# 2018–19 National T20 Cup

The 2018–19 National T20 Cup was a Twenty20 domestic cricket competition that was played in Pakistan. It was the fifteenth season of the National T20 Cup in Pakistan, and was held from 10 to 25 December 2018 in Multan. Eight teams took part, with the top four progressing to the semi-finals. Lahore Blues were the defending champions.
Following the conclusion of the group stage, Rawalpindi, Karachi Whites, Lahore Whites and Islamabad had all progressed to the semi-finals. In the first semi-final, Rawalpindi beat Karachi Whites by six runs to progress to the final. They were joined in the final by Lahore Whites, who beat Islamabad by 88 runs in the second semi-final. In the final, Lahore Whites beat Rawalpindi by two wickets.

## Squads

Ahead of the tournament, the following players were selected. Each team picked 18 players, including two emerging players.
| FATA | Islamabad | Karachi Whites | Lahore Blues | Lahore Whites | Multan | Peshawar | Rawalpindi |
| Usman Khan Shinwari (c) Shaheen Shah Afridi Khushdil Shah Asif Afridi Sohail Akhtar Mukhtar Ahmed Adil Amin Kashif Bhatti Sameen Gul Usama Mir Mohammad Saad Nasir Ahmed Asad Afridi Samiullah Bismillah Khan Abbas Afridi Rehan Afridi Fazal-ur-Rehman | Imad Wasim (c) Shan Masood Umar Gul Rohail Nazir Iftikhar Ahmed Asif Ali Junaid Khan Abid Ali Sohail Khan Nauman Ali Faizan Riaz Ali Sarfraz Sarmad Bhatti Ibtisam Sheikh Arsal Sheikh Shehzad Azam Ahmed Bashir Rizwan Ali | Anwar Ali (c) Mohammad Asghar Mohammad Sami Khurram Manzoor Shoaib Malik Rameez Raja Awais Zia Danish Aziz Mohammad Hasan Fawad Alam Raza Hasan Arshad Iqbal Tabish Khan Akbar-ur-Rehman Rahat Ali Ahsan Ali Fahad Iqbal Saim Ayub | Saad Nasim (c) Aizaz Cheema Waqas Ahmed Hussain Talat Nauman Anwar Agha Salman Ehsan Adil Raza Ali Dar Mohammad Irfan Zaid Alam Rizwan Hussain Imran Butt Adnan Akmal Bilal Khan Bilawal Iqbal Zain Abbas Jahid Ali Salman Fayyaz | Kamran Akmal (c) Salman Butt Umar Akmal Wahab Riaz Umaid Asif Zafar Gohar Amad Butt Hassan Khan Zeeshan Ashraf Saif Badar Tayyab Tahir Naseem Shah Kamran Ghulam Umar Siddiq Mansoor Amjad Ali Khan Ali Shafiq Ali Zaryab | Sohaib Maqsood (c) Mohammad Irfan Zulfiqar Babar Aamer Yamin Mohammad Hafeez Zeeshan Malik Bilawal Bhatti Mohammad Mohsin Mohammad Irfan Imran Farhat Mohammad Imran Gulraiz Sadaf Ali Usman Hasan Mohsin Imran Rafiq Hasnain Bokhari Sadaif Mehdi Waqar Hussain | Mohammad Rizwan (c) Imran Khan Israrullah Sahibzada Farhan Fakhar Zaman Zohaib Khan Taj Wali Ali Imran Saad Ali Waqas Maqsood Nabi Gul Mohammad Waqas Gohar Ali Sajid Khan Mohammad Ilyas Imran Khan Raees Ahmed Suleman Shafqat | Mohammad Amir (c) Sohail Tanvir Mohammad Nawaz Shadab Khan Umar Amin Fahim Ashraf Saud Shakeel Sami Aslam Khalid Usman Hammad Azam Umair Masood Naved Malik Zahid Mansoor Nasir Nawaz Yasir Ali Jamal Anwar Nihal Mansoor Haider Ali |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Rawalpindi | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | +0.255 | 10 |
| Lahore Whites | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +0.413 | 8 |
| Karachi Whites | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | +0.256 | 8 |
| Islamabad | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | +0.140 | 6 |
| Multan | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | –0.087 | 6 |
| Federally Administered Tribal Areas | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | –0.173 | 6 |
| Lahore Blues | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | –0.374 | 6 |
| Peshawar | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | –0.506 | 6 |
Team qualified for the Semi-finals

## Fixtures

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) confirmed the fixtures for the tournament in December 2018.

