2019 Pakistan Cup

{{short description|Cricket tournament}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox cricket tournament | name = 2019 Pakistan Cup | image = | caption = | fromdate = 2 | todate = 12 April 2019 | administrator = [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] | cricket format = [[List A cricket|List A]] | tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and final | host = [[Rawalpindi]] | champions = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | count = 2 | participants = 5 | matches = 11 | player of the series = | most runs = [[Umar Akmal]] (342) | most wickets = [[Wahab Riaz]] (10)<br>[[Amad Butt]] (10) | previous_year = 2018 | previous_tournament = 2018 Pakistan Cup | next_year = 2020–21 | next_tournament = 2020–21 Pakistan Cup }}

The '''2019 Pakistan Cup''' was the fourth edition of the [[Pakistan Cup]], a [[List A cricket]] competition which was contested by five teams. It was held from 2 to 12 April 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/447913-pakistan-cup-one-day-cricket-from-april-2 |title=Pakistan Cup one-day cricket from April 2 |access-date=25 March 2019 |work=The International News}}</ref> with all the matches played at the [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/447826-world-cup-spots-to-be-up-for-grabs-at-pakistan-cup-next-month |title=World Cup spots to be up for grabs at Pakistan Cup next month |access-date=25 March 2019 |work=The International News}}</ref> The [[Pakistan Cricket Board]] (PCB) stated that the top performers in the tournament would be considered for the [[2019 Cricket World Cup]] in England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nation.com.pk/24-Mar-2019/federal-areas-eye-hat-trick-of-pak-cup-titles |title=Federal Areas eye hat-trick of Pak Cup titles |work=The Nation |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref>

[[Federal Areas cricket team|Federal Areas]], the defending champions,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/368939/federal-areas-aim-to-complete-hat-trick-as-pakistan-cup-begins-next-month/ |title=Federal Areas aim to complete hat-trick as Pakistan Cup begins next month |work=Daily Times (Pakistan) |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref> were eliminated from the competition after losing their first three matches of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/iftikhar-ahmed-s-unbeaten-century-gives-punjab-maiden-victory.html |title=Iftikhar Ahmed's unbeaten century gives Punjab maiden victory |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=8 April 2019}}</ref> On 9 April 2019, [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] beat [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] by nine runs to advance to the final of the tournament.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-and-balochistan-qualify-for-pakistan-cup-final.html |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan qualify for Pakistan Cup final |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref> The result meant that [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] also progressed to the final, regardless of the outcome of their last match against Federal Areas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/375011/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-and-balochistan-qualify-for-pakistan-cup-final/ |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan qualify for Pakistan Cup final |work=Daily Times |access-date=10 April 2019}}</ref> Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the tournament, and their second title, after beating Balochistan by nine runs in the final.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/news-detail/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-ride-on-abid-s-century-and-sohail-s-all-round-performance-to-reclaim-pakistan-cup.html |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ride on Abid's century and Sohail's all-round performance to reclaim Pakistan Cup |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/234034-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-beat-balochistan-to-lift-pakistan-cup-title |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa beat Balochistan to lift Pakistan Cup title |work=Geo TV |access-date=13 April 2019}}</ref>

