{{Short description|Cricket tournament}} {{use dmy dates|date=April 2016}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | fromdate = 19 April | todate = 1 May 2016 | administrator = [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] | cricket format = [[Limited overs cricket|Limited overs]] ([[List A cricket|List A]]) | tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and final | host = [[Faisalabad]] | image = PakistanCup2016_logo.jpg | size = | champions = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | participants = 5 | matches = 11 | attendance = | player of the series = | website = | most runs = 372 – [[Ahmed Shehzad]] (Khyber) | most wickets = 11 – [[Mohammad Amir]] (Sindh) | previous_year = 2014–15 | previous_tournament = 2014–15 Pentangular One Day Cup | next_year = 2017 | next_tournament = 2017 Pakistan Cup }} The '''2016 Pakistan Cup''' was a five-team [[Limited overs cricket|limited overs]] (one-day) [[cricket]] tournament that took place in [[Faisalabad]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|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 (sports)|draft]] system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dunyanews.tv/en/Cricket/331881-Drafting-for-Pakistan-Cup-players-underway-in-Laho|title=Drafting for Pakistan Cup players underway in Lahore - Cricket - Dunya News|work=dunyanews.tv|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref>

[[Sarfraz Ahmed]], [[Shoaib Malik]], [[Younis Khan]], [[Azhar Ali]] and [[Misbah-Ul-Haq]] led the sides from [[Sindh]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]], [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]], [[Balochistan]] and [[Islamabad]]. [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] won the tournament after defeating [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] in the final by 151 runs.<ref>http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/pakistan-cup-2016-final-match-punjab-vs-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-watch-live-score-and-live-streaming/, ''Daily Pakistan'', 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.</ref>

==Venue== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:40%; margin:auto" |- !City!!Venue!!Capacity!!Matches |- | [[Faisalabad]], [[Punjab, Pakistan|Punjab]] || [[Iqbal Stadium]] || 28,000 || 11 |- |colspan=2|[[File:Iqbal Cricket Stadium Faisalabad PAKISTAN.jpg |250px]] |colspan=2| {{Location map+|Pakistan|width=200|float=center|caption=|places= {{Location map~|Pakistan|lat_deg=31|lat_min=25|lon_deg=73|lon_min=4|position=right|background=|label=[[Faisalabad ]]}} }} |}

==Squads== The teams were selected by the captain and the coach through a [[draft (sports)|draft]] which consisted of 150 players. Each team was able to select a squad of 15 players.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptvsports.net/pakistan-cup-one-day-tournament-start-faisalabad/|title=‘Pakistan Cup’ one-day tournament to start in Faisalabad|author=PTV Sports|work=PTVSports|accessdate=18 April 2016}}</ref> The following players were selected in the draft:<ref name="Squads">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/997071.html |title=PCB introduces new domestic one-day competition |accessdate=12 April 2016 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:auto; font-size:95%" |- !style="width=20%;"| Punjab !style="width=20%;"| Sindh !style="width=20%;"| Balochistan !style="width=20%;"| Islamabad !style="width=20%;"| Khyber Pakhtunkhwa |- style="vertical-align:top" | * [[Shoaib Malik]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Aamer Yamin]] * [[Adnan Ghaus]] * [[Amad Butt]] * [[Asad Shafiq]] * [[Asif Ali (cricketer, born 1991)|Asif Ali]] * [[Akbar-ur-Rehman]] * [[Ehsan Adil]] * [[Kashif Bhatti]] * [[Mohammad Rizwan (cricketer, born 1992)|Mohammad Rizwan]] * [[Salman Butt]] * [[Shan Masood]] * [[Saad Nasim]] * [[Saif Badar]] * [[Salman Fayyaz]] * [[Zulfiqar Babar]]

| * [[Sarfraz Ahmed]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Anwar Ali (cricketer, born 1987)|Anwar Ali]] * [[Bilal Asif]] * [[Fawad Alam]] * [[Hassan Khan (cricketer)|Hassan Khan]] * [[Hasan Mohsin]] * [[Imad Wasim]] * [[Khalid Latif (cricketer)|Khalid Latif]] * [[Khurram Manzoor]] * [[Mohammad Waqas (cricketer, born 1987)|Mohammad Waqas]] * [[Mohammad Amir]] * [[Ruman Raees]] * [[Sami Aslam]] * [[Sohaib Maqsood]] * [[Saad Ali]] * [[Sohail Khan (cricketer, born 1984)|Sohail Khan]]

