# 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. As the winners, the Faisalabad Wolves were invited to compete in the International 20:20 Club Championship in September 2005, which they also won.
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.
The tournament also involved a match-throwing incident with Sialkot Stallions captain Shoaib Malik.

## Format

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.
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:
* Total points
* Won
* Lost (fewest)
* Net run rate

### Prize money

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

## Results

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

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

### Group stage
#### Group A

* 25 April 17:00 Scorecard
| Karachi Dolphins 228/7 (20 overs) | v | 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
* Karachi Dolphins won the toss and elected to bat.
* Due to power failure, the Lions' target was revised to 207 runs from 18 overs according to the Duckworth–Lewis method.
* Adnan Raza, Agha Sabir, Ahmer Saeed, Amin-ur-Rehman, Fahad Khan, Fahadullah Khan, Faheem Ahmed, Haaris Ayaz, Imran Farhat, Jahangir Mirza, Khurram Manzoor, Malik Aftab, Mohammad Farrukh, Mohammad Yousuf, Moin Khan, Nasir Jamshed, Rashid Riaz, Sajid Ali, Shahnawaz Malik, Sulaman Qadir and Wasim Khan all made their T20 debuts.
* 25 April 20:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Hyderabad Hawks 127 (19.4 overs) | v | 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
* Hyderabad Hawks won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abid Ali, Adnan Brohi, Aftab Alam, Akhtar Sarfraz, Akram Khan, Arshad Khan, Fawad Khan, Hanif Malik, Hanif-ur-Rehman, Iqbal Sheikh, Jannisar Khan, Kashif Raza, Mohammad Aslam, Rafatullah Mohmand, Rizwan Ahmed, Sajid Shah, Shahid Qambrani, Shoaib Khan, Shoaib Laghari, Umar Gul and Wahab Riaz all made their T20 debuts.
* 26 April 10:00 Scorecard
| Hyderabad Hawks 115/9 (20 overs) | v | Lahore Lions 116/0 (12.3 overs) |
| Abid Ali 24 (21) Sajid Ali 4/20 (4 overs) | | Shahnawaz Malik 61* (47) |
* Lahore Lions won by 10 wickets Lahore City Cricket Association Ground Umpires: Iftikhar Malik and Rasheed Bhatti
* Lahore Lions won the toss and elected to field.
* Adnan Akmal, Aqeel Anjum, Irfan Fazil, Muntazir Mehdi and Usman Malik all made their T20 debuts.
* 26 April 17:00 Scorecard
| Karachi Dolphins 178/9 (20 overs) | v | 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
| Lahore Lions | v | Peshawar Panthers |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Lahore City Cricket Association Ground Umpires: Aleem Dar and Nadeem Ghauri
* 27 April 13:30 Scorecard
| Hyderabad Hawks | v | Karachi Dolphins |
* Match abandoned without a ball bowled Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Afzaal Ahmed and Shakeel Khan

#### Group B

* 25 April 13:30 Scorecard
| Multan Tigers 155/6 (20 overs) | v | 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
* Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aamer Bashir, Abdur Rauf, Adnan Malik, Afsar Nawaz, Asif Iqbal, Atif Maqbool, Atiq Ahmed, Hasnain Abbas, Javed Qadeer, Kamran Hussain, Khalid Latif, Mohammad Ali, Mohammad Hasnain, Saeed Khan, Shabbir Ahmed, Shadab Kabir, Shahid Latif, Sharjeel Ashraf, Tahir Maqsood, Tariq Haroon, Yasir Arafat and Zeeshan Khan all made their T20 debuts.
* 26 April 13:30 Scorecard
| Sialkot Stallions 210 (19.5 overs) | v | 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
* Sialkot Stallions won the toss and elected to bat.
* Aamer Sajjad, Abdur Rehman, Abid Ali, Aizaz Cheema, Ali Azmat, Ali Imran, Ashfaq Ahmed, Bilal Hussain, Fahad Masood, Imran Nazir, Kamran Akmal, Khalid Mahmood, Khaqan Arsal, Naved-ul-Hasan, Nawaz Sardar, Qaiser Abbas, Salman Butt, Shahid Yousaf, Shaiman Anwar, Shoaib Malik, Sohail Ahmed and Waqas Ahmed all made their T20 debuts.
* 27 April 17:00 Scorecard
| Multan Tigers 110 (18.2 overs) | v | 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
* Multan Tigers won the toss and elected to bat.
* Adeel Malik, Sohaib Maqsood and Tariq Mahmood all made their T20 debuts.
* 27 April 20:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Zebras 185/5 (20 overs) | v | 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
* Karachi Zebras won the toss and elected to bat.
* Danish Kaneria, Fahad Iqbal and Wasim Naeem all made their T20 debuts.
* 28 April 13:30 Scorecard
| Lahore Eagles 183/8 (20 overs) | v | 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) | v | 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.

#### Group C

* 25 April 10:00 Scorecard
| Rawalpindi Rams 197/8 (20 overs) | v | 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
* Rawalpindi Rams won the toss and elected to bat.
* Abdul Majeed, Ameer Khan, Arun Lal, Bilal Asad, Fayyaz Ahmed, Jalat Khan, Jamil-ur-Rehman, Jawad Hameed, Mohammad Asif, Mohammad Aslam, Naseer Khan, Nasim Khan, Naved Ashraf, Pervez Aziz, Raheel Majeed, Sajid Mahmood, Sanaullah Khan, Shoaib Khan, Sohail Tanvir and Stephen John all made their T20 debuts.
* 26 April 20:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Quetta Bears 95 (18.3 overs) | v | 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
* Quetta Bears won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ahmed Hayat, Asif Hussain, Ijaz Ahmed, Imran Khalid, Khurram Shehzad, Manzoor Ahmed, Mohammad Salman, Naved Latif, Saeed Ajmal, Shahid Nazir and Tauqeer Hussain all made their T20 debuts.
* 28 April 20:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Rawalpindi Rams 163/6 (20 overs) | v | 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

* 29 April 10:00 Scorecard
| Karachi Dolphins 141 (19.4 overs) | v | 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) | v | 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) | v | 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

* 30 April 19:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Karachi Dolphins 158/7 (20 overs) | v | 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

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. 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.
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.

## Media coverage

* Ten Sports (live)