### Round-robin

* 10 December 2018 Scorecard
| Rawalpindi 154/4 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad 148/7 (20 overs) |
| Sami Aslam 55 (47) Imad Wasim 1/21 (4 overs) | | Sohail Khan 39 (18) Asif Ali 2/14 (3 overs) |
* Rawalpindi won by 6 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Tahir Shah and Mohammad Asif
* Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
* Haider Ali and Sohaibullah (Rawalpindi) both made their T20 debuts.
* 10 December 2018 Scorecard
| Lahore Blues 139/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Whites 141/4 (18.5 overs) |
| Rizwan Hussain 55 (34) Amad Butt 3/18 (4 overs) | | Salman Butt 47 (40) Ehsan Adil 2/41 (3.5 overs) |
* Lahore Whites won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Asif
* Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
* Rizwan Hussain and Muhammad Zaid (Lahore Blues) both made their T20 debuts.
* 11 December 2018 Scorecard
| FATA 124/5 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar 125/8 (19.5 overs) |
| Adil Amin 44* (44) Imran Khan 1/23 (4 overs) Waqas Maqsood 1/23 (4 overs) | | Nabi Gul 34 (22) Zia-ul-Haq 3/32 (3.5 overs) |
* Peshawar won by 2 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Imran Javed and Mohammad Asif
* Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammad Mohsin, Raees Ahmed, Sajid Khan (Peshawar) and Samiullah (FATA) all made their T20 debuts.
* 11 December 2018 Scorecard
| Karachi Whites 163/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan 166/2 (18.2 overs) |
| Khurram Manzoor 62 (44) Mohammad Irfan 2/23 (4 overs) | | Sohaib Maqsood 88* (57) Raza Hasan 1/17 (4 overs) |
* Multan won by 8 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Saqib Khan and Tahir Shah
* Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
* Nadir Shah (Karachi Whites), Mohammad Irfan, Mohammad Mohsin, Hasan Mohsin and Mohammad Imran (Multan) all made their T20 debuts.
* 12 December 2018 Scorecard
| Rawalpindi 117/8 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Blues 121/5 (19.1 overs) |
| Nasir Nawaz 32 (26) Saad Nasim 3/21 (4 overs) | | Agha Salman 38* (35) Zahid Mansoor 2/21 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Blues won by 5 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Farooq Ali Khan and Riazuddin
* Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
* 12 December 2018 Scorecard
| Lahore Whites 167/4 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad 145/8 (20 overs) |
| Salman Butt 63 (49) Adeel Malik 1/24 (3 overs) | | Abid Ali 30 (20) Bilal Asif 3/24 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Whites won by 22 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Saqib Khan and Faisal Afridi
* Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
* 13 December 2018 Scorecard
| Karachi Whites 130/7 (20 overs) | v | FATA 123/6 (20 overs) |
| Khurram Manzoor 79 (63) Mohammad Irfan 4/33 (4 overs) | | Mukhtar Ahmed 52 (45) Fawad Alam 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Whites won by 7 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Tariq Rasheed and Faisal Afridi
* Federally Administered Tribal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
* Arshad Iqbal (Karachi Whites) made his T20 debut.
* 13 December 2018 Scorecard
| Peshawar 132/6 (20 overs) | v | Multan 133/5 (18.5 overs) |
| Fawad Khan 40 (30) Mohammad Irfan 2/34 (4 overs) | | Hasan Raza 67* (54) Mohammad Junaid 3/31 (4 overs) |
* Multan won by 5 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Shozab Raza and Riazuddin
* Multan won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammad Junaid (Peshawar) made his T20 debut.
* 14 December 2018 Scorecard
| Lahore Whites 105/8 (15 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 106/4 (14.4 overs) |
| Salman Butt 25 (22) Khalid Usman 2/13 (2 overs) | | Hammad Azam 30* (20) Bilal Asif 2/17 (3 overs) |
* Rawalpindi won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Saqib Khan and Shameem Ansari
* Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 15 overs per side due to rain.
* Sadaf Hussain (Rawalpindi) made his T20 debut.
* 14 December 2018 Scorecard
| Islamabad 159/7 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Blues 135 (19.5 overs) |