| * [[Azhar Ali]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Awais Zia]] * [[Babar Azam]] * [[Bilawal Bhatti]] * [[Ghulam Haider (cricketer)|Ghulam Haider]] * [[Junaid Khan (cricketer)|Junaid Khan]] * [[Mohammad Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mohammad Hasan]] * [[Mohammad Imran (cricketer, born 1996)|Mohammad Imran]] * [[Mohammad Nawaz (cricketer, born 1994)|Mohammad Nawaz]] * [[Rameez Raja (cricketer, born 1987)|Ramiz Raja]] * [[Shahid Yousuf]] * [[Saeed Ajmal]] * [[Sohail Tanvir]] * [[Umar Akmal]] * [[Umar Gul]] * [[Usama Mir]]

| * [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Arsal Sheikh]] * [[Asif Zakir]] * [[Hammad Azam]] * [[Hasan Ali (cricketer)|Hasan Ali]] * [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] * [[Imran Khalid]] * [[Kamran Akmal]] * [[Mohammad Sami]] * [[Mohammad Irfan]] * [[Mohammad Abbas (cricketer)|Mohammad Abbas]] * [[Nasir Jamshed]] * [[Sharjeel Khan]] * [[Sarmad Bhatti]] * [[Shadab Khan]] * [[Zafar Gohar]]

| * [[Younis Khan]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Ahmed Shehzad]] * [[Azizullah (cricketer)|Azizullah]] * [[Bismillah Khan (cricketer)|Bismillah Khan]] * [[Faheem Ashraf]] * [[Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)|Fakhar Zaman]] * [[Hayatullah (Pakistani cricketer)|Hayatullah]] * [[Mohammad Asghar (cricketer)|Mohammad Asghar]] * [[Naved Yasin]] * [[Rahat Ali]] * [[Musadiq Ahmed]] * [[Rameez Aziz]] * [[Sadaif Mehdi]] * [[Sameen Gul]] * [[Yasir Shah]] * [[Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistani cricketer)|Zia-ul-Haq]] * [[Zohaib Khan]] |}

==Group stage== ===Points table=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" |- ! style="width:175px;"|Teams ! style="width:20px;"|{{Tooltip | Pld | Played}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Tooltip | W | Won}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Tooltip | L | Lost}} ! style="width:20px;"|{{Tooltip | NR | No result}} ! style="width:45px;"|{{Tooltip | [[Net run rate|NRR]] | Net run rate}} ! style="width:20px;"| {{Tooltip | Pts | Points}}

|- style="background:#ccffcc" | style="text-align:left" |[[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] |4||3||1||0||+0.383||'''6''' |- style="background:#ccffcc" | style="text-align:left" |[[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] |4||2||2||0||+0.601||'''4''' |- | style="text-align:left" |[[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] |4||2||2||0||+0.166||'''4''' |- | style="text-align:left" |[[Balochistan cricket team|Balochistan]] |4||2||2||0||-0.554||'''4''' |- | style="text-align:left" |[[Federal Areas cricket team|Islamabad]] |4||1||3||0||-0.740||'''2''' |}

{{legend|#ccffcc|Teams qualified for the Final}}

Source: [[ESPNcricinfo]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/998281.html?view=pointstable|title=2016 Pakistan Cup, Points Table|publisher=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref>

