# 2012 Super 8 Twenty20 Cup

The 2012 Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup was the second season of the Faysal Bank Super Eight T20 Cup, a domestic Twenty20 cricket tournament organized by the Pakistan Cricket Board. The season began on 25 March 2012 and was held at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi. 15 matches were played during the tournament.
Sialkot Stallions won the tournament after beating Karachi Dolphins in the final, and, therefore, qualified for the 2012 Champions League Twenty20.

## Venue

All the matches were played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi.
| City | Ground | Capacity | Matches |
| Rawalpindi, Punjab | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Capacity:15,000 | 15 |
| Rawalpindi ||||

## Squads

The squads are as follows:
^ Mohammad Sami replaced Shahid Afridi as Karachi Dolphins captain.

## Results
### Teams and standings

Group A :
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Lahore Lions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.660 |
| Peshawar Panthers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.084 |
| Karachi Zebras | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −0.536 |
| Faisalabad Wolves | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | −1.057 |
Group B :
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts | NRR |
| Sialkot Stallions | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +1.362 |
| Karachi Dolphins | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | +0.245 |
| Lahore Eagles | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | +0.165 |
| Rawalpindi Rams | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −1.780 |
    Qualified for semifinals
    Full table on ESPNCricinfo

## Fixtures

    All match times in Pakistan Standard Time (UTC+5:30).

### Group stage
#### Group A

* 25 March 2012 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Peshawar Panthers 127/8 (20 overs) | v | Faisalabad Wolves 128/8 (19.5 overs) |
| Mohammad Fayyaz 23(30) Hasan Mahmood 3/11 (4 overs) | | Ali Waqas 43(49) Mohammad Aslam 2/31 (4 overs) |
* Faisalabad Wolves won by 2 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ijaz Ahmed and Masood Khan Player of the match: Ali Waqas (Faisalabad Wolves)
* Peshawar Panthers won the toss and chose to Bat
* 25 March 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Zebras 135/5 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Lions 136/4 (17.5 overs) |
| Rameez Aziz 37(32) Sohail Ahmed 1/17 (3 overs) | | Ahmed Shehzad 61*(52) Anwar Ali 1/24 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Lions won by 6 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Jamil Kamran and Nadeem Iqbal Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Lahore Lions)
* Karachi Zebras won the toss and chose to bat
* 27 March 2012 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Faisalabad Wolves 119/8 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Zebras 120/2 (17.5 overs) |
| Ali Waqas 29(25) Anwar Ali 3/23 (4 overs) | | Khurram Manzoor 54*(49) Waqas Maqsood 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Zebras won by 8 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ehtesham-ul-Haq and Hakeem Shah Player of the match: Anwar Ali and Khurram Manzoor (Karachi Zebras)
* Faisalabad Wolves won the toss and chose to bat
* Twenty20 debut: Mohammad Hasan (Karachi Zebras)
* 27 March 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Lions 113 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Panthers 79 (19.3 overs) |
| Abdul Razzaq 37 (48) Umar Gul 3/16 (4 overs) | | Zohaib Khan 22 (29) Wahab Riaz 3/9 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Lions won by 34 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Akbar Khan and Kamal Merchant Player of the match: Raza Ali Dar (Lahore Lions) and Wahab Riaz (Lahore Lions)
* Lahore Lions won the toss and chose to bat
* 29 March 2012 16:00 Scorecard
| Peshawar Panthers 158/5 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Zebras 127/7 (20 overs) |
| Iftikhar Ahmed 77(56) Anwar Ali 2/28 (4 overs) | | Faisal Iqbal 40(38) Riaz Afridi 4/15 (4 overs) |
* Peshawar Panthers won by 31 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Shozab Raza and Tahir Shah Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Peshawar Panthers)
* Peshawar Panthers won the toss and chose to bat
* 29 March 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Lions 194/3 (20 overs) | v | Faisalabad Wolves 146/9 (20 overs) |
| Umar Akmal 57*(37) Saeed Ajmal 1/41 (4 overs) | | Asif Hussain 64(51) Zia-ul-Haq 5/23 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Lions won by 48 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Kaukab Butt and Riazuddin Player of the match: Umar Akmal (Lahore Lions) and Zia-ul-Haq (Lahore Lions)
* Lahore Lions won the toss and chose to bat
* Twenty20 debuts: Jahandad Khan (Faisalabad Wolves); Fahad-ul-Haq and Zia-ul-Haq (Lahore Lions)