| Imad Wasim 64 (42) Aizaz Cheema 2/24 (4 overs) | | Rizwan Hussain 72 (54) Umar Gul 3/22 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad won by 24 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Riazuddin
* Islamabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* 15 December 2018 Scorecard
| Multan 136/9 (20 overs) | v | FATA 140/5 (19.2 overs) |
| Mohammad Mohsin 56 (32) Mohammad Irfan 5/17 (3 overs) | | Samiullah 58 (49) Zulfiqar Babar 2/21 (4 overs) |
* FATA won by 5 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Tariq Rasheed
* Multan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ali Usman (Multan) and Fazal-ur-Rehman (FATA) both made their T20 debuts.
* 15 December 2018 Scorecard
| Karachi Whites 161/3 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar 140 (20 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 71* (41) Mohammad Junaid 1/24 (4 overs) | | Fawad Khan 42 (25) Arshad Iqbal 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Whites won by 21 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Shozab Raza and Tariq Rasheed
* Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 December 2018 Scorecard
| Karachi Whites 145/6 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Whites 139/9 (20 overs) |
| Khurram Manzoor 53 (39) Amad Butt 3/19 (4 overs) | | Wahab Riaz 32* (25) Shoaib Malik 2/24 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Whites won by 6 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Saqib Khan and Asif Yaqoob
* Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
* 16 December 2018 Scorecard
| Lahore Blues 129/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan 133/3 (19.3 overs) |
| Hasan Raza 46 (53) Saad Nasim 2/20 (4 overs) | | Rizwan Hussain 58 (41) Mohammad Irfan 1/20 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Blues won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Aaley Haider and Tahir Rasheed
* Multan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Waqar Hussain (Multan) made his T20 debut.
* 17 December 2018 Scorecard
| Islamabad 135/7 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar 136/7 (20 overs) |
| Abid Ali 47 (38) Sajid Khan 2/25 (3 overs) | | Mohammad Waqas 41* (26) Ahmed Bashir 3/30 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar won by 3 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Aaley Haider and Qaiser Waheed
* Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
* 17 December 2018 Scorecard
| Rawalpindi 139/9 (20 overs) | v | FATA 141/4 (19 overs) |
| Sami Aslam 37 (36) Adil Amin 3/14 (4 overs) | | Khushdil Shah 65 (40) Hammad Azam 2/22 (3 overs) |
* FATA won by 6 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Nasir Hussain
* Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bat.
* 18 December 2018 Scorecard
| Lahore Whites 109/7 (20 overs) | v | Multan 113/3 (17.2 overs) |
| Ali Khan 43* (36) Mohammad Irfan 2/17 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 46* (38) Umaid Asif 1/15 (3 overs) |
* Multan won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to bat.
* 18 December 2018 Scorecard
| Karachi Whites 179/6 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Blues 141 (18.4 overs) |
| Awais Zia 68 (43) Mohammad Irfan 2/31 (4 overs) Hussain Talat 2/31 (4 overs) | | Rizwan Hussain 45 (40) Mohammad Sami 5/14 (3.4 overs) |
* Karachi Whites won by 38 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Waseemuddin
* Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
* 19 December 2018 Scorecard
| FATA 146/7 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad 143/8 (20 overs) |
| Kashif Bhatti 34* (12) Ahmed Bashir 2/18 (3 overs) | | Iftikhar Ahmed 32* (38) Mohammad Irfan 3/24 (4 overs) |
* FATA won by 3 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Abdul Muqeet and Ahmed Shahab
* Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
* 19 December 2018 Scorecard
| Peshawar 153/4 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 157/6 (19.4 overs) |
| Saad Ali 46* (38) Abdur Rehman 1/17 (4 overs) | | Mohammad Nawaz 37* (30) Mohammad Mohsin 2/25 (4 overs) |
* Rawalpindi won by 4 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Waleed Yaqub
* Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
* 20 December 2018 Scorecard
| Peshawar 99/8 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Whites 100/1 (14.2 overs) |