===Fixtures and results=== {{Limited overs matches | date = 19 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | score1 = 215 (46.2 overs) | runs1 = [[Shahid Yousuf]] 49 (68) | wickets1 = [[Amad Butt]] 2/30 (6 overs) | score2 = 203 (49 overs) | runs2 = [[Mohammad Rizwan (cricketer, born 1992)|Mohammad Rizwan]] 39 (52) | wickets2 = [[Azhar Ali]] 3/24 (5 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to field. | motm = [[Azhar Ali]] (Baluchistan) | umpires = [[Ahsan Raza]] and [[Khalid Mehmood (umpire)|Khalid Mehmood]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998315.html Scorecard] | result = Balochistan won by 12 runs | notes = [[Ghulam Haider (cricketer)|Ghulam Haider]] (Baluchistan) and [[Saif Badar]] (Punjab) both made their List A debuts. }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 20 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | team2 = [[Islamabad cricket team|Islamabad]] | score1 = 212 (46.1 overs) | runs1 = [[Younis Khan]] 61 (59) | wickets1 = [[Hammad Azam]] 3/23 (7 overs) | score2 = 205/8 (42.1 overs) | runs2 = [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] 82 (104) | wickets2 = [[Zohaib Khan]] 3/36 (9 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] (Islamabad) | umpires = [[Shozab Raza]] and [[Rashid Riaz]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998317.html Scorecard] | result = Islamabad won by 2 wickets ([[Duckworth–Lewis method|D/L method]]) | notes = [[Shadab Khan]] (Islamabad) and [[Sameen Gul]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) both made their List A debuts. }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 21 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | team2 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | score1 = 266/4 (45 overs) | runs1 = [[Sami Aslam]] 108[[not out|*]] (120) | wickets1 = [[Saeed Ajmal]] 2/62 (10 overs) | score2 = 186/8 (31 overs) | runs2 = [[Azhar Ali]] 100[[not out|*]] (83) | wickets2 = [[Mohammad Amir]] 2/19 (4 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Khurram Manzoor]] (Sindh) | umpires = [[Ghaffar Kazmi]] and [[Khalid Mahmood (umpire)|Khalid Mahmood]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998319.html Scorecard] | result = Sindh won by 42 runs ([[Duckworth–Lewis method|D/L method]]) | notes = [[Hassan Khan (cricketer)|Hassan Khan]] (Sindh) made his List A debut. * ''[[Ahsan Raza]] was the onfield umpire after 40 overs.'' }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 22 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | score1 = 262/6 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)|Fakhar Zaman]] 64 (71) | wickets1 = [[Aamer Yamin]] 2/54 (10 overs) | score2 = 260/7 (50 overs) | runs2 = [[Salman Butt]] 77 (114) | wickets2 = [[Rahat Ali]] 4/42 (10 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Rahat Ali]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | umpires = [[Mohammad Sajid]] and [[Riazuddin (umpire)|Riazuddin]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998321.html Scorecard] | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 2 runs | notes = [[Hayatullah (Pakistani cricketer)|Hayatullah]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) made his List A debut. }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 23 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | team2 = [[Islamabad cricket team|Islamabad]] | score1 = 336/6 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Khurram Manzoor]] 123 (90) | wickets1 = [[Mohammad Irfan]] 2/45 (10 overs) | score2 = 218 (39.5 overs) | runs2 = [[Misbah-ul-Haq]] 73 (59) | wickets2 = [[Bilal Asif]] 4/39 (10 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Khurram Manzoor]] (Sindh) | umpires = [[Ahsan Raza]] and [[Asif Yaqoob]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998323.html Scorecard] | result = Sindh won by 118 runs | notes = }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 24 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | team2 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | score1 = 246/8 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Zohaib Khan]] 82 (112) | wickets1 = [[Umar Gul]] 2/34 (6 overs) | score2 = 172 (45.1 overs) | runs2 = [[Babar Azam]] 50 (67) | wickets2 = [[Zohaib Khan]] 4/18 (9.1 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Zohaib Khan]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | umpires = [[Rashid Riaz]] and [[Shozab Raza]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998325.html Scorecard] | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 74 runs | notes = [[Ahmed Shehzad]] replaced [[Younis Khan]] as the captain of the side, after Younis Khan left the tournament because of umpiring issue.<ref>http://espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1003969.html/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429112410/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1003969.html |date=29 April 2016 }}, ''ESPN'', 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.</ref> }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 25 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | team2 = [[Islamabad cricket team|Islamabad]] | score1 = 213 (43.3 overs) | runs1 = [[Asad Shafiq]] 54 (51) | wickets1 = [[Mohammad Irfan]] 3/34 (7.3 overs) | score2 = 183 (46.1 overs) | runs2 = [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] 67 (109) | wickets2 = [[Amad Butt]] 4/34 (10 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Amad Butt]] (Punjab) | umpires = [[Ghaffar Kazmi]] and [[Khalid Mahmood (umpire)|Khalid Mahmood]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998327.html Scorecard] | result = Punjab won by 30 runs | notes = }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 27 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team2 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | score2 =312/8 (50 overs) | runs2 =[[Khalid Latif (cricketer)|Khalid Latif]] 168* (129) | wickets2 =[[Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistani cricketer)|Zia-ul-Haq]] 3/50 (10 overs) | score1 =319/6 (50 overs) | runs1 =[[Ahmed Shehzad]] 143 (135) | wickets1 = [[Bilal Asif]] 2/46 (10 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat. | motm =[[Ahmed Shehzad]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) and [[Khalid Latif (cricketer)|Khalid Latif]] (Sindh) | umpires = [[Shozab Raza]] and [[Asif Yaqoob]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998329.html Scorecard] | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 7 runs | notes = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa qualified for the final. }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 28 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Islamabad cricket team|Islamabad]] | team2 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | score1 = 315/8 (50 overs) | runs1 =[[Kamran Akmal]] 134 (102) | wickets1 =[[Bilawal Bhatti]] 3/57 (10 overs) | score2 =317/7 (49.4 Overs) | runs2 = [[Azhar Ali]] 80 (92) | wickets2 =[[Mohammad Sami]] 3/63 (10 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Islamabad won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Kamran Akmal]] (Islamabad) | umpires = [[Ahsan Raza]] and [[Ghaffar Kazmi]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998331.html Scorecard] | result = Baluchistan won by 3 wickets | notes = [[Mohammad Imran (cricketer, born 1996)|Mohammad Imran]] (Balochistan) and [[Arsal Sheikh]] (Islamabad) both made their List A debuts. }} ---- {{Limited overs matches | date = 29 April 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | score1 = 158 (46.3 overs) | runs1 = [[Fawad Alam]] 62 (99) | wickets1 = [[Ehsan Adil]] 3/34 (10 overs) | score2 = 159/5 (28 overs) | runs2 = [[Shan Masood]] 59 (77) | wickets2 = [[Mohammad Amir]] 2/47 (10 overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Shan Masood]] (Punjab) | umpires = [[Rashid Riaz]] and [[Riazuddin (umpire)|Riazuddin]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998333.html Scorecard] | result = Punjab won by 5 wickets | notes = Punjab qualified for the final. }} ----