==Squads== Prior to the start of the tournament, the PCB named the following squads:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/federal-areas-aim-to-complete-hat-trick-of-pakistan-cup-titles.html |title=Federal Areas aim to complete hat-trick of Pakistan Cup titles |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=25 March 2019}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left; margin:auto" |- !style="width=20%;"| [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/balochistan-a-blend-of-youth-and-experience-for-pakistan-cup.html |title=Balochistan, a blend of youth and experience for Pakistan Cup |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> !style="width=20%;"| [[Federal Areas cricket team|Federal Areas]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/federal-areas-aim-to-continue-pakistan-cup-winning-run.html |title=Federal Areas aim to continue Pakistan Cup winning run |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=31 March 2019}}</ref> !style="width=20%;"| [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/khyber-pakhtunkhwa-aim-to-reclaim-pakistan-cup-title.html |title=Khyber Pakhtunkhwa aim to reclaim Pakistan Cup title |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> !style="width=20%;"| [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/punjab-hope-to-make-a-big-impression-in-pakistan-cup.html |title=Punjab hope to make a big impression in Pakistan Cup |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> !style="width=20%;"| [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/sindh-brace-for-pakistan-cup-challenge-under-umar-gul.html |title=Sindh brace for Pakistan Cup challenge under Umar Gul |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=30 March 2019}}</ref> |- |valign=top| * [[Asad Shafiq]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Ali Imran (cricketer, born 1998)|Ali Imran]] * [[Amad Butt]] * [[Awais Zia]] * [[Bismillah Khan (cricketer)|Bismillah Khan]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) * [[Fawad Alam]] * [[Ghulam Mudassar]] * [[Haris Rauf]] * [[Mohammad Irfan]] * [[Qaiser Ashraf]] * [[Taj Wali]] * [[Umer Khan (cricketer)|Umer Khan]] * [[Umar Akmal]] * [[Waqar Hussain]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) * [[Zeeshan Ashraf (cricketer)|Zeeshan Ashraf]] |valign=top| * [[Mohammad Rizwan (cricketer, born 1992)|Mohammad Rizwan]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]], [[wicket-keeper|wk]]) * [[Ahmed Shehzad]] * [[Asad Afridi]] * [[Bilal Asif]] * [[Israrullah]] * [[Khurram Shahzad (Sindh cricketer)|Khurram Shahzad]] * [[Mohammad Nawaz (cricketer, born 1994)|Mohammad Nawaz]] * [[Nihal Mansoor]] * [[Rameez Raja (cricketer, born 1987)|Ramiz Raja]] * [[Rumman Raees]] * [[Sameen Gul]] * [[Saud Shakil]] * [[Sohaib Maqsood]] * [[Waqas Maqsood]] * [[Zia-ul-Haq (Pakistani cricketer)|Zia-ul-Haq]] |valign=top| * [[Salman Butt]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Abid Ali (cricketer, born 1987)|Abid Ali]] * [[Adil Amin]] * [[Adnan Akmal]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) * [[Faizan Riaz]] * [[Khushdil Shah]] * [[Mohammad Irfan (FATA cricketer)|Mohammad Irfan]] * [[Mohammad Irfan (cricketer, born 1995)|Mohammad Irfan]] * [[Mohammad Saad]] * [[Sohail Khan (cricketer, born 1984)|Sohail Khan]] * [[Muhammad Musa]] * [[Umaid Asif]] * [[Wahab Riaz]] * [[Zeeshan Malik]] * [[Zohaib Khan]] |valign=top| * [[Kamran Akmal]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]], [[wicket-keeper|wk]]) * [[Anwar Ali (cricketer, born 1987)|Anwar Ali]] * [[Bilawal Bhatti]] * [[Ehsan Adil]] * [[Fahad Iqbal]] * [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] * [[Kashif Bhatti]] * [[Khurram Manzoor]] * [[Mohammad Asghar (cricketer)|Mohammad Asghar]] * [[Mohammad Sami]] * [[Ramiz Aziz]] * [[Saad Ali]] * [[Sami Aslam]] * [[Sohail Tanveer]] * [[Waleed Ahmed (cricketer)|Waleed Ahmed]] |valign=top| * [[Umer Gul]] ([[captain (cricket)|c]]) * [[Ahsan Ali (cricketer)|Ahsan Ali]] * [[Amir Yamin]] * [[Ashiq Ali]] * [[Asif Ali (cricketer, born 1991)|Asif Ali]] * [[Hammad Azam]] * [[Imran Rafiq]] * [[Mohammad Hasan (cricketer, born 1990)|Mohammad Hasan]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) * [[Mohammad Hasnain]] * [[Mohammad Ilyas (cricketer, born 1999)|Mohammad Ilyas]] * [[Nauman Ali]] * [[Rahat Ali]] * [[Sahibzada Farhan]] * [[Umar Amin]] * [[Umar Siddique]] ([[wicket-keeper|wk]]) |}

