
219 (45.5 overs) |
v
|
Balochistan
223/4 (45.4 overs) |
- Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Round 8
[edit]Central Punjab
240 (43 overs) |
v
|
Balochistan
223/9 (50 overs) |
- Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
265/9 (50 overs) |
v
|
Southern Punjab
229 (45 overs) |
- Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Round 9
[edit]Sindh
171 (47.2 overs) |
v
|
Southern Punjab
172/6 (35.1 overs) |
Mohammad Suleman 62 (83)
Mohammad Ilyas 2/18 (6 overs) |
- Southern Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
Central Punjab
315/8 (50 overs) |
v
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
202 (39.1 overs) |
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Central Punjab qualified for the semi-finals.[7]
Round 10
[edit]Central Punjab
310/9 (50 overs) |
v
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Sindh
244 (45 overs) |
- Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
- As a result of this match, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qualified for the semi-finals.
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
133 (31 overs) |
v
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Balochistan
137/3 (18.3 overs) |
- Balochistan won the toss and elected to field.
Northern
120 (31.5 overs) |
v
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Southern Punjab
121/2 (15.1 overs) |
- Northern won the toss and elected to bat.
- As a result of this match, Southern Punjab qualified for the semi-finals.
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 1 | Central Punjab | 231 (49.2 overs) | |||||||
| 4 | Southern Punjab | 149 (32.1 overs) | |||||||
| 1 | Central Punjab | 254 (48.2 overs) | |||||||
| 2 | Balochistan | 204 (42.3 overs) | |||||||
| 2 | Balochistan | 302/8 (50 overs) | |||||||
| 3 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 264 (47.1 overs) | |||||||
Semi-finals
[edit]Central Punjab
231 (49.2 overs) |
v
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Southern Punjab
149 (32.1 overs) |
- Central Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
Balochistan
302/8 (50 overs) |
v
|
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
264 (47.1 overs) |
- Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
Final
[edit]Central Punjab
254 (48.2 overs) |
v
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Balochistan
204 (42.3 overs) |
- Central Punjab won the toss and elect to bat.
References
[edit]- ^ Singh, Minal (29 December 2022). "Pakistan Cup 2023 Schedule, Live Score, Squad, T20 Scorecard". PurnEA University. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Pakistan Cup - Cricket Schedules, Updates, Results | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ "Full Scorecard of Khyber vs Balochistan Final 2021/22 - Score Report | ESPNcricinfo.com". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ PCB & Cricket World Monday 12 December 2022. "Defending champions Balochistan record first win in Pakistan Cup". Cricket World. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Central Punjab win Pakistan Cup". Cricket World. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Pakistan Cup 2022/23". Pakistan Cricket Board. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Usama's all-round show helps Central Punjab reach Pakistan Cup semifinals". Daily Times. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.