# 2016 Pakistan Cup

The 2016 Pakistan Cup was a five-team limited overs (one-day) cricket tournament that took place in Faisalabad, Punjab, from 19 April to 1 May 2016. It was contested by teams representing Pakistan's four provinces and the capital. Squads for the tournament were selected based on a draft system.
Sarfraz Ahmed, Shoaib Malik, Younis Khan, Azhar Ali and Misbah-Ul-Haq led the sides from Sindh, Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan and Islamabad. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the tournament after defeating Punjab in the final by 151 runs.

## Venue

| City | Venue | Capacity | Matches |
| Faisalabad, Punjab | Iqbal Stadium | 28,000 | 11 |
| | | Faisalabad | Faisalabad |

## Squads

The teams were selected by the captain and the coach through a draft which consisted of 150 players. Each team was able to select a squad of 15 players. The following players were selected in the draft:
| Punjab | Sindh | Balochistan | Islamabad | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |
| Shoaib Malik (c) Aamer Yamin Adnan Ghaus Amad Butt Asad Shafiq Asif Ali Akbar-ur-Rehman Ehsan Adil Kashif Bhatti Mohammad Rizwan Salman Butt Shan Masood Saad Nasim Saif Badar Salman Fayyaz Zulfiqar Babar | Sarfraz Ahmed (c) Anwar Ali Bilal Asif Fawad Alam Hassan Khan Hasan Mohsin Imad Wasim Khalid Latif Khurram Manzoor Mohammad Waqas Mohammad Amir Ruman Raees Sami Aslam Sohaib Maqsood Saad Ali Sohail Khan | Azhar Ali (c) Awais Zia Babar Azam Bilawal Bhatti Ghulam Haider Junaid Khan Mohammad Hasan Mohammad Imran Mohammad Nawaz Ramiz Raja Shahid Yousuf Saeed Ajmal Sohail Tanvir Umar Akmal Umar Gul Usama Mir | Misbah-ul-Haq (c) Arsal Sheikh Asif Zakir Hammad Azam Hasan Ali Iftikhar Ahmed Imran Khalid Kamran Akmal Mohammad Sami Mohammad Irfan Mohammad Abbas Nasir Jamshed Sharjeel Khan Sarmad Bhatti Shadab Khan Zafar Gohar | Younis Khan (c) Ahmed Shehzad Azizullah Bismillah Khan Faheem Ashraf Fakhar Zaman Hayatullah Mohammad Asghar Naved Yasin Rahat Ali Musadiq Ahmed Rameez Aziz Sadaif Mehdi Sameen Gul Yasir Shah Zia-ul-Haq Zohaib Khan |

## Group stage
### Points table

| Teams | Pld | W | L | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | +0.383 | 6 |
| Punjab | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.601 | 4 |
| Sindh | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | +0.166 | 4 |
| Balochistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -0.554 | 4 |
| Islamabad | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | -0.740 | 2 |
Source: ESPNcricinfo