==Group stage== ===Points table=== {{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=CricketRR |update=complete |source=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/table/series/17924/season/2019/pakistan-cup|title=2019 Pakistan Cup, Points Table|work=ESPN Cricinfo|access-date=11 April 2019}}</ref>

|col_Q=#cfc }} {{Color box|#cfc|border=darkgray}} Teams qualified for the [[#Final|final]]

===Fixtures=== The fixtures were confirmed by the PCB:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pcb.com.pk/press-release-detail/mughal-steel-pakistan-cup-2019-gets-underway-on-tuesday.html |title=Mughal Steel Pakistan Cup 2019 gets underway on Tuesday |work=Pakistan Cricket Board |access-date=2 April 2019}}</ref> {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 2 April 2019 | team1 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | team2 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | score1 = 294 (49.4 overs) | runs1 = [[Saad Ali]] 73 (86) | wickets1 = [[Haris Rauf]] 2/48 (10 overs) | score2 = 296/4 (46 overs) | runs2 = [[Umar Akmal]] 136[[not out|*]] (108) | wickets2 = [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] 1/39 (10 overs) | result = Baluchistan won by 6 wickets | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178878.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Qaiser Waheed]] and [[Ghaffar Kazmi]] | motm = [[Umar Akmal]] (Baluchistan) | toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes = [[Haris Rauf]] (Baluchistan) made his List A debut. }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 3 April 2019 | team1 = [[Federal Areas cricket team|Federal Areas]] | team2 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | score1 = 269 (45.3 overs) | runs1 = [[Israrullah]] 77 (74) | wickets1 = [[Wahab Riaz]] 5/52 (10 overs) | score2 = 274/7 (49.4 overs) | runs2 = [[Adil Amin]] 70 (75) | wickets2 = [[Sameen Gul]] 3/66 (9 overs) | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 3 wickets | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178879.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Faisal Afridi]] and Imtiaz Iqbal | motm = [[Wahab Riaz]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | toss = Federal Areas won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 4 April 2019 | team1 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | team2 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | score1 = 346/9 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Umar Akmal]] 99 (66) | wickets1 = [[Hammad Azam]] 2/36 (7 overs) | score2 = 274 (44.2 overs) | runs2 = [[Umar Siddiq]] 88 (64) | wickets2 = [[Amad Butt]] 3/58 (10 overs) | result = Balochistan won by 72 runs | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178880.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Asif Yaqoob]] and [[Tahir Rasheed (cricketer)|Tahir Rasheed]] | motm = [[Amad Butt]] (Balochistan) | toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 5 April 2019 | team1 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | team2 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | score1 = 341/6 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] 105 (101) | wickets1 = [[Sohail Khan (cricketer, born 1984)|Sohail Khan]] 3/55 (10 overs) | score2 = 343/6 (46.3 overs) | runs2 = [[Khushdil Shah]] 154[[not out|*]] (96) | wickets2 = [[Sohail Tanvir]] 1/41 (9 overs) | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 4 wickets | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178881.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Ahmed Shahab]] and [[Tahir Rasheed (cricketer)|Tahir Rasheed]] | motm = [[Khushdil Shah]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 6 April 2019 | team1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | team2 = [[Federal Areas cricket team|Federal Areas]] | score1 = 385/4 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Ahsan Ali (cricketer)|Ahsan Ali]] 115 (102) | wickets1 = [[Bilal Asif]] 2/81 (10 overs) | score2 = 300 (43 overs) | runs2 = [[Rameez Raja (cricketer, born 1987)|Rameez Raja]] 70 (62) | wickets2 = [[Hammad Azam]] 4/57 (10 overs) | result = Sindh won by 85 runs | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178882.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Mohammad Asif (umpire)|Mohammad Asif]] and Waleed Yaqoob | motm = [[Hammad Azam]] (Sindh) | toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 7 April 2019 | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | team2 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | score1 = 358/6 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Salman Butt]] 133 (132) | wickets1 = [[Haris Rauf]] 2/70 (2 overs) | score2 = 129/3 (17.5 overs) | runs2 = [[Awais Zia]] 84[[not out|*]] (62) | wickets2 = [[Umaid Asif]] 2/37 (4.5 overs) | result = No result | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178883.