#### Group B

* 26 March 2012 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Eagles 129/8 (20 overs) | v | Sialkot Stallions 132/5 (19 overs) |
| Saad Nasim 27*(18) Bilawal Bhatti 3/33 (4 over) | | Shakeel Ansar 32 (35) Saad Nasim 2/29 (4overs) |
* Sialkot Stallions won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Iqbal Butt and Mir Dad Player of the match: Shahid Yousuf (Sialkot Stallions)
* Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to field.
* Twenty20 debut: Bilawal Bhatti (Sialkot Stallions)
* 26 March 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Dolphins 171/4 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi Rams 139 all out (18.3 overs) |
| Khalid Latif 88 (61) Yasir Arafat 2/30 (4 overs) | | Naved Malik 59 (42) Faraz Ahmed 3/20 (20 overs) |
* Karachi Dolphins won by 32 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Raweed Khan and Qaiser Waheed Player of the match: Khalid Latif (Karachi Dolphins)
* Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to field.
* 28 March 2012 16:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Dolphins 123/9 (20 overs) | v | Sialkot Stallions 127/1 (16.1 overs) |
| Shahzaib Hasan 30(30) Shoaib Malik 5/29 (4 overs) | | Imran Nazir 76*(47) Mohammad Sami 0/17 (4 overs) |
* Sialkot Stallions won by 9 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Anis-ur-Rehman and Ghaffar Kazmi Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Sialkot Stallions)
* Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat
* 28 March 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Eagles 158 (20 overs) | v | Rawalpindi Rams 124 (17.5 overs) |
| Taufeeq Umar 76(57) Sohail Tanvir 3/28 (4 overs) | | Awais Zia 55(40) Junaid Zia 3/14 (4 overs) |
* Lahore Eagles won by 34 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Islam Khan and Khalid Mahmood Player of the match: Taufeeq Umar (Lahore Eagles)
* Lahore Eagles won the toss and elected to bat.
* Twenty20 debut: Muzaffar Mahboob (Lahore Eagles)
* 30 March 2012 16:00 Scorecard
| Lahore Eagles 148/8 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Dolphins 149/5 (18.1 overs) |
| Imran Farhat 41 (31) Haaris Ayaz 2/25 (4 overs) | | Asad Shafiq 58 (47) Mustafa Iqbal 3/26 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Dolphins won by 5 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Nadeem Ghauri Player of the match: Asad Shafiq (Karachi Dolphins)
* Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 March 2012 20:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rawalpindi Rams 121/9 (20 overs) | v | Sialkot Stallions 125/3 (15.3 overs) |
| Hammad Azam 24 (36) Sohail Tanvir 24 (22) Raza Hasan 3/20 (4 overs) | | Imran Nazir 59 (34) Mohammad Nawaz 2/28 (4 overs) |
* Sialkot Stallions won by 7 wickets Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Saleem Badar and Shakeel Khan Player of the match: Imran Nazir (Sialkot Stallions)
* Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
* Twenty20 debut: Umair Mushtaq (Rawalpindi Rams)

### Knockout stage

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Finals | Finals | Finals |
| A1 | Lahore Lions | 167/7 | | | |
| B2 | Karachi Dolphins | 170/3 | | | |
| B2 | Karachi Dolphins | 170/3 | B2 | Karachi Dolphins | 167/8 |
| | | | B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 170/2 |
| B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 197/1 | B1 | Sialkot Stallions | 170/2 |
| A2 | Peshawar Panthers | 157/8 | | | |

#### Semi-finals

* 31 March 2012 (D/N) Scorecard
| Lahore Lions 167/7 (20 overs) | v | Karachi Dolphins 170/3 (19 overs) |
| Kashif Siddiq 48 (35) Faraz Ahmed 2/37 (4 overs) | | Shahzaib Hasan 57 (28) Adnan Rasool 2/29 (4 overs) |
* Karachi Dolphins won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Shahzaib Hasan (Karachi Dolphins)
* Lahore Lions won the toss and chose to bat.
* 31 March 2012 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sialkot Stallions 197/1 (20 overs) | v | Peshawar Panthers 157/8 (20 overs) |
| Shakeel Ansar 100* (67) Mohammad Aslam 1/34 (4 overs) | | Gauhar Ali 68 (53) Abdur Rehman 3/17 (4 overs) |
* Sialkot Stallions won by 40 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Saleem Badar and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Shakeel Ansar (Sialkot Stallions)
* Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.

#### Final

* 1 April 2012 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Dolphins 167/8 (20 overs) | v | Sialkot Stallions 170/2 (18.5 overs) |
| Khalid Latif 81* (59) Raza Hasan 4/33 (4 overs) | | Shoaib Malik 62* (42) Faraz Ahmed 1/37 (4 overs) |
* Sialkot Stallions won by 8 wickets (with 7 balls remainings) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Attendance: 25,000 Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Zameer Haider Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Sialkot Stallions)
* Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat, and the decision seemed to have paid off when they powered past 60 in the Powerplay. Their batting was led by opener Khalid Latif, who carried his bat through the innings to finish with 81 off 59. The main support was provided by Shahzaib Hasan and Asad Shafiq, who scored 30 and 38, respectively. They made 167 for 8 in 20 overs. Raza Hasan's 4 wickets came for 33 runs.
Chasing 168, Sialkot Stallions lost Shakeel Ansar early but took control thereafter. Imran Nazir scored a rapid 41 (20 balls), before an unbroken stand of 119 at close to nine an over between Shoaib Malik (62) and Haris Sohail (55) sealed the game in the 19th over.
For the final, 20,000-odd people thronged the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, with its newly renovated stands. There were a further 15,000 fans outside the stadium, doing their best to catch glimpses of the action.

## Statistics

Leading run scorers :
| Player | Team | Matches | Runs |
| Khalid Latif | Karachi Dolphins | 5 | 243 |
| Imran Nazir | Sialkot Stallions | 5 | 191 |
| Haris Sohail | Sialkot Stallions | 4 | 173 |
| Asad Shafiq | Karachi Dolphins | 5 | 110 |
| Shakeel Ansar | Sialkot Stallions | 5 | 162 |
Leading wicket takers :
| Player | Team | Matches | Wickets |
| Raza Hasan | Sialkot Stallions | 5 | 12 |
| Shoaib Malik | Sialkot Stallions | 5 | 7 |
| Faraz Ahmed | Karachi Dolphins | 5 | 7 |
| Mustafa Iqbal | Lahore Eagles | 3 | 6 |
| Anwar Ali | Lahore Lions | 3 | 6 |