The 2018 Global T20 Canada (also known as Canada Dry Global T20 Canada for sponsorship reasons) of the Global T20 Canada, was a professional Twenty20 cricket tournament that was played in Canada. It was the first edition of the tournament and ran from 28 June to 15 July 2018. Six teams took part, with all the matches played at the Maple Leaf Cricket Club in King City, Ontario.
A player draft took place on 3 June 2018. Approximately 1,600 players registered for the draft, with 600 of those from Canada. 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. 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, and handed 12-month suspension "from all international and domestic cricket" although they were "permitted to play club cricket" during the suspension period.
In the final, Vancouver Knights defeated West Indies B by seven wickets to win the tournament.
Teams and squads The following teams, squads and coaches were announced for the tournament:
Teams TeamsCaptainsEdmonton RoyalsSohail TanvirMontreal TigersLasith MalingaTom MoodyToronto NationalsDaren SammyPhil SimmonsVancouver KnightsChris GayleDonovan MillerWest Indies BStuart WilliamsRoddy EstwickWinnipeg HawksDavid WarnerWaqar Younis
Squads Edmonton Royals Montreal TigersToronto Nationals Vancouver Knights West Indies B Winnipeg Hawks Sohail Tanvir (c) Shahid Afridi Umar Akmal Asif Ali Shaiman Anwar Farhaan Behardien Satsimranjit Dhindsa Andre Fletcher Mohammad Irfan Christiaan Jonker Ammar Khalid Abraash Khan Hassan Khan Chris Lynn Kevin O'Brien Wayne Parnell Simon Pervez Ahmed Raza Luke Ronchi Agha Salman Lasith Malinga (c) Kevon Cooper Mohammad Hafeez Moises Henriques Dillon Heyliger Ibrahim Khaleel Nicholas Kirton Sandeep Lamichhane Sunil Narine Ashley Nurse Rayyan Pathan Thisara Perera Cecil Pervez Denesh Ramdin Sikandar Raza Dasun Shanaka Peter Siddle Dwayne Smith Isuru Udana George Worker Najibullah Zadran Daren Sammy (c) Kamran Akmal Johnson Charles Anton Devcich Navneet Dhaliwal Nikhil Dutta Umair Ghani Nizakat Khan Nitish Kumar Farhan Malik Usama Mir Rohan Mustafa Mohammad Naveed Kieron Pollard Rumman Raees Mohammad Sami Steve Smith Hussain Talat Kesrick Williams Chris Gayle (c) Fawad Ahmed Saad Bin Zafar Sheldon Cottrell Ben Dunk Jeremy Gordon Ruvindu Gunasekera Babar Hayat Steven Jacobs Kamau Leverock Evin Lewis Salman Nazar Andre Russell Tim Southee Rassie van der Dussen Chadwick Walton Srimantha Wijeratne Anthony Bramble (c) Fabian Allen Alick Athanaze Roland Cato Justin Greaves Derval Green Kavem Hodge Brandon King Jeremiah Louis Obed McCoy Khary Pierre Nicholas Pooran Sherfane Rutherford Shamar Springer David Warner (c) Darren Bravo Dwayne Bravo Rizwan Cheema Mark Deyal Fidel Edwards Rayad Emrit Ali Khan Ben McDermott David Miller Hiral Patel Kyle Phillip Junaid Siddiqui Lendl Simmons Hamza Tariq Tion Webster
Points table PosTeam1Vancouver Knights 6 4 1 0 1 9 +1.4172 West Indies B 6 4 2 0 0 8 +0.4033 Winnipeg Hawks 6 3 3 0 0 6 +0.6304 Edmonton Royals 6 2 3 0 1 5 –0.0915 Montreal Tigers 6 2 4 0 0 4 –0.3226 Toronto Nationals 6 2 4 0 0 4 –1.897
The top four teams qualified for the playoffs Advanced to Playoff 1 Advanced to Playoff 2
League stage The full fixtures were confirmed on 13 June 2018. 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. Times shown were Eastern DST.
Round 1
Round 2
Playoffs
Bracket
Final
References
External links Series home at ESPN Cricinfo