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Zameer Haider]] and [[Khalid Mahmood (umpire)|Khalid Mahmood]] | motm = | toss = Balochistan won the toss and elected to field. | rain = Rain during Baluchistan's innings prevented any further play. | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 8 April 2019 | team1 = [[Federal Areas cricket team|Federal Areas]] | team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | score1 = 321 (49.4 overs) | runs1 = [[Israrullah]] 96 (95) | wickets1 = [[Waleed Ahmed (cricketer)|Waleed Ahmed]] 4/59 (10 overs) | score2 = 327/3 (46.4 overs) | runs2 = [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] 109[[not out|*]] (89) | wickets2 = [[Khurram Shahzad (cricketer, born 1999)|Khurram Shehzad]] 1/32 (7 overs) | result = Punjab won by 7 wickets | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178884.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Mohammad Sajid]] and [[Khalid Mahmood (umpire)|Khalid Mahmood]] | motm = [[Iftikhar Ahmed (cricketer)|Iftikhar Ahmed]] and [[Waleed Ahmed (cricketer)|Waleed Ahmed]] (Punjab) | toss = Punjab won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 9 April 2019 | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | team2 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | score1 = 300 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Khushdil Shah]] 100 (66) | wickets1 = [[Hammad Azam]] 3/60 (10 overs) | score2 = 291/9 (50 overs) | runs2 = [[Umar Siddiq]] 69 (65) | wickets2 = [[Zohaib Khan]] 3/50 (9 overs) | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178885.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Mohammad Sajid]] and [[Tariq Rasheed]] | motm = [[Khushdil Shah]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 10 April 2019 | team1 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | team2 = [[Federal Areas cricket team|Federal Areas]] | score1 = 289 (49 overs) | runs1 = [[Umar Akmal]] 77 (45) | wickets1 = [[Sadaf Hussain]] 4/46 (7 overs) | score2 = 266 (46.1 overs) | runs2 = [[Mohammad Rizwan (cricketer, born 1992)|Mohammad Rizwan]] 76 (67) | wickets2 = [[Amad Butt]] 3/45 (9.1 overs) | result = Balochistan won by 23 runs | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178886.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Ahsan Raza]] and [[Tariq Rasheed]] | motm = [[Ali Imran (cricketer, born 1998)|Ali Imran]] (Baluchistan) | toss = Federal Areas won the toss and elected to field. | rain = | notes }} ---- {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 11 April 2019 | team1 = [[Sindh cricket team|Sindh]] | team2 = [[Punjab cricket team (Pakistan)|Punjab]] | score1 = 295/9 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Umar Amin]] 83 (85) | wickets1 = [[Sohail Tanvir]] 3/17 (10 overs) | score2 = 299/4 (38.2 overs) | runs2 = [[Khurram Manzoor]] 168 (116) | wickets2 = [[Mohammad Ilyas (cricketer, born 1999)|Mohammad Ilyas]] 2/64 (9 overs) | result = Punjab won by 6 wickets | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178887.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Shozab Raza]] and [[Rashid Riaz]] | motm = [[Khurram Manzoor]] (Punjab) | toss = Sindh won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes }}

==Final== {{Single-innings cricket match | date = 12 April 2019 | team1 = [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cricket team|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa]] | team2 = [[Baluchistan cricket team|Baluchistan]] | score1 = 307/7 (50 overs) | runs1 = [[Abid Ali (cricketer, born 1987)|Abid Ali]] 132 (119) | wickets1 = [[Ali Imran (cricketer, born 1998)|Ali Imran]] 3/48 (10 overs) | score2 = 298/9 (50 overs) | runs2 = [[Awais Zia]] 83 (94) | wickets2 = [[Sohail Khan (cricketer, born 1984)|Sohail Khan]] 3/75 (10 overs) | result = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won by 9 runs | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1178888.html Scorecard] | venue = [[Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium]], [[Rawalpindi]] | umpires = [[Ahsan Raza]] and [[Shozab Raza]] | motm = [[Sohail Khan (cricketer, born 1984)|Sohail Khan]] (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) | toss = Khyber Pakhtunkhwa won the toss and elected to bat. | rain = | notes }}

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/_/id/17924/season/2019/pakistan-cup Series home at ESPN Cricinfo]

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