| Saad Ali 37 (31) Umaid Asif 4/13 (4 overs) | | Tayyab Tahir 51* (41) Sajid Khan 1/30 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Whites won by 9 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Majid Hussain
* Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
* 20 December 2018 Scorecard
| FATA 140/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Blues 141/1 (18.1 overs) |
| Sohail Akhtar 39 (27) Hussain Talat 3/22 (4 overs) | | Rizwan Hussain 68* (54) Khushdil Shah 1/17 (2 overs) |
* Lahore Blues won by 9 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Waseemuddin and Mohammad Sajid
* Lahore Blues won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 December 2018 Scorecard
| Karachi Whites 156/6 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad 157/8 (20 overs) |
| Danish Aziz 43* (27) Adeel Malik 2/26 (4 overs) | | Asif Ali 97* (62) Mohammad Asghar 3/30 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad won by 2 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Qaiser Waheed and Rashid Riaz
* Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 December 2018 Scorecard
| Multan 152/6 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 156/7 (19.5 overs) |
| Sohaib Maqsood 75* (54) Mohammad Nawaz 5/24 (4 overs) | | Saud Shakeel 54 (35) Aamer Yamin 3/36 (4 overs) |
* Rawalpindi won by 3 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Abdul Muqeet and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
* 22 December 2018 Scorecard
| Lahore Blues 141/4 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar 142/3 (19.3 overs) |
| Hussain Talat 80* (52) Imran Khan 2/20 (4 overs) | | Saad Ali 57* (38) Mohammad Irfan 1/10 (3 overs) |
* Peshawar won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Sultan Mahmood and Ahsan Raza
* Peshawar won the toss and elected to field.
* Ali Imran (Peshawar) made his T20 debut.
* 22 December 2018 Scorecard
| FATA 132/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Whites 136/3 (17.3 overs) |
| Adil Amin 41* (29) Amad Butt 2/20 (4 overs) | | Salman Butt 44 (38) Adil Amin 1/4 (1 over) |
* Lahore Whites won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Majid Hussain and Imtiaz Iqbal
* Lahore Whites won the toss and elected to field.
* 23 December 2018 Scorecard
| Karachi Whites 122/9 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi 125/2 (16 overs) |
| Awais Zia 48 (44) Sadaf Hussain 3/24 (4 overs) | | Naved Malik 57 (36) Arshad Iqbal 1/8 (2 overs) |
* Rawalpindi won by 8 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Zameer Haider and Waleed Yaqub
* Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to field.
* Nihal Mansoor (Rawalpindi) made his T20 debut.
* 23 December 2018 Scorecard
| Multan 117 (19 overs) | v | Islamabad 119/3 (16.4 overs) |
| Zeeshan Malik 57 (55) Shehzad Azam 3/17 (4 overs) | | Abid Ali 50* (48) Zulfiqar Babar 2/26 (4 overs) |
* Islamabad won by 7 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Adnan Rasheed
* Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.

## Semi-finals

* 24 December 2018 Scorecard
| Rawalpindi 157/9 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Whites 151/4 (20 overs) |
| Naved Malik 90 (54) Raza Hasan 2/21 (4 overs) | | Fawad Alam 52* (37) Hammad Azam 2/27 (4 overs) |
* Rawalpindi won by 6 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Naved Malik (Rawalpindi)
* Karachi Whites won the toss and elected to field.
* 24 December 2018 Scorecard
| Lahore Whites 219/6 (20 overs) | v | Islamabad 131/8 (20 overs) |
| Kamran Akmal 93 (52) Sohail Khan 2/36 (4 overs) | | Umar Gul 30* (31) Amad Butt 2/18 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Whites won by 88 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Asif Yaqoob and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Lahore Whites)
* Islamabad won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 25 December 2018 Scorecard
| Rawalpindi 162/8 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Whites 165/8 (19.2 overs) |
| Naved Malik 44 (29) Amad Butt 2/25 (4 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 42 (31) Hammad Azam 3/39 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Whites won by 2 wickets Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Shozab Raza and Ahsan Raza Player of the match: Saif Badar (Lahore Whites)
* Rawalpindi won the toss and elected to bat.