==Final== {{Limited overs matches | date = 1 May 2016 | time = 15:00 | daynight = yes | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | score1 = 311/9 (50 Overs) | runs1 = [[Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)|Fakhar Zaman]] 115 (111) | wickets1 = [[Amad Butt]] 3/55 (10 Overs) | score2 = 160 (36.1 Overs) | runs2 = [[Shan Masood]] 36 (40) | wickets2 = [[Zohaib Khan]] 3/23 (5 Overs) | venue = [[Iqbal Stadium]], [[Faisalabad]] | toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat. | motm = [[Fakhar Zaman (cricketer)|Fakhar Zaman]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | umpires = [[Ahsan Raza]] and [[Shozab Raza]] | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/998335.html Scorecard] | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 151 runs<ref>http://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/sports/pakistan-cup-2016-final-match-punjab-vs-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-watch-live-score-and-live-streaming/, ''Daily Pakistan'', 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.</ref> | notes = [[Younis Khan]] led his team after apologising to the PCB.<ref>http://espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1003369.html/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429101243/http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/1003369.html |date=29 April 2016 }}, ''ESPN'', 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-05-01.</ref> }}

==References== {{Reflist|30em}}

==External links== * [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/998281.html Series home at ESPN Cricinfo] * [http://www.pcb.com.pk/downloads/Cool%20and%20Cool%20Presents%20Haier%20Pakistan%20Cup%20One%20Day%202016.pdf Tournament Schedule at PCB website]

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