# 2018 Pakistan Cup

The 2018 Pakistan Cup was the third edition of the Pakistan Cup, a List A cricket competition which was contested between five teams. It was held from 25 April to 6 May 2018, with all the matches played at the Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad. Federal Areas were the defending champions.
Federal Areas were the first team to advance to the final, after they beat Punjab by 7 wickets. They were joined in the final with Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, after the last group stage match, between Punjab and Sindh, finished as a tie. Federal Areas won the tournament, beating Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by five wickets in the final.

## Squads

Prior to the start of the tournament, the following squads were announced:
| Baluchistan | Federal Areas | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | Punjab | Sindh |
| Ahmed Shehzad (c) Mohammad Nawaz (vc) Rizwan Hussain Rameez Raja Khushdil Shah Akbar-ur-Rehman Faizan Riaz Rohail Nazir Bismillah Khan Mohammad Irfan Sohail Tanvir Anwar Ali Mir Hamza Umar Gul Shaheen Afridi | Kamran Akmal (c) Sohaib Maqsood (vc) Sarmad Bhatti Abid Ali Awais Zia Ashiq Ali Saad Nasim Hussain Talat Raza Ali Dar Raza Hasan Amad Butt Agha Salman Waqas Maqsood Usman Khan Umaid Asif | Mohammad Hafeez (c) Shan Masood (vc) Khurram Manzoor Israrullah Umar Akmal Saud Shakeel Mohammad Saad Mohammad Irfan Adil Amin Hasan Khan Hammad Azam Zia-ul-Haq Sameen Gul Sadaf Hussain Mohammad Hasan | Shoaib Malik (c) Mohammad Rizwan (vc) Zain Abbas Sahibzada Farhan Abdul Samad Asif Ali Ashfaq Ahmed Sohail Akhtar Usama Mir Kashif Bhatti Imran Khan Mohammad Sami Wahab Riaz Shahid Yousuf Abdul Rehman Muzammil | Umar Amin (c) Fawad Alam (vc) Salman Butt Gauhar Ali Iftikhar Ahmed Danish Aziz Rameez Aziz Adnan Akmal Mohammad Asghar Bilal Asif Aamer Yamin Junaid Khan Sohail Khan Taj Wali Mohammad Irfan |

## Group stage
### Points table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Federal Areas | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2.323 |
| 2 | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.740 |
| 3 | Punjab | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −0.975 |
| 4 | Sindh | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −1.555 |
| 5 | Baluchistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.539 |
Teams qualified for the final

### Fixtures

* 25 April 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Baluchistan 365/3 (50 overs) | v | Punjab 366/3 (48.5 overs) |
| Bismillah Khan 106 (105) Kashif Bhatti 1/59 (10 overs) | | Sahibzada Farhan 155 (145) Shaheen Afridi 1/61 (9 overs) |
* Punjab won by 7 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Mohammad Sajid Player of the match: Sahibzada Farhan (Punjab)
* Baluchistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shaheen Afridi (Baluchistan) made his List A debut.
* Sahibzada Farhan (Punjab) scored his highest total in List A cricket.
* 26 April 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Federal Areas 373/6 (50 overs) | v | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 259 (43.1 overs) |
| Kamran Akmal 105 (84) Sadaf Hussain 3/67 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Hafeez 76 (58) Waqas Maqsood 3/40 (8 overs) |
* Federal Areas won by 114 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Zameer Haider and Qaiser Waheed Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Federal Areas)
* Federal Areas won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 April 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sindh 366/8 (50 overs) | v | Baluchistan 354 (49.2 overs) |
| Iftikhar Ahmed 116 (83) Umar Gul 2/53 (8 overs) | | Ahmed Shehzad 84 (49) Junaid Khan 4/55 (7.2 overs) |
* Sindh won by 12 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Zameer Haider and Ghaffar Kazmi Player of the match: Iftikhar Ahmed (Sindh)
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 28 April 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Punjab 297/9 (50 overs) | v | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 298/0 (38.1 overs) |
| Asif Ali 121 (97) Zia-ul-Haq 4/60 (10 overs) | | Khurram Manzoor 190* (118) |
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 10 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Ahmed Shahab Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
* Khurram Manzoor (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) scored his highest total in List A cricket.
* 29 April 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Federal Areas 242/8 (50 overs) | v | Sindh 93 (31 overs) |
| Abid Ali 109 (145) Mohammad Irfan 2/28 (10 overs) | | Khurram Shehzad 25 (50) Agha Salman 3/8 (4 overs) |
* Federal Areas won by 149 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Abid Ali (Federal Areas)
* Sindh won the toss and elected to field.
* 30 April 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 372/8 (50 overs) | v | Baluchistan 378/6 (49.1 overs) |
| Khurram Manzoor 111 (99) Mohammad Nawaz 3/72 (10 overs) | | Ahmed Shehzad 72 (36) Hammad Azam 2/44 (10 overs) |
* Baluchistan won by 4 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Waleed Yaqub and Ahsan Raza Player of the match: Anwar Ali (Baluchistan)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* 1 May 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Punjab 306 (48.2 overs) | v | Federal Areas 311/3 (35.1 overs) |
| Mohammad Rizwan 140 (123) Usman Khan 5/51 (9.2 overs) | | Kamran Akmal 170 (96) Usama Mir 2/96 (10 overs) |
* Federal Area won by 7 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahmed Shahab and Ahsan Raza Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Federal Areas)
* Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.
* Mohammad Rizwan (Punjab) scored his highest total in List A cricket.
* 2 May 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sindh 196 (46.2 overs) | v | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 202/5 (23 overs) |
| Fawad Alam 52 (80) Zia-ul-Haq 4/24 (9.2 overs) | | Israrullah 74 (61) Aamer Yamin 2/52 (5 overs) |
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Shozab Raza and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Zia-ul-Haq (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was reduced to 49 overs per side due to a wet outfield.
* 3 May 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Federal Areas 304 (47.2 overs) | v | Baluchistan 206 (23.2 overs) |
| Sohaib Maqsood 92 (47) Mohammad Nawaz 4/62 (10 overs) | | Sohail Tanvir 42 (22) Waqas Maqsood 6/63 (7.2 overs) |
* Federal Areas won by 98 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Khalid Mahmood and Imtiaz Iqbal Player of the match: Waqas Maqsood (Federal Areas)
* Baluchistan won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 May 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Punjab 310/9 (50 overs) | v | Sindh 310/7 (50 overs) |
| Asif Ali 138 (91) Bilal Asif 3/51 (10 overs) | | Salman Butt 101 (91) Usama Mir 4/62 (10 overs) |
* Match tied Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Asif Ali (Punjab)
* Sindh won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 6 May 2018 14:30 (D/N) Scorecard
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 252 (43.4 overs) | v | Federal Areas 254/5 (41 overs) |
| Mohammad Hafeez 89 (86) Usman Khan 3/34 (8 overs) | | Agha Salman 60 (77) Zia-ul-Haq 2/60 (10 overs) |
* Federal Areas won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Hussain Talat (Federal Areas)
* Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field.