### Fixtures and results

* 19 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Baluchistan 215 (46.2 overs) | v | Punjab 203 (49 overs) |
| Shahid Yousuf 49 (68) Amad Butt 2/30 (6 overs) | | Mohammad Rizwan 39 (52) Azhar Ali 3/24 (5 overs) |
* Balochistan won by 12 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Khalid Mehmood Player of the match: Azhar Ali (Baluchistan)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to field.
* Ghulam Haider (Baluchistan) and Saif Badar (Punjab) both made their List A debuts.
* 20 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 212 (46.1 overs) | v | Islamabad 205/8 (42.1 overs) |
| Younis Khan 61 (59) Hammad Azam 3/23 (7 overs) | | Misbah-ul-Haq 82 (104) Zohaib Khan 3/36 (9 overs) |
* Islamabad won by 2 wickets (D/L method) Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Shozab Raza and Rashid Riaz Player of the match: Misbah-ul-Haq (Islamabad)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Shadab Khan (Islamabad) and Sameen Gul (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) both made their List A debuts.
* 21 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sindh 266/4 (45 overs) | v | Baluchistan 186/8 (31 overs) |
| Sami Aslam 108* (120) Saeed Ajmal 2/62 (10 overs) | | Azhar Ali 100* (83) Mohammad Amir 2/19 (4 overs) |
* Sindh won by 42 runs (D/L method) Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Khalid Mahmood Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Sindh)
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hassan Khan (Sindh) made his List A debut.
* Ahsan Raza was the onfield umpire after 40 overs.
* 22 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 262/6 (50 overs) | v | Punjab 260/7 (50 overs) |
| Fakhar Zaman 64 (71) Aamer Yamin 2/54 (10 overs) | | Salman Butt 77 (114) Rahat Ali 4/42 (10 overs) |
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 2 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Mohammad Sajid and Riazuddin Player of the match: Rahat Ali (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Hayatullah (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut.
* 23 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sindh 336/6 (50 overs) | v | Islamabad 218 (39.5 overs) |
| Khurram Manzoor 123 (90) Mohammad Irfan 2/45 (10 overs) | | Misbah-ul-Haq 73 (59) Bilal Asif 4/39 (10 overs) |
* Sindh won by 118 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Khurram Manzoor (Sindh)
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* 24 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 246/8 (50 overs) | v | Baluchistan 172 (45.1 overs) |
| Zohaib Khan 82 (112) Umar Gul 2/34 (6 overs) | | Babar Azam 50 (67) Zohaib Khan 4/18 (9.1 overs) |
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 74 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Zohaib Khan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Ahmed Shehzad replaced Younis Khan as the captain of the side, after Younis Khan left the tournament because of umpiring issue.
* 25 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Punjab 213 (43.3 overs) | v | Islamabad 183 (46.1 overs) |
| Asad Shafiq 54 (51) Mohammad Irfan 3/34 (7.3 overs) | | Iftikhar Ahmed 67 (109) Amad Butt 4/34 (10 overs) |
* Punjab won by 30 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ghaffar Kazmi and Khalid Mahmood Player of the match: Amad Butt (Punjab)
* Punjab won the toss and elected to bat.
* 27 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 319/6 (50 overs) | v | Sindh 312/8 (50 overs) |
| Ahmed Shehzad 143 (135) Bilal Asif 2/46 (10 overs) | | Khalid Latif 168* (129) Zia-ul-Haq 3/50 (10 overs) |
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 7 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Shozab Raza and Asif Yaqoob Player of the match: Ahmed Shehzad (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and Khalid Latif (Sindh)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qualified for the final.
* 28 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Islamabad 315/8 (50 overs) | v | Baluchistan 317/7 (49.4 Overs) |
| Kamran Akmal 134 (102) Bilawal Bhatti 3/57 (10 overs) | | Azhar Ali 80 (92) Mohammad Sami 3/63 (10 overs) |
* Baluchistan won by 3 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Ghaffar Kazmi Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Islamabad)
* Islamabad won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mohammad Imran (Balochistan) and Arsal Sheikh (Islamabad) both made their List A debuts.
* 29 April 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sindh 158 (46.3 overs) | v | Punjab 159/5 (28 overs) |
| Fawad Alam 62 (99) Ehsan Adil 3/34 (10 overs) | | Shan Masood 59 (77) Mohammad Amir 2/47 (10 overs) |
* Punjab won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Rashid Riaz and Riazuddin Player of the match: Shan Masood (Punjab)
* Sindh won the toss and elected to bat.
* Punjab qualified for the final.

## Final

* 1 May 2016 15:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 311/9 (50 Overs) | v | Punjab 160 (36.1 Overs) |
| Fakhar Zaman 115 (111) Amad Butt 3/55 (10 Overs) | | Shan Masood 36 (40) Zohaib Khan 3/23 (5 Overs) |
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 151 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Ahsan Raza and Shozab Raza Player of the match: Fakhar Zaman (Khyber
* Pakhtunkhwa)
* Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Younis Khan led his team after apologising